Mario Klingemann

{{Short description|German artist}}

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| caption = Mario Klingemann speaking at the Decoded Conference in 2010 in Munich, Germany.

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| field = Digital art, conceptual art

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Mario Klingemann (born 1970 in Laatzen, Lower Saxony{{Cite web |title=Mario Klingemann — The Garden of Earthly Delights |url=https://thegardenofearthlydelights.art/Mario-Klingemann |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=thegardenofearthlydelights.art |language=en}}) is a German artist best known for his work involving neural networks, code, and algorithms. Klingemann was a Google Arts and Culture resident from 2016 to 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/arts-culture|title=Arts & Culture Experiments {{!}} Experiments with Google|website=experiments.withgoogle.com|access-date=2018-07-26}} and he is considered as a pioneer in the use of computer learning in the arts.{{Cite news|url=https://www.flashartonline.com/article/mario-klingemann/|title=AI through the Technologist's Eye|date=2017-12-05|work=Flash Art|access-date=2018-07-26|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZYHoCT1W4uBhQNoKzJBc2mvG1bXbGov/view|title=Creation, Curation, and Classification: Mario Klingemann and Emily L. Spratt in Conversation|date=Spring 2018|work=XRDS|access-date=2018-07-26|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)|doi=10.1145/3186677 |last1=Spratt |first1=Emily L. |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=34–43 }}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/neurographer-puts-the-art-in-artificial-intelligence/|title=A 'Neurographer' Puts the Art in Artificial Intelligence|last=Simonite|first=Tom|date=July 6, 2017|magazine=Wired}} His works examine creativity, culture, and perception through machine learning and artificial intelligence, and have appeared at the Ars Electronica Festival, the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, the Photographers’ Gallery London, the Centre Pompidou Paris, and the British Library.{{Cite web|url=http://underdestruction.com/about/|title=About {{!}} Quasimondo|website=underdestruction.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-26}} Today he lives in Munich, where, in addition to his art under the name "Dog & Pony", he still runs a creative free space between gallery and Wunderkammer with the paper artist Alexandra Lukaschewitz.{{Cite web |title=Dog & Pony |url=https://dog-and-pony.com/about/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |language=en-US}}

In 2018 his work The Butcher's Son{{Cite news |last=Campbell-Dollaghan |first=Kelsey |date=2018-10-01 |title=This nude portrait was generated by algorithms |work=The Fast Company |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90243942/this-award-winning-nude-portrait-was-generated-by-an-algorithm}} won the Lumen Prize Gold Award 2018 by working with figurative visual input.

Mario Klingemann is part of ONKAOS, the new media artist support programme of SOLO. In collaboration with ONKAOS he has created works such as Memories of Passerby I,{{Cite news |last=Rea |first=Naomi |title=Sotheby's First Auction of an AI Artwork Fails to Incite a Robo-Frenzy, Fetching a Modest $51,000 |work=Artnet |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/artificial-intelligence-sothebys-1481590}} the first work made with AI to be auctioned at Sotheby's in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Sotheby's |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/artificial-intelligence-and-the-art-of-mario-klingemann |website=Sotheby's|date=8 February 2019 }}

In 2020, Mario Klingemann won an Honorary Mention in the Prix Ars Electronica with his AI installation Appropriate Response.{{Cite news |last=López |first=Ianko |date=2020-06-18 |title=Mario Klingemann: "Las máquinas no podrán crear arte hasta que no tengan una motivación. Ellas no se mueren" |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/06/18/icon_design/1592470092_292809.html?event_log=oklogin}}{{Cite news |last=Ventura |first=Laura |date=2020-06-26 |title=El espectador de la obra de arte, de rodillas ante un "nuevo dios": la tecnología |work=La Nación |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/el-espectador-de-la-obra-de-arte-de-rodillas-ante-un-nuevo-dios-la-tecnologia-nid26072021/}}

In 2023, Klingemann presented A.I.C.C.A., a performative sculpture in the form of a dog capable{{Cite news |title=Robot dog uses AI to print art critiques |work=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2023/06/08/robot-dog-uses-ai-print-art-critiques/12066622002/}} of elaborating art critiques thanks to AI programming.{{Cite news |last=Estiler |first=Keith |title=Mario Klingemann Creates A.I.C.C.A Robotic Pooch That Poops Out Receipts of Art Critiques |work=Hyperbeast |url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/6/aicca-robotic-dog-mario-klingemann-coleccion-solo}}{{Cite news |last=De La Cruz |first=Sofía |title=Meet A.I.C.C.A., The World's First AI Dog That Poops Art Critiques |work=Hypebae |url=https://hypebae.com/2023/6/aicca-robotic-art-critic-dog-mario-klingemann-coleccion-solo-interview}}