Gutmann captures a moment in a tangible artwork, interpreting a person’s expression.

– Arab News

How would our world change if we connected through daily, conscious encounters?

– Tobias Gutmann, Arab News

Sai Bot is the brainchild of Swiss artist Tobias Gutmann, who, in a poetic gesture, has taught an artificial intelligence to draw.

- Dr. Marlene Wenger, Curator and Art Historian, Head of Program, HEK - House of Electronic Arts, Basel, Switzerland

With the portrait, you become part of a conglomerate of images that belong together — part of the Face-o-mat project.

- Dr. Marlene Wenger, Curator and Art Historian, Head of Program, HEK - House of Electronic Arts, Basel, Switzerland

The central element of Gutmann’s portraiture has always been the encounter. The drawing is merely the trace of that meeting — a moment in time, an interpretation rather than a representation.

– Marcel Henry, curator & museum director

Face-o-mat captures the interplay of appearance and inner self, expressing a person through abstract lines and dots rather than mere representation.

- Barbara Seiler, Founder and director of Barbara Seiler Galerie

Face-o-mat is a digital method in analog form: through prompts, clear rules, and a timed structure, an iterative process unfolds between human, machine, and environment. Drawing is a dialogical, reflective act — capturing a moment of perception that balances truth, interpretation, and imagination. Sai Bot only gains relevance in dialogue with the artist, making the intuitive process explicit — not as a replacement, but as a tool.

– Charlotte Axelson, Head of the Center for Digital Learning, PH Zurich

Just because artificial intelligence makes something more efficient doesn’t mean we can’t and shouldn’t still do it ourselves.

– Tobias Gutmann, Der Bund

Drawing, says Gutmann, is a tool for social interaction, transcending, as it does, language barriers.

– The Sidney Morning Herald