Blogpost 3- Robotics and Art

    While the idea of robotics and machines may not seem like art since it is metallic, after reading about Walter Benjamin and the robot Diamandini, I believe that they can be connected in a way.
    Andrew Robinson describes Benjamin’s thinking in his article, “Walter Benjamin: Art, Aura, and Authenticity”. Benjamin is a Marxist and believes that capitalism has ruined art due to mass producing. It is interesting how he looks at art from an economic viewpoint. This makes sense as people designed machines during the Industrial Revolution to make work go along faster. Benjamin claims how industrialization has a role in art in that books can be reproduced as paperbacks and famous paintings can be reproduced as a poster (Robinson). Now that there are so many books or posters available, the value and significance of the original goes down. Benjamin feels that the authenticity is completely gone when things are mass produced (Robinson). While industrialization helped the economy and get things done faster, it also “destroyed uniqueness” since it is not really art. This is nothing new being created, just a cheaper original available for the people. The meaning is now gone. For example, if everyone in the world were to own a painting of the Mona Lisa, no one would go to visit it, the painting would be of no value, significance, or meaning.
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(Walter Benjamin)

    Unlike Industrialization where machines mass produced art, some people have created robots as art. Angelica Lim writes in her article, “What Roboticists Can Learn From Art, and What Artists Can Learn From Robotics”, about robot Diamandini created by Dr. Mari Velonaki. Art and robotics has been around for a while, but have become more intertwined and bigger now with advancements in technology (Lim). Artists can use technology and machines to produce more intricate things. People have begun to create robots that look like humans like Diamandini. I remember going to a field trip to an art museum for school and seeing this robot creating art. I found it interesting that a machine can make art like a human. I like how the robot Diamandini looks more like a sculpture than a metallic robot in the film “I, Robot”.
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(I, Robot)




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(Diamandini)
Works Cited
Lim, Angelica. "What Roboticists Can Learn From Art, and What Artists Can Learn From
Robots." IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. IEEE Spectrum,
02 May 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2017
I, Robot. I, Robot Movie on Star Movies. Photograph.
Robinson, Andrew. "An A to Z of Theory | Walter Benjamin: Art, Aura and Authenticity." Walter
Benjamin: Art, Aura, and Authenticity. Ceasefire, 14 June 2013. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
UNSW Newsroom. Robotic Love. Photograph.
Walter Benjamin Facts. Home. Photograph. <http://libguides.wustl.edu/walterbenjamin>

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