Caution Bot Crossing is a painting inspired by the tire marks left by autonomous robots operating within contemporary logistics warehouses. Hand-painted by the artists, the work translates these repetitive and abstract trajectories into a composition of lines and curves derived from the movements, rotations, and directional changes of automated machines. The resulting patterns evoke both cartographic diagrams and technical drawings.

Presented in a black anodized aluminium frame and hung at an angle, the painting appears as though it has been extracted from a larger composition and relocated onto the wall.

For its first presentation at Standard/Deluxe in Lausanne in June 2026, the work formed part of a larger installation that included an ephemeral floor painting extending across the gallery. Created simultaneously with the canvas, the floor painting repeated the same motifs while leaving a void where the painting had originally rested, as if a fragment of the composition had been lifted from the floor and mounted on the wall.

The painted trajectories connected the various works in the exhibition, suggesting the movements of an absent robot that had itself arranged the artworks within the space. At the entrance, a folded industrial safety sign bearing the words Caution Bot Crossing lay abandoned on the floor, giving its title to the exhibition.

Through this ensemble, fragmentin explores the encounter between human gesture and algorithmic logic. Although the traces emulate the precision of automated systems, they remain visibly handmade. Small irregularities persist, leaving viewers uncertain whether they are looking at the traces of a machine or at a human attempt to reproduce its behaviour.