29/01/2025

Patrick Tresset talks of his work at Creative Machine at Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, 2024-5.

The Creative Machine exhibition takes place at Taikang Art Museum in Beijing. from mid-November 2024 until the end of February 2025.

Patrick Tresset answers questions in relation to his work at Creative Machine at TAM in Beijing -- in English with Chinese sub-titles. Patrick also gives his thoughts on the rise and impacts of AI and robotics on contemporary art practices.

Some quotes:

"you can hurt your neighbour or .. you can sculpt a magnificent sculpture with a hammer; and it is the same thing with AI.."

"the problems of being an artist don't change; you still have to ask yourself the questions.. and answer: what to do? how to do it? and how to sell it?"

"I use robots... as a depiction of humans" (not an imitation) ".. to go further.."

Curatorial team: Tang Xin, William Latham, Zhou Yi

Academic Chair & Moderator: Frederic Fol Leymarie

Exhibition Coordinator: Xu Chongbao

Consultant: Yajuan Han

Main Sponsor: Taikang Insurance Group

Production: Taikang Art Museum (TAM) and London Geometry Ltd. (LG)

Website archive and details: https://www.creativemachine.io/cm-tam

Other links:

About the artist: https://patricktresset.com/

About the works presented at TAM:

TAM: https://tam.taikang.com/

LG: https://londongeometry.com/

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