FACE-O-MAT
Sai Bot by Tobias Gutmann
Sai Bot AI developed by Dazlus
Wednesday, May 18th
8:30 am - 6 pm
Bundesverwaltungsgericht St. Gallen
Get drawn by Sai
Face-o-mat Sai Bot by Tobias Gutmann
Tobias Gutmann travelled the world with Face-o-mat and has portrayed over 5000 people he encountered, expressing their facial characteristics through abstracted portraits. Sai Bot is his newly created digital artist twin, who draws portraits that transmit the Face-o-mat DNA. Sai Bot and Gutmann share a similar artistic approach, but Sai is on a journey of self-discovery, developing their own artistic language.
Sai Bot is not subjected to some factors influencing their production, like tiredness or emotion, and therefore is able to ‘solve’ some portraits in ways that Gutmann would not come across. Self-representation through technology has become more present than ever but Sai works against the concept of optimization.
Sai captures the ‘sound of a person’ instead of producing a photorealistic reproduction of their face. With these highly abstracted portraits, Sai Bot positions itself as a humanized machine, creating subjective images of the people that participate in their performance.
How to get a personal Face-o-mat portrait at the event:
FACE-O-MAT Slot
Free
Reserve your personal Face-o-mat time slot in advance and have your portrait drawn by Sai Bot. Book soon, to secure your slot. You will receive your portrait as a JPG by e-mail.
Upgrade: Get your Portrait as signed artwork:
1'200 CHF
58 x 42 cm, framed, signed
Get your Portrait from Sai Bot (printed, signed and framed)
with Certificate of Authenticity.
Contact us at florian.koenig@networkofarts.com to book your personal upgrade.
Donate for Ukraine
War is when we stop looking into each others faces and forget that we are humans.
These portraits show people from the Ukrainian team that we worked with, just a few weeks ago, to test Face-o-mat Sai Bot. They were drawn as part of the testing process. We stand up for solidarity. A way to support people in the Ukraine is by donating to the Red Cross.
Face-o-mat Sai Bot
The Artificial Intelligence that powers Face-o-mat Sai Bot has been developed by Dazlus.
Face-o-mat Sai Bot is promoted by Z-Kubator from ZHdK.
Strategic partner: Network of Arts
Vivienne Heinzelmann & Florian Paul Koenig
FACE-O-MAT
Sai Bot by Tobias Gutmann
Sai Bot AI developed by Dazlus
Wednesday, May 18th
8:30 am - 6 pm
Bundesverwaltungsgericht St. Gallen
Get drawn by Sai
Face-o-mat Sai Bot by Tobias Gutmann
Tobias Gutmann travelled the world with Face-o-mat and has portrayed over 5000 people he encountered, expressing their facial characteristics through abstracted portraits. Sai Bot is his newly created digital artist twin, who draws portraits that transmit the Face-o-mat DNA. Sai Bot and Gutmann share a similar artistic approach, but Sai is on a journey of self-discovery, developing their own artistic language.
Sai Bot is not subjected to some factors influencing their production, like tiredness or emotion, and therefore is able to ‘solve’ some portraits in ways that Gutmann would not come across. Self-representation through technology has become more present than ever but Sai works against the concept of optimization.
Sai captures the ‘sound of a person’ instead of producing a photorealistic reproduction of their face. With these highly abstracted portraits, Sai Bot positions itself as a humanized machine, creating subjective images of the people that participate in their performance.
How to get a personal Face-o-mat portrait at the event:
FACE-O-MAT Slot
Free
Reserve your personal Face-o-mat time slot in advance and have your portrait drawn by Sai Bot. Book soon, to secure your slot. You will receive your portrait as a JPG by e-mail.
Upgrade: Get your Portrait as signed artwork:
1'200 CHF
58 x 42 cm, framed, signed
Get your portrait from Sai Bot (printed, signed and framed) with Certificate of Authenticity.
Contact us at florian.koenig@networkofarts.com to book your personal upgrade.
Donate for Ukraine
War is when we stop looking into each others faces and forget that we are humans.
These portraits show people from the Ukrainian team that we worked with, just a few weeks ago, to test Face-o-mat Sai Bot. They were drawn as part of the testing process. We stand up for solidarity. A way to support people in the Ukraine is by donating to the Red Cross.
Face-o-mat Sai Bot
The Artificial Intelligence that powers Face-o-mat Sai Bot has been developed by Dazlus.
Face-o-mat Sai Bot is promoted by Z-Kubator from ZHdK.
Strategic partner: Network of Arts
Vivienne Heinzelmann & Florian Paul Koenig