Art-making with intelligent machines




Our Vision


The Machine Arts Group envisions a cultural landscape where artificial intelligent systems and human craft are no longer distinct domains but interwoven modes of physical creative practices.

Our commitment is to go beyond the notion of the machine as a mere tool, and support creatives who work alongside intelligent systems as partners in thought and making. We cultivate interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, scientists, designers and makers, and engage wider audiences in conversation about machine-assisted creativity.

Our Activities


Machine Arts Talks


We organize public talks with artists and experts working across robotics, digital fabrication, manufacturing, and computational systems. Through the talks, we create a platform for critical exchange on the creative potential of physical AI, while documenting the individuals and organizations shaping this emerging field.

Machine Arts Shows


We organize and curate exhibitions featuring local and international artists whose work engages machines: from deploying them in art-making processes, to developing autonomous artistically-skilled systems, or interrogating the relationship between machine-based production and human craft.

Machine Arts Workshops


We organize workshops focused on visual computing, creative robotics, and physical art-making.




Recent Events

Public Talks, performances and workshops organized and curated by MAG.

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Team

The Machine Arts Group was kick-started in 2025 by Armin Aschenbrenner and Sofie Mart who share passion for art-making with intelligent machines.
Armin Aschenbrenner
Co-founder

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Armin Aschenbrenner is a Moroccan–Austrian artist and computational designer with a background in architecture and interaction design. His practice explores the materiality that emerges from co-creating with machines. Armin describes himself as a “phygital artisan”, his craft-oriented approach attempting to bridge digital and physical realities.

Sofie Mart
Co-founder

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Sofie Mart is a Zurich-based creative technologist, researcher and art producer with a background in computer science and experience design. Sofie runs Uncorporated Studio, a robotic art foundry where she works with artists, helping them extend their practice through collaboration with intelligent machines.

Machine Arts Index

An evolving list of individuals, organizations and initiatives shaping the emerging field of the machine arts.

Curated by the Machine Arts Group.


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