Overview
- At Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, Beeple’s Regular Animals sends quadruped robots with hyper‑real silicone heads of figures like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Kim Jong Un and the artist himself drifting through the galleries.
- Each robot captures scenes with built‑in cameras, runs them through on‑site generative AI to match the figure’s style or persona, then instantly prints and drops the reworked images on the floor.
- Beeple says the work critiques how tech billionaires and the platforms they control shape public perception by changing opaque recommendation algorithms without public oversight.
- The project debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, where Beeple handed out the printed photos, some marked with QR codes that linked to free NFTs and tongue‑in‑cheek certificates.
- Clips of the dogs in action have drawn strong reactions online, with many viewers calling the lifelike heads and print‑dropping behavior creepy and even nightmare material.