19 Q2 2020 BUILD echnology and art may not seem a likely pairing, but the two have gone hand in hand for centuries. Leonardo da Vinci was simultaneously one of the greatest inventors, artists, mathematicians, and scientists of the fifteenth century. Following in some of the greatest footsteps that history has left is Turkish artist Refik Anadol, creating public art that explores the potential for intersections of art, science, and technology to radically communicate data and visualize alternate architecture of space and perception. Through site-specific immersive installations, data paintings, and audio-visual performances, Refik Anadol Studio takes the invisible data that surrounds people every day and uses it as primary material. Collaborating with a computerized mind, the results of Mr Anadol’s work are mesmerizing, poetic, and unexplainably beautiful pieces of art that invite audiences to re-imagine reality as defined by conventional spaces. The studio focuses on expert use of space, especially in its relation to the domains of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and architecture. Each piece is an expert fusion of imagination and physicality; self and environment; technology and history. By merging these fields together through the medium of public art, the studio draws attention to the construction and recollection of humanity’s histories, memories, and dreams. Each piece of work is both incredibly unique, and yet somehow familiar. Taking on many different virtual and physical forms, entire Refik Anadol Studio can make entire buildings come to life as floors, walls, and ceilings disappear into infinity, or breathtaking aesthetics are created from vast oceans of invisible data. What was once incomprehensible by the human mind is suddenly brought to the forefront of audience’s perception, offering a glimpse at the digital world we use every day. As technological as it is creative, Refik Anadol Studio maintains a research practice that is centered around discovering and developing novel approaches to information visualization and interaction design. The Wind of Boston data paintings for example, is a site-specific series of works that transforms meteorological data regarding wind patterns around Boston into a poetic, fluid data paintings within a digital canvass. This commitment to research and willingness to experiment in pushing the boundaries of what is possible has contributed massively to Mr Anadol’s ongoing success. Advancing Art Through Artificial Intelligence Art has always had the potential to inspire and empower, but one innovative artist is taking audience’s understanding of space and perception to a whole new level. Born in Turkey and living in Los Angeles, Refik Anadol is the recipient of two BUILD awards; the 2020 Award for Excellence in Innovation for Virtual Depiction: San Francisco, and the Best for Public Art in 2020. To discover the innovation behind Mr Anadol’s superb exhibitions, we profiled both the man and Refik Anadol Studio. T Jan20022 Ranging from commercial to private, Refik Anadol Studio works for a myriad of clients, but always remains primarily focused on public art. Museums, public exhibition spaces, and public buildings all make for intriguing canvasses. Both Mr Anadol and the team he has surrounded himself with are always innovating; delivering new and exciting artworks, exhibitions, and installations that challenge audience perceptions of space, technology, and so much more. Unrelenting in its advancement, technology continues to offer even more for Refik Anadol Studio to work with. 2020 will see the continued exploration of an emerging field known as Synesthetic Architecture; a discipline which implies that the practice of architecture is based on a new understanding of dimensionality. Machine learning enables architects such as Mr Anadol to cleverly utilise structures and data collaboratively, creating and redefining space through mixed media and interactive robotics. One of the key questions that Mr Anadol seeks to answer is how an machine intelligence can be used to augment and expand the possibilities for architecture? Without a doubt, the age of machine intelligence will make computers, buildings, and entire cities more responsive and brain-like than ever before. Rather than allow artificial intelligence and machine learning to oust architects altogether, Refik Anadol Studio is at the forefront of using it collaboratively, unlike many other artists in the world today. Ultimately, Refik Anadol Studio is one of the world’s finest for creating thought-provoking and mind-bending artistry of the highest quality. Mr Anadol’s unwavering commitment to technological innovation has seen him create some of the most architecturally inventive and intellectually stimulating public artwork in recent memory. Company: Refik Anadol Studio Contact: Refik Anadol Website: www.refikanadol.com Mr Anadol’s unwavering commitment to technological innovation has seen him create some of the most architecturally inventive and intellectually stimulating public artwork in recent memory.
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