BERLIN GALLERY EXHIBITS ROBOTS DRAWING PORTRAITS IN DIFFERENT STYLES|柏林藝廊新實驗 五個機器人幫你畫肖像

A gallery in Berlin has invited people to visit a unique exhibition, where visitors are getting the chance to see their portraits drawn by robots, in 5 different styles. This is an art class like no other. The model walks in, sits down and the class begins. But instead of art students keenly studying the subject of their portraits, five cameras turn towards the model and five robotic arms start drawing. This is the installation 'Five Robots Names Paul' by the French artist Patrick Tresset. It's currently being shown at the gallery Dixit Algorizmi in the German capital, Berlin. ==PETER BRAUN-HIMMERICH owner of Dixit Algorizmi Gallery== This is a drawing class for five students, robots, that obsessively make portraits of the person that sits in front of them. The five robots all draw a portrait of the model from different angles, creating five different portraits of the same person. One of the robots sketches quickly and furiously. This Paul will be done in about 20 minutes. Another Paul takes his time, drawing more carefully. He will need about 40 minutes before signing the portrait. ==PETER BRAUN-HIMMERICH owner of Dixit Algorizmi Gallery== They are all drawing and making the portraits very obsessively but they have different ways of doing it. One is more curious, one is more anxious, one infuriated, one hardly looks at the person it is making a portrait of and just wildly draws. That's what you notice when you sit there in front of them. The installation was first created in 2012. It has been shown at technology fairs and galleries around the world. The camera is connected to a laptop located under the table, the software - created by the artist - has facial recognition technology which enables the robotic arm to create an artistic rendition of the subject's face. Andy Gomez, originally from Auckland, New Zealand, is having his portraits done today. ==ANDY GOMEZ, visitor from New Zealand== It is very strange. Very voyeuristic. But oddly organic as well because the gestures sometimes feel like human gestures. Even though it is a camera looking at you, sometimes it feels like an eye or a person. it is a very strange experience. After the session is over, the model can buy the portraits for 100 euros per drawing. Gomez says he is very happy with the results. Robots and computers have steadily beaten humans in competitions such as chess, the Chinese game Go and recently even in poker. In the world of art, software like Google's Deep Dream can generate artworks with little human input. However, Braun-Himmerich thinks there's a while to go before robots makes artists unemployed. TRANSLATED BY：JESSICA OY