The Art Robot

Say hi to Manni👋 the large format multimedia art robot 🤖🎨

Manni loves to paint and draw AI data bridging the gap from digital to physical art.

Manni is larger than a polar bear

Manni was built from open source hardware and software, including 3D printer parts, Legos, construction materials and a Raspberry Pi 4. Manni's CoreXY mechanics and open source foundation make him an excellent candidate for upgrades!

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It's Manni's dream to become more autonomous and interactive; help Manni's dream come true by joining his community of friends on Patreon.

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Original Wheeler / ORGNLWheeler

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Original Wheeler is a New Media Arts studio located in Denton, TX, merging traditional art making methods with robotics, AI and Web3 (NFT).

Founded by American artist Drew Wheeler (b. 1989, Richmond, VA), Original Wheeler Studio is home to Manni the Art Robot and the "Painting + NFT" process.

hallucinations AI

hallucinations AI is an experimental series of 24 physical paintings linked 1-to-1 with Ethereum NFTs.

In this series the human artist - Wheeler and the art robot - Manni host a game of "telephone" held between multiple AI chats. The creative process in each work pushes the AI to its limits, causing it to hallucinate. The history of this hallucinatory process is recorded in the form of a painting in acrylic on 270 gsm cotton paper.

Each hallucinations AI painting is embedded with a unique QR code. When framed and displayed, viewers can scan each artwork's QR to discover more about the work, including ownership and NFT marketplace data.

Whoever possesses a Hallucinations AI NFT gets exclusive access to unlock a token-gated message board where they may post up to 1000 characters of text, visible to admirers or future collectors of their 1-to-1 Painting + NFT.

sustainability

NFT collections

that plant trees

A generous portion of proceeds from the primary sale of each NFT collection sold by Original Wheeler Studio is donated to OneTreePlanted to support global reforestation

- removing CO₂ from the atmosphere, helping protect endangered species, restoring holistic ecosystems and improving soil stability.

These NFTs are minted on Ethereum, a blockchain that by design is 99.95% more energy efficient than Bitcoin.

As an industry leader in sustainability, the Ethereum blockchain cut its energy consumption by 99.992% by transitioning to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism in 2022. learn more