A group of four-legged robots with very realistic faces Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Mark Zuckerberg, Pablo PicassoAnd from the artist himself Whistle It became one of the most shocking scenes Art Basel MiamiOne of the most important and distinguished art galleries in the world. The devices, half human and half dog-shaped, roam the floor while producing digital works and then “eject them” as part of the exhibition.
Work titled “ordinary animals”is the new proposal for Mike Finkelmanthe digital artist known as whistle, He is best known as one of the key figures in the global NFT boom of 2021. In performance, his robots “paint” the world around them using built-in cameras and produce reinterpreted images according to the style of the character whose face they wear. “We are not prepared for the future“is the central slogan of the project.
In the American artist’s new proposal, robots move in a specific hangar within the Zero 10 section, the space that Art Basel Miami dedicates exclusively to digital art. Every now and then, they step back, raise their heads, and take out a printed work from the back, while the message “Put the tube“.
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“You’ve never seen anything like this“Warhol brings back popular images with saturated colors; Picasso fragments reality; Technology generates colder, more algorithmic visions,” says Biebel, who combined two robots with his own face, mimicking his haircut and glasses. As he explains, each robot produces images based on its own visual style: Warhol brings back popular images with saturated colors; Picasso fragments reality; and technology generates colder, more algorithmic visions. “Each one reinterprets the world from that character’s perspective,” he explains.
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The artist goes further and directly criticizes the power of tech giants. “We increasingly see the world through the lens they wantBecause they control very powerful algorithms that determine what we see. “For many, it is the main source of information,” he says.
On opening day in Miami, the Zero 10 section was packed. The visitors photographed the scene, stopped in front of each face and spoke between astonishment and rejection. The situation reached the point of absurdity when two real dogs that were roaming around the property started barking at the robots until the artist allowed them into the barn.
According to Biebel, such works will become more and more common in the art scene and in everyday life. “Robots will be a regular part of our visual and emotional experience. We will increasingly attribute human feelings and behaviors to them.In addition, he announced that these robots have a limited “useful life”: their ability to record images and upload them to the blockchain will expire in three years, although they will continue to move.
Despite the strangeness of the scene, the commercial success was immediate: All of the automated sculptures sold out in the first hour From the gallery.
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Who is Beeple, the famous digital artist who pioneered the field of NFTs
Winckelmann became world famous in March 2021, when he sold at Christie’s a digital work of 5,000 photographs by $69.3 millionin the first NFT auction in history. This sale made it The third most expensive living artist in the worldJust behind David Hockney and Jeff Koons.
With the collapse of the NFT market that followed the boom, Beeple was one of the few artists to remain relevant. He established his studio in Charleston, South Carolina, as a hub for experimental digital art and exhibited at institutions such as… Shedin New York, and Lakmain Los Angeles.
Regarding the downfall of the NFT market, he was categorical: “It was inevitable. “A lot of garbage is being produced,” he said recently. But he confirms that after the clearing the field grew again. Report Art Basel 2025 It confirms a strong recovery in digital art, which today enjoys a stable position in major international galleries.
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