Artist Statement

Paul is an obsessive artificial drawing entity that sketches people who pose for it. Its sketching style resembles Patrick Tresset’s own.

• Patrick Tresset is a French artist/scientist currently based in London, UK. On the artistic side Patrick uses what he calls “clumsy robotics” to create autonomous cybernetic entities that are playful projections of the artist. On the scientific side Patrick co-directs the Aikon-II project with Prof. Frederic Fol Leymarie at Goldsmiths College, University of London. The Aikon-II project investigates the observational sketching activity through computational modeling and robotics. Tresset’s recent exhibitions in the UK include- Kinetica Art Fair, Waterman Art Center, Tenderpixel Gallery, The Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Science Museum.

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