Artist Beeple has created a strange exhibit at Art Basel Miami featuring 10 robotic ‘animals’ wearing hyperrealistic faces of billionaires including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
A bizarre art exhibition has launched with its centrepiece being several robotic hounds sporting eerily lifelike faces of billionaires, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Francesca Levy Nabors captured footage of the exhibition, revealing the unsettling faces and dancing mechanical canines within a cordoned-off section of the annual Art Basel in Miami.
The installation, crafted by provocative artist Beeple, goes by the name “regular animals” and showcases 10 different ‘creatures’, each bearing the visage of a powerful figure or wealthy mogul.
These ‘regular animals’ can be observed wandering the enclosure, executing choreographed movements and even defecating NFTs.
The perimeter of the display is adorned with mock warning notices, declaring “stay inside your box” and “the invisible walls of the simulation”. Beeple has previously mounted numerous installations, frequently depicting political personalities in extraordinary and outlandish scenarios.
He told The Art Newspaper: “That one reinterprets in the style of Picasso, and so on. Some of the robots produce the NFTs, some just produce prints and certificates. The artwork has been tested and verified as 100% pure GMO-free, organic dog**** originating from a medium adult dog a***.
“This is AI [artificial intelligence] reinterpreting the images and what the humanoid is seeing. There is an analogy; we’re increasingly going to view the world through AI. We’re also seeing the world through the lens of artists and tech leaders like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg who shape what we see, probably more than anybody else.”
Francesca’s footage documenting her latest creation became a sensation on TikTok, racking up more than 496,000 views. One viewer remarked: “I find myself feeling disgusted looking at this.”
Another user penned: “This is actually incredible. I think this would actually get under their skin if they ever saw it which makes it even better.”
Someone else contributed: “This is unsettling. 10/10.” Another person declared: “Art disturbs the comforted and comforts the disturbed. I love this.”
Another spectator chimed in: “The discomfort I feel when I see robots combined with my disgust of billionaires, THANKS I hate it.”
The ongoing exhibition is being hosted in the Zero10 section at Art Basel, situated in Miami, Florida.
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