Machine Hallucination | Behind the Scenes

MACHINE HALLUCINATION
Refik Anadol
New York City | September 6th, 2019 - February 2nd, 2020

For the inaugural installation at ARTECHOUSE NYC, we collaborated with renowned media artist Refik Anadol to present his first large-scale installation in New York City and his first to utilize artificial intelligence (AI).

By deploying machine learning algorithms on one of the world’s largest datasets — over 100 million architectural images of New York City — Anadol created a cinematic data universe of the city’s collective memories and their AI re-imaginings that we helped transform into an immersive, technologically-unprecedented experience of the city’s deeply-hidden consciousness.

“I feel privileged to be chosen as the inaugural artist for ARTECHOUSE’s newest space. I’m especially proud to be the first to reimagine this historic building, which is more than 100 years old. By employing machine intelligence to help narrate the hybrid relationship between architecture and our perception of time and space, Machine Hallucination offers the audience a glimpse into the future of architecture itself.” – Refik Anadol

By embedding photography within artificial intelligence, this mixed-reality experiment revealed the hidden connections between unique moments in the city’s iconic architectural history and created “hallucinations” in 1025 latent dimensions of its near future — narrating the fluid consciousness of the city and displaying cultural information in a way that allowed visitors to realize the complex fabric that unfolds their present realities.

[kristineamor]

is it possible to make a video that doesnt have as much water style imaging?

[davidmel]

My lucid dreaming come to life my 3rd eye working overtime. Truly something to work towards.

[dabcorn]

Make the room a half sphere - not a cube.... May I receive royalties on that suggestion?

[Raven-uguw]

No. This is a half-thought. While absorbing and even intoxicating, the description of the vision is uninteresting. This is not "dreaming a city" through machine determines images.
This is a projection of a randomized assortment of images. The number of images doesn't change that and probably diesnt make ut more interesting. The artist is a is a clever tech-savy guy who maybe found himself without unique talent with a Stanfird-styled business pitch. But I love that he has advance himself and look forward to his next steps.

[cabbarmehmet]

Tam olarak yaptığınız şeyi anlamadım ama blender da bi algoritmadan bahsediyorsunuz sanırım. Müthiş bir çalışma

[MaryCompagnoni]

A lot of Word spoken by boring people trying to spread a culture of Nothing.Wery interesting for people which is not and ore interstellari in a beauty of springblossom.Forgettit all🙈