The other day I saw a commercial for Chevy Sonic and it briefly said that they made a street art car and said go to letsdothis.com to see more. So when I did I found this cool video. It kind of has to do of our ongoing topic of 'Is it considered art?' I think just because a robot did it, Jeff Soto, a muralist artist, was still the one who was driving the car and they had to plan the movements the robotic arms would go before too. So I do think this can be considered art.
Jeff Soto is a muralist painter that graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 2002. He also has his work in the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City. He started seeing graffiti around when he was 13 and started becoming curious and interested. At first he was sceptical that a robot could do what a human could. But decided to give it a try. The robot was nto easy to control but he thought that was part of the fun, and made things up as he was going. He didnt habe it all planned, and said, "I love that about art making, embracing the unknown." This robotic art car seems strange to a lot of people, but could be a new style of art coming up. Technology is becoming more and more important in people's lives now, they want things fast and perfect and maybe artists will begin to use technology more to make new and exciting art. They can make things bigger and faster than ever before.
But this isent like the car did all the work, Jeff Soto also got out an started painting himself. I think it makes it cool how him and the car kind of worked on the mural together.
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