Robot dogs among 100 artists to be unleashed on Melbourne for 2023 NGV Triennial
by Sian Cain from World news | The Guardian on (#6AG9F)
Painter Agnieszka Pilat and her trained robots join a lineup that includes Yoko Ono, Tracey Emin and fashion house Schiaparelli
The National Gallery of Victoria is set to welcome a group of unexpected artists in residence: three Boston Dynamics robot dogs, which will be trained to autonomously paint a work over four months in the gallery.
Agnieszka Pilat, the artist of choice among Silicon Valley's tech billionaires and venture capitalists who has worked as an artist in residence at both SpaceX and Boston Dynamics, is known for incorporating technology and futurism into her work, particularly for her paintings with the 30kg Boston Dynamics robot dogs known as Spot". She even lives in New York with one, which she has named Basia.
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