A few weeks ago I wrote about the online coverage of my Interactive Robotic Painting Machine project. Since then the list has continued to grow, with writeups on a number of additional high-profile sites, as well as expanded international coverage.
While much of the writing addressed the artistic or philosophical aspects of the work, a few included some humor as well. A few of my favorite quotes:
Grosser may have unknowingly birthed the apocalypse with his Painting Machine. —Huffington Post
He [Grosser] created a robot that’s — how to put this gently? — a thin-skinned neurotic. —Fast Company
I can already hear the outcry of the artists’ associations for protection of their works as soon as the following robots would fall into the hands of pirates. —Robonews [Germany], via Google Translate
If Warhol were still around, we’re pretty sure the man would’ve snatched up this contraption as a Factory-approved objet d’art. —Engadget
Overall a much nicer, more cultured use of artificial intelligence than, say, a swarm of flying death robots. —the creators project [UK]
An incomplete list of coverage around the ‘net (if a link is missing, it’s because the page went offline since this list was first published):
- Huffington Post: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine by Benjamin Grosser
- Fast Company: A Painting Robot With An Ego As Fragile As A Real Artist’s
- Boing Boing: Ben Grosser’s Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Engadget: .… Machine begs the question: Art for art’s sake, or for its master’s?
- Make: Robotic Painting Machine Listens to Critics
- designboom: Benjamin Grosser: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Portable.tv: The Robot Artist
- Today and Tomorrow: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Hackaday: Robotic artist listens to your criticism
- Salon.com: Today’s Must-See Viral Videos
- Juxtapoz Magazine: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Tecnoarte News [Brazil]: As pinturas realizadas pelo robô-artista de Benjamin Grosser
- SHIFT [Japan]: ベンジャミン・グロッサー (Interview w/ Benjamin Grosser)
- Make [Korea]: 비평가가 말하는대로 그림을 그리는 로봇
- Robonews [Germany]: Kann dieser Roboter Bilder von Da-Vinci kopieren?
- the creators project [France]:Le robot-peintre
- TUAW: Macs as artist: The interactive robotic painting machine
- Maquiladora de Sueños [Mexico]: Máquina que pinta mediante Inteligencia Artificial
- Brainstorm9 [Brazil]: Robotic Painting: Quadros pintados segundo os sentidos de uma máquina
- Brastemp [Brazil]: Inspiração artificial
- The Creators Project [UK]: Abstract Expressionism, Painted By A Robot
- Николенко, Олесь [Ukraine]: Рисующая машина-робот
- Tecniarts [Spain]: Benjamin Grosser; el arte es un diálogo tecnológico
- Systemgraph [Greece]: Ρομπότ ζωγραφίζει μετά μουσικής
- Examiner: Ben Grosser – Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Geekweek [Poland]: Maszyna, która maluje dźwięki
- Mobile Magazine: Interactive robotic painting machine to make artists obsolete too
- Videogum: My Robot Could Paint That
- Geek.com: This robot uses artificial intelligence to paint based on the sounds it hears
- Hypebeast: Benjamin Grosser: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Triangulation Blog: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine by Benjamin Grosser
- Don Relyea: Update to Ben Grosser’s Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- übergizmo: interactive robotic painting machine
- prosthetic knowledge: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Steve Cooley: Benjamin Grosser’s Robotic Painting Machine
- Examiner.com: Ben Grosser’s Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
- Kultur 2 Punkt 0: Ein Paar Fragen zum Kunstverständnis
- Gizmodo [France]: Un robot artiste peintre
- Robonews: Kann dieser Roboter Bilder von Da-Vinci kopieren?
- Trend Hunter: Mechanical Art Apparatuses
- Process Produced: Interactive Robotic Painting Machine