The New Artist - Axel Straschnoy

― The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry

The New Artist is a collaborative research project directed by STUDIO Fellow Axel Straschnoy, in collaboration with researchers and engineers from the CMU Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The objective of this project is to create “purely robotic” art: namely, art done by robots, for robots. In “The New Artist”, there are two mutually interacting robots. One is a “performer”, which engages in a kind of hopping dance; the other is an “observer”, which responsively watches the performer. The observer uses artificial intelligence software to “judge” the aesthetics of the performer’s dance, while the performer attempts to ingratiate itself with its audience-robot by carefully monitoring the observer’s attitude and posture. Born in Buenos Aires, artist Axel Straschnoy studied at Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki and Universidad de Buenos Aires. He took part in the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center’s visual art seminar in 2005. His work has been exhibited in Galería Dabbah Torrejón, Buenos Aires in 2006 (Los Proyectos Medley Taller Boceto) and in MAA-TILA, Helsinki in 2007 (Camera). He took part in the following group shows: Nefelibatas (Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 2002), Territorios Ocupados (Fundación Telefónica , 2004), Urban Pedestals (Copenhagen, 2007), Todella Siistiä (Rauma Taidemuseo, 2008). In 2005 Straschnoy was awarded the first prize in arteBA-Petrobras Visual Arts Prize and in April 2007 he was named Artist of the Month by FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange. He participated in the Le Pavillon program at Palais de Tokyo, Paris. His permanent home is in Helsinki, Finland.

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