Overview
- The Art Basel Miami Beach piece in the fair’s Zero 10 tech section deploys robot dogs with hyperreal heads of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Beeple.
- The robots capture attendee photos, algorithmically render them into character-specific images and expel the prints as a screen flashes “poop mode.”
- Beeple says the works will store captured images on the blockchain for three years, after which the robots will keep moving but stop generating new visuals.
- Coverage reports all units were purchased during the opening, with Merca2.0 reporting a $100,000 price per robot and more than a thousand certified editions.
- Reactions ranged from disgust to admiration across visitors and critics, and some reports credit mask maker Landon Meier with crafting the hyperreal faces.