WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH
- Hear directly from one of art’s most innovative and experimental creators, Refik Anadol.
- His work combines data and aesthetics in fascinating ways and can be seen in museums and galleries as well as public art installations, such as Sphere in Las Vegas.
- Anadol views generative AI as an artistic collaborator, not just another tool.
Anadol is the director of Los Angeles’ Refik Anadol Studio and also serves as a visiting researcher and lecturer in UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts.
In 2023, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) acquired “Unsupervised,” part of Anadol’s Machine Hallucinations series, making it the first tokenized art to be part of the museum’s permanent collection. Learn more about the installation here and here.
Anadol is also known for creating the dynamic exterior art projected on the exterior of the MSG Sphere in Vegas, an immersive entertainment venue.
Large Nature Model
In January, Anadol revealed his latest work, Living Archive: Nature, in Davos, Switzerland, during the 2024 World Economic Forum, according to Artnet. It’s also the debut work from Refik Anadol Studio’s new Large Nature Model, which Artnet reports is an ‟open-source generative A.I. model dedicated to nature” and ‟trained on data from National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institute, CornellLab, the Natural History Museum in London, and the Conservation Research Foundation Museum, as well as data his team has personally collected.” The data was collected from ecosystems around the world using LiDAR, photogrammetry, and captured ambisonic audio and high-resolution visuals.
‟Our vision for the Large Nature Model goes beyond being a repository or a creative research initiative. It is a tool for insight, education, and advocacy for the shared environment of humanity,” Anadol told Design Boom.
Anadol’s first UK solo exhibition, Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, is on view at the Serpentine North gallery in London.
Refik Anadol, “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 2024.” Installation view, Serpentine North. Photo: Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Refik Anadol Studio and Serpentine. 
Refik Anadol, “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 2024.” Installation view, Serpentine North. Photo: Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Refik Anadol Studio and Serpentine. 
Refik Anadol, “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 2024.” Installation view, Serpentine North. Photo: Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Refik Anadol Studio and Serpentine. 
Refik Anadol, “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 2024.” Installation view, Serpentine North. Photo: Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Refik Anadol Studio and Serpentine. 
Refik Anadol, “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 2024.” Installation view, Serpentine North. Photo: Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Refik Anadol Studio and Serpentine. 
Refik Anadol, “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive, 2024.” Installation view, Serpentine North. Photo: Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Refik Anadol Studio and Serpentine.
