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tobias gutmann

at the heart of tobias gutmann\'s artistic practice lies the creation and investigation of encounters – between people, cultures, and environments, but also between what we perceive on the outside and what we feel on the inside. with his face-o-mat performance, he portrays people by expressing their characteristics and personal traits through abstract drawings. rather than providing a photorealistic depiction, he aims to capture the sound of a person. sai bot is tobias gutmann’s digital artist twin. in a poetic gesture, he has taught an ai to draw portraits, that transmit the face-o-mat dna and process ten years of his experience. the ever-growing archive of his drawings has developed its own language and meaning, dissolving into multiple narratives in various mediums, such as installations, workshops or publications.