Fast forward to the 21st century, robots haven\u2019t taken over, and artists have begun utilizing AI (algorithms, machine learning, etc.) both as a tool to help produce art, and as a framework that allows for different experiences interacting or experiencing it. These advancements AI have ushered a new age of creation expression, from Harold Cohen\u2019s AARON<\/a> computer, which codified the act of drawing, to the eerie portraits of Mario Klingemann<\/a> and the collaborative AI paintings of Sougwen Chung<\/a>, to exhibitions that we have produced and presented over the years, including Everything in Existence<\/a> <\/em>and TRUST<\/a><\/em> both by fuse* and Transient: Impermanent Paintings<\/a><\/em> by Quayola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we look at the intersection of AI in art in the modern day, there is arguably no figure who has garnered more attention as Turkish new media artist Refik Anadol. Born in Istanbul in 1985, Anadol watched Blade Runner<\/em> when he was eight and recalls the \u201cprofound\u201d effect it had on his imagination. In that same year, his family bought a home computer. This early fascination with film and technology would come to anticipate the immersive data sculptures he is globally known for today. Much like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/em>, the dystopian novel that inspired Blade Runner,<\/em> Anadol has built his career pondering on the question: If machines can learn, can they dream?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of pigment, Anadol uses data sets and machine learning as his material of choice to paint breathtaking installations that challenge our perception of space, time and narrative. Surely by now, you\u2019ve seen his work. Whether across historical architecture, such as Barcelona\u2019s Casa Battl\u00f3, Florence’s Palazzo Strozzie and Los Angeles\u2019 Walt Disney Concert Hall, to his latest solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch and the monumental installation at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, ‘Unsupervised”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But looking back to 2019, we had the opportunity to introduce Anadol to the states \u2014 utilizing ARTECHOUSE’s technological infrastructure to collaborate on his first solo exhibition in the US. We have worked side-by-side with the artist on four collaborations, including Infinite Space<\/em> in DC and Miami, and Machine Hallucination<\/em>, which launched ARTECHOUSE NYC in 2019, and then was reprised in 2021 due to popular demand along with a monumental NFT release.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf the doors of perception were cleansed,\u201d wrote the acclaimed English artist William Blake, \u201ceverything would appear to man as it is \u2014 infinite.\u201d Anadol approached Infinite Spaces <\/em>with this conceptual framework in mind. Housed at both our DC and Miami locations, the exhibition was defined by a rhythmic and pulsating energy that aimed to explore memories and dreams through the mind of a machine using data sets from human ephemera, intergalactic photographs, along with historical archives and geological activity. These were then translated into hypnotizing sculptures and living paintings in a context that astounded audiences.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.artechouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Infinite-Space-31-1024x576.jpg\")
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