With robots, artist simultaneously draws in three cities

 

Austrian artist Alex Kiessling (L) draws his artwork, reproduced simultaneously live in Breitscheidplatz in Berlin and at Trafalgar Square in London by industrial robots. Photo/FILE 

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• Spectators in the German and British capitals could follow the artist in Vienna courtesy of giant screens

By AFP

An Austrian artist on Thursday drew three pictures simultaneously in three European capitals thanks to two robots copying his every movement in real time in Britain and Germany.

Alex Kiessling worked in Vienna while a pair of orange industrial robots in London's Trafalgar Square and Berlin's Breitscheidplatz drew exactly the same picture of three human faces with the help of satellite transmissions.

Spectators in the German and British capitals could follow the artist in Vienna courtesy of giant screens while livestreams kept audiences in Vienna up to date with events in Berlin and London.

"The drawings done by the robots are still a part of the original I create but they complement them and also serve a different function," Kiessling said.