Why do artists turn to robots?

We can’t imagine any industry without intervention of new technology. Many artists have used advanced developments to create their paintings long before the invention of artificial intelligence. Yves Klein patented a paint-throwing machine in 1957, allowing him to create a collection of his famous blue monochrome paintings. The device sprayed paint onto large canvases, making him an innovator in the world of contemporary art.

American artist Jackson Pollock also used machines for drawing in the 1950s. Special mechanisms dripped and splattered paint onto canvases with syringes and sticks. Drip painting became his constant and primary technique.

Technology and art are closely related. Any opportunity that can give a work a completely new expression can and should be considered. Robots are a new tool that helps achieve completely unexpected results.

Alexei Golovin, an artist in the second generation, is working with Robohood. He graduated from the Ilya Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. At first, he was skeptical about the robot-assistant. But now it stands in his workshop. He continues to teach his mechanical assistant to establish the drawing process to an ideal level when the robot can fully replace a human at a certain stage. He says they need to learn to understand each other. The result that satisfies him will appear soon, and then it will be possible to talk about its implementation in work.

The artists I spoke with note that this is a new form of art and interaction. I'm glad the technology is finding a great response. For someone, the robot helps to find their own style, for someone, it becomes a new tool for creating paintings. Its possibilities are multifaceted. Concerning the displacement of the profession – even professionals do not consider these fears as a possible futuristic theory. Good masters will not go anywhere.

Artist Sougwen Chung thinks that cooperation between humans and machines will become more common because technology has firmly entered our everyday life. She perceives them not as opposition or replacement for humans, but as a source of inspiration and a tool for expanding creative potential. Through her art, she shows how people and robots can work together in harmony to achieve even greater success. The results are beautiful. She and her team of robots paint together on large canvases. It is similar to experimental theater or improvised dance.

Sougwen Chung is an example of how robots expand creative and technical possibilities, helping to experiment with different concepts. Artists create mechanical assistants for collaborative work, teach them to generate an endless flow of unique works of art in their own style. At the same time, they themselves learn together with the machines, exploring new facets of their capabilities.

Pindar Van Arman thinks the same way. He created a robot that actively complements his artistic practice. He claims that the process of analyzing the paintings of his mechanical assistant gives him an understanding of how his own creativity works and, moreover, his mind.

Each generation has spawned its own art movement, and the new artistic era cannot pass by robotization. édouard Manet said that art should be a writing of life. What worries people now? Technology and its influence. These experiences can be reflected in different ways, and the robot – as a representative of our reality – can be one of them.