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Machine Arts Kiosk, a group exhibition celebrating machine-assisted physical art making, took place September 17-27 as a part of Zurich Design Weeks 2026, in Zurich Switzerland.

Artists:
Armin Aschenbrenner @armin.aschenbrenner
Enrico Viola @naus3a
Johannes Ritzer @johannesritzer
Philipp Lehmann @ph.lehmann
Sofie Mart @sofiem.art

Organizers:
Machine Arts Group @machineartsgroup

Partners:
Zurich Design Weeks @zurichdesignweeks
Raumbörse der Stadt Zürich

Photo:
Andy Nice
Ilaria Manetta @ilaria_micale
Peter Jaray

#MachineArts #ZurichDesignWeeks #RoboticArt #CreativeTechnology #DigitalFabrication by @machineartsgroup

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Join us for an artist talk with Sofie Mart and Enrico Viola at the Machine Arts Kiosk on the Sep 26 at 7pm ✦

At the Machine Arts Kiosk exhibition, Sofie and Enrico will present their project Resonance.

Resonance is a real-time machine drawing performance in which a plotter translates the sound of a playing record into a drawing produced directly on its label. The system synchronises several temporal layers at once: the rhythm and dynamics of the music, the movement of the drawing machine, the accumulation of marks, and the continuous rotation of the record itself. Rather than treating the plotter as a standalone tool, the work combines it with the turntable as a second mechanical system, creating a hybrid instrument whose behaviour emerges from their interaction. Each drawing is generated live and remains specific to the record, the music, and the duration of the performance. Designed as a site-specific public interaction, Resonance invites visitors to select a record, play it, and leave with a machine-drawn label produced in response to that moment.

THU 26.9.2026

19:00 Artist Talk 3: Sofie Mart & Enrico Viola (EN)

Forchstrasse 193, Zürich

More info & RSVP via the link in bio.
#MachineArts #ZurichDesignWeeks #RoboticArt #CreativeTechnology #DigitalFabrication ZurichArt ArtAndTechnology by @machineartsgroup

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Join us for Philipp Lehmann’s artist talk at the Machine Arts Kiosk on the Sep 24 at 7pm ✦

Philipp Lehmann spent a decade sharpening his design skills at studios in Winterthur, Vienna and Zurich before teaching what he’d learned at ZHdK and SfGBB. Since 2018 he’s channeled all of it into Redefine, his own design studio. Curious by nature, he finds the approach that fits each project’s individual needs. Hands-on from the first sketch and prototypes to the final product, he loves the beauty of a good design system, the delightful details and the aspects of generative design. He is fascinated by how intricate patterns often arise from a surprisingly elegant logic.

At the Machine Arts Kiosk exhibition Philipp is presenting his project Photoplotter.

THU 24.9.2026

19:00 Artist Talk 2: Philipp Lehmann (DE)

Forchstrasse 193, Zürich

More info & RSVP via the link in bio.
#MachineArts #ZurichDesignWeeks #RoboticArt #CreativeTechnology #DigitalFabrication ZurichArt ArtAndTechnology by @machineartsgroup

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Join us for Armin Aschenbrenner’s artist talk at the Machine Arts Kiosk on the Sep 19 at 7pm ✦

Armin Aschenbrenner is a Moroccan–Austrian artist and computational designer. His practice, which he describes as “phygital artisanship”, explores how co-creating with intelligent machines affects the craft of architecture. Through software programming and digital fabrication, he constructs generative systems and interactive installations that produce machine-assisted drawings and sculptures. Aschenbrenner has received the City of Zurich Förderbeitrag Digitale Künste 2025 and the ZHdK Förderpreis Design 2024.

At the Machine Arts Kiosk exhibition Armin is presenting his project ZIGGURAT.

SAT 19.9.2026
19:00 Artist Talk 1: Armin Aschenbrenner
Forchstrasse 193, Zürich

More info & RSVP via the link in bio.
#MachineArts #ZurichDesignWeeks #RoboticArt #CreativeTechnology #DigitalFabrication ZurichArt ArtAndTechnology by @machineartsgroup

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Discover technology and the future of design at #zdw26.

🟩 Out of Gravity – @dehgraf

#EXHIBITION Dehgraf Design AG is shining a spotlight on its Space Age collection. Through an installation-based exhibition, the company brings its reinterpretation of this exceptionally creative era to life. A blend of lamps, sculptures, and Dehgraf Design AG’s signature design language, characterized by warm tones and a mix of aluminum and polymers, awaits you at the Offspace Coin Coin Zurich.

17.9.2026: Vernissage

📍DATE
18.–26.9.2026

Find out more on designweeks.ch
#zurichdesignweeks

Discover technology and the future of design at #zdw26.

🟩 Extrafaces: AI & Design Lab – @ravencad × @ana_ascic × @maria_sni

#EXHIBITION Extrafaces is a design and fabrication workshop asking one question: What can human collective intelligence produce when AI is in the room? Taking Charles and Ray Eames’ slot card game “House of Cards” as its starting point, participants design individual flat components within a shared connection system, working simultaneously across three scales: the single part, its pattern and the aggregate.

📍DATE
19.9.2026

Register now on designweeks.ch
#zurichdesignweeks @armin.aschenbrenner @uncorporated.studio @ph.lehmann

🟩 Machine Arts Kiosk – @machineartsgroup

#GUIDED TOUR #TALK Machine Arts Kiosk is a group exhibition that brings the spirit of the street kiosk into the world of robotic making. Where a traditional kiosk peddles postcards, trinkets, and small curiosities, this one produces them by machine: drawings, prints, and collectible objects generated live by algorithms and made by mechanical systems.

📍DATE
19.–27.9.2026

Register now on designweeks.ch
#zurichdesignweeks

Discover technology and the future of design at #zdw26.

🟩 Welchen Wert hat Design heute? – Studio F. A. Porsche

#TALK Design has never been so accessible, and the possibilities for design have never been as diverse as they are today. But what defines the value of design when it’s becoming easier and easier to create something new? Henning Rieseler, Design Director at Studio F.A. Porsche, shows how the role of designers is changing: from designing individual products to helpin by @machineartsgroup

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Machine Arts Kiosk is coming to Zurich Design Weeks ✨

From 17–27 September, we’re turning a small city kiosk into a live production space where artists, algorithms, and machines make things together.

Featuring artists, Armin Aschenbrenner, Philipp Lehmann, Sofie Mart, and Enrico Viola, who work with robotic machines, the exhibition explores creativity, authorship, and production through live performances, small machine-made objects, and public interventions.

📍 Forchstrasse 193, Zürich 🗓 17–27.09.2026

THU 17.9 18:00-21:00 Vernissage🥂

SAT 19.9 16:00-21:00
19:00 Artist Talk 1: Armin Aschenbrenner

THU 24.9 16:00-21:00
19:00 Artist Talk 2: Philipp Lehmann

SAT 26.9 16:00-21:00
19:00 Artist Talk 3: Sofie Mart & Enrico Viola

SUN 27.9 16:00–21:00 Finissage 👋🏻

More info & RSVP via the link in bio.

#MachineArts #ZurichDesignWeeks #RoboticArt #CreativeTechnology DigitalFabrication ZurichArt ArtAndTechnology by @machineartsgroup

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We are excited to announce our next Machine Arts Group talk with Patricia Alves-Oliveira, on Wednesday 13.05, in Zurich!

Patricia is an Assistant Professor of Robotics at the University of Michigan (USA). Her research focuses on robot design, human-robot interaction, and human-centered embodied AI.

Patricia leads the Robot Studio, an interdisciplinary research group exploring how robots can participate in everyday human experiences through thoughtful design and interaction. They explore assistive robotics and socially embedded systems – from robots that foster creative expression, to systems that facilitate inclusive social gathering experiences.

Patricia advises Meta on critical issues for AI, and currently is an academic guest at ETH Zürich.

🕔 13.05.2026 | 18:30 – 20:00

📍 Zurich University of the Arts, Toni-Areal, Zurich | Viaduktraum (2.A05)

🎟 Free admission

#machineart #machineartsgroup #roboticart #artisttalk by @machineartsgroup

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We are excited to announce our next Machine Arts Group talk with Liat Grayver @liat_grayver and Daniel Berio @colormotor, on Thursday 19.03, in Zurich!

Liat and Daniel are artists and researchers working at the intersection of robotics, computation, and visual art. They will talk about their individual practices, encounters with robotic machines and collaborative project, Labor, which will be presented at @atafestival the following week.

🕔 19.03.2026 | 19:00–20:30

📍 Zurich University of the Arts, Toni-Areal, Zurich | Viaduktraum (2.A05)

🎟 Free admission

#machineart #machineartsgroup #roboticart #artisttalk taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @machineartsgroup

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The first VF Keynote of 2026 – Between Humans and Machines: Making Meaning Through Digital Craft 🤖

When machines can make almost anything, where does meaning come from – and what is left for humans to do?

Join us on January 20 as Sofie Mart (@sofiem.art) and Armin Aschenbrenner (@armin.aschenbrenner) of the Zürich-based Machine Arts Group (@machineartsgroup) explore how digital craft creates meaning through hands-on collaboration between humans, machines, and materials. Working with embodied AI, robotics, and physical materials, they show how making can become a dialogue – and why that matters in an age of endless AI output. 🤖

Making today isn’t just about output. It’s about care, experimentation, and finding meaning through practice.

What will you learn? 🛠️ Why the gap between code and material is a creative opportunity  🛠️ Why making meaning matters more than producing more 🛠️ How hands-on, DIY practices help reclaim creative agency in the age of AI 🛠️ How digital craft becomes a dialogue between humans, machines, and materials

📅 Tuesday, January 20, 6:30 PM / 18:30 Uhr 📍 Kulturhaus Helferei (@kulturhaus_helferei), Zürich 
🔗 RSVP via link in bio (English & free 🎉)

We can’t wait to kick off this year’s keynotes with this one.
See you there! 😇 taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @machineartsgroup

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9 months ago

🔗 Register via link in bio.

Join us for an energizing evening organized by @zhdk_zkubator, exploring how AI is reshaping creative work in art and design. This panel discussion brings together @ninaroehrs, @anthonymasure , and moderator @pascalespeckstudio for a fast-paced conversation on the future of creative labor.

MAG co-organizer @armin.aschenbrenner will present a live artistic performance, offering an inside look at his practice at the intersection of technology, craft, and embodied AI. Don’t miss this unique chance to experience his latest work in action.

📅 Tuesday, 25 November 2025

🕕 18:00–19:00, drinks afterwards

📍 schwarzescafé, Luma Westbau, Löwenbräukunst, Zurich

📖 Free entry / Registration required until 24.11.2025.

🔗 Register via link in bio.

See you there! ✨

#machineartsgroup taken in Luma Westbau by @machineartsgroup

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We are organizing an extended machine painting workshop! Join us for two days of playful experimentation: build your own DIY robotic painting kit and learn the art of machine painting.

Over two days, participants will assemble and program a small painting robot, explore image-processing and machine-control techniques and produce a set of small paintings.

Structure:

1️⃣ Day 1 Build & Code: assemble and run the physical system, learn the basics of image and G-code processing.

2️⃣ Day 2 Play & Paint: learn about different machine painting techniques, experiment and make your own paintings.

When: 6–7 December 2025 (afternoon hours, exact time TBU)

Where: Bitwäscherei, Neue Hard 12, Zürich

Why this might be interesting:

🎨 A fun entry into creative robotics and digital art

🎁 Make your own winter art project (or Christmas card!)

🙌 Join an open community of artists, makers, and tinkerers

The workshop is developed together with Slovenian artist Dominik Mahnič, and facilitated by artists and engineers from SGMK (Swiss Mechatronic Art Society), MAG (Machine Arts Group) and LightBurn Software.

More info & registration: [link in bio]

#machineart #machinepainting #roboticart #zurichevents #workshop #diy #machineartsgroup by @machineartsgroup

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Some highlights of the Expressive Machines exhibition we curated at AI+X Summit last week💫

Featuring three live installations:
✍️ Patrick Tresset with the embodied drawing agent, a robotic companion that sketches in response to your prompts.
🖼 Sofie Mart with the image-interpretation techniques showcasing the visual language invented by a machine.
🎨 Michael Stroh with e-David, a robotic painter exploring the boundaries of mechanical creativity.

A heartfelt thank you to the @eth_ai_center and everyone who made this amazing event possible!

#AI #robotics #machineart #AIart #exhibition #digitalart #ETHZurich #AIplusX #ETHAICenter #AIXSummit taken in StageOne Event & Convention Hall by @machineartsgroup

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