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About ArtBots

ArtBots is an international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots. For each show, we publish an open call for submissions, inviting artists from around the world to send us information about their work. We have no fixed definition of what qualifies for the show; if you think it's a robot and you think it's art, we encourage you to submit. The final list of participants is a mix of works selected from the open call submissions and additional artists invited by the ArtBots curators.

Every year the show is a bit different; the location changes and ArtBots director Douglas Repetto invites a new set of humans to co-curate the show with him. We hope that by changing the specifics of the show each year we can keep it accessible to a diverse range of people, works, and ideas.

ArtBots History

The first ArtBots took place in May 2002 at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and included the work of ten artists/groups. The show was curated by Douglas Repetto and Philip Galanter (New York University). Nearly six hundred people visited the show during its one-day run, and the show received very positive coverage in many print and online publications in the USA and internationally, including The New York Times, TimeOutNY, BoingBoing.net, and NASA's Cool Robot of the Week website.

The second ArtBots show was held at Eyebeam Gallery in Manhattan in July 2003 as part of Eyebeam's summer robotics festival, ROBOT. Twenty two works by artists and groups from six countries participated in the show, which again received extensive press coverage, including national TV (CNN, NBC, NY1), radio (NPR, Future Tense, WBAI, Studio 360), print (Newsweek, Wired Magazine, New York Times, New York Press, Nature), and online publications. About two thousand people visited the two-day show, which was curated by Douglas Repetto, Philip Galanter, and Jenny Lee (Pratt Institute).

The third ArtBots show took place in September 2004 at The Mink Building in Harlem. It was a terrific success, with 20 works by artists from seven countries, thousands of excited visitors (including countless kids!) from all over the city and the world, and wide media coverage. The three-day show was curated by Douglas Repetto (Columbia University Computer Music Center), Mark Tribe (Columbia University Digital Media Center), and Mary Flanagan (Hunter College Film/Media Department) and was sponsored by the Columbia University Computer Music Center and Digital Media Center of the Columbia University School of the Arts.

The fourth ArtBots show took place on July 15, 16, 17 at Saints Michael and John Church in Dublin, Ireland. It was a wonderful show, with 21 works selected from a large and diverse pool of entries submitted by artists from around the world. The ArtBots curators for 2005 were Douglas Repetto (Columbia University Computer Music Center), Michael John Gorman (The Ark), and Marie Redmond (Trinity College Computer Science). ArtBots 2005 was sponsored by the The Ark and The Columbia University Computer Music Center and was produced as part of The Ark's summer "Save the Robots" festival.

In 2006 ArtBots produced several smaller regional shows. Please see the front page for info on upcoming events. We hope to do another international show in 2007.

People

ArtBots is a community effort, and many people have worked to make it a success over the years, including:

ArtBots Director: Douglas Repetto
ArtBots Curators: Douglas Repetto (2002-2005), Michael John Gorman (2005), Marie Redmond (2005),
Mark Tribe (2004), Mary Flanagan (2004), Philip Galanter (2002, 2003), Jenny Lee (2003)
Executive Producers: The Columbia University Computer Music Center (2002-2005), The Ark (2005),
The Columbia University Digital Media Center (2004)
The Ark Producer: Michael John Gorman (2005)
EYEBEAM Producers: Andrea Harner and Jonah Peretti (2003)
Pratt Institute Producer: Stephen Turbek (2002)
Technical Director: Terrence Pender (2004, 2005)
Production Managers: Halsey Rodman (2004), Isami Ching (2004), Mark McNamara (2003)
Ballot Counter:: Roger Luke DuBios (2003, 2004)
New York RSA: Eric Singer, James Powderly (2002)
Website Design: Liz Mills (2002)
Promotional Design: Kate Chapman (2003), Joel Fox (2004), Mary Flanagan (2004), The Monster Factory (2005)
ArtBots Theme Song: Christopher Bailey (2002)
ArtBots Editorial Dept.: Amy Charlotte Benson (2002-2005)
And innumerable volunteers!