Machine Hallucinations -- Space: Metaverse is a breathtaking collection from digital media artist Refik Anadol. It includes richly diverse artworks inspired by his studio's collaboration with NASA JPL which began in early 2018, and his long-term research into the photographic history of space exploration. Using advanced machine learning algorithms trained specifically on photographs of deep space captured by satellites and spacecrafts throughout humanity's quest to explore its depths, Anadol creates mesmerizing visual speculations of the unknown. The works explore our fascination with the subject while unveiling intricate connections between obscurity and openness through both digital and physical mediums. Studying the visuals that have been captured by the most comprehensive machines sent to outer space inspired Anadol to contemplate the idea that telescopes keep visual travel journals of spaces where humans cannot yet travel.

On June 25, 1949, the British neurologist Geoffrey Jefferson gave a lecture to the Royal College of Surgeons of England entitled The Mind of Mechanical Man. It may be surprising that machine intelligence was the subject of much debate in Jefferson's time, with some describing the 1904s as the period in which artificial intelligence was born following the development of cybernetics. Jefferson's ideas about the intersection of human and machine were ahead of their time and even impressed the great Alan Turing with their prescience and clarity. "[N]ot until a machine can write a sonnet or a concerto because of thoughts and emotions felt, and not by the chance fall of symbols, could we agree that machine equals brain -- that is, not only write it but know that it had written it," Jefferson said in his lecture. "No mechanism could feel (and not merely artificially signal, an easy contrivance) pleasure at its successes, grief when its valves fuse, be warmed by flattery, be made miserable by its mistakes, be charmed by sex, be angry or miserable when it cannot get what it wants." Whether they know it or not, critics of artificial intelligence's application in the art world -- and by extension, the world of NFTs -- employ a version of Jefferson's argument when they decry that the technology takes something away from the creative "soul" of artists and their work.

Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music.--Attributed to Goethe But Missa solemnis 2.0, a collaboration between pioneering media artist and director Refik Anadol and The Philadelphia Orchestra (April 7, 9, 10, supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage), brings Goethe's pithy saying to stunning visual and sonic life in ways the German literary giant never could have imagined. Beethoven completed his Missa solemnis in 1823. Despite being regarded as one of his most stunning musical creations, the piece is rarely performed. The composer's partner in this century-spanning project, Refik Anadol, was born in Istanbul. In 2008, while still an undergrad there, he presented his first digital art installation.

NATURE DREAMS, designed specifically for KÖNIG GALERIE, comprises three novel aesthetic approaches to a vast photographic dataset of nature: A giant data sculpture displaying machine-generated, dynamic pigments of nature titled NATURE DREAMS, four new series of data paintings, and WINDS OF BERLIN, a site-specific, public art projection on the tower of ST. AGNES which will be created based on environmental real-time data collected from the city. Anadol is a pioneer in the world of rare digital art and crypto collectibles, minting the first fully immersive digital artwork NFT in September 2021. For KÖNIG GALERIE he creates unique NFT options: the AI data sculpture NATURE DREAMS, and his public projection, WINDS OF BERLIN, which will mark the first time a generative public artwork in Berlin to be offered in NFT form. An architectural exhibition of synesthetic reality experiments based on GAN algorithms developed by artificial intelligence and inspired by fluid dynamics, NATURE DREAMS turns datasets into latent multi-sensory experiences to commemorate the beauty of the earth we share.

Nearly every new day brings exciting news in the field of artificial intelligence. But what larger directional trends do these news items drive? Beyond the announcements and the hype, is AI really evolving? In this article, I'd like to focus not on far-off, vague hopes and wishes about AI, but instead on a few concrete developments that lie in the not-so-distant future. The trends outlined below are already beginning to materialize in the form of real-world research and applications.

From February 7 through March 17, 2018, Pilevneli Gallery presented Refik Anadol's latest project on the materiality of remembering. Melting Memories offered new insights into the representational possibilities emerging from the intersection of advanced technology and contemporary art. By showcasing several interdisciplinary projects that translate the elusive process of memory retrieval into data collections, the exhibition immersed visitors in Anadol's creative vision of "recollection." "Science states meanings; art expresses them," writes American philosopher John Dewey and draws a curious distinction between what he sees as the principal modes of communication in both disciplines. In Melting Memories, Refik Anadol's expressive statements provide the viewer with revealing and contemplative artworks that will generate responses to Dewey's thesis.

The exhibition is organized by The State Hermitage Museum and The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, within The Hermitage 20/21 project. It will be launched during this year's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and will be a part of the forum's cultural program. Fourteen artists and creative teams from ten different countries are taking part in the exhibition. AI technology is used to process large bulks of data, including images. In the last few years, the use of AI has helped to achieve revolutionary results in cybersecurity, banking and marketing due to the facial recognition technology.