We were able to collect an enormous corpus of data of photographic memories. So, to understand this much better, we really challenged ourselves and looked for New York in pretty much every social network available, from Instagram, Flicker, Google images, literally anything available publicly. Culture is embedded in our collective memory. RA: I am very inspired by our memories, not individual memories but collective memories, like how we perceive a city, architecture, landscapes, streets, and daily life. SG: Could you talk a little about your process of working on this project? Still 3, Machine Hallucination Image Credit: Refik Anadol But for this project, I wanted to push something much deeper and as a team we were able to collect 100 million images of New York. I am dreaming to give a kind of cognitive capacity to architecture, meaning can I build a dream? Can it learn? Can it remember? These kinds of very human cognitive skills is my way of storytelling. But my work is always about architecture. Over the last three years, as a studio, we have pioneered many art installations using machine intelligence to create new stories, new narratives. This is because a machine can learn like a human in the sense that it can mimic our cognitive skills and then using it as a pigment, what it learns can become the material. So, I am very inspired by many things but specifically what I really enjoyed is, once AI started becoming available for artists to dream, it basically allowed me to work with a kind of consciousness. In 2016, however, before the Disney Dreams project, there was another project of archives and memories, depicting the future of a library. My team and I were trained by them to work on the world’s first AI installation three years ago - Archive Dreaming. Three years ago, I was very fortunate as I was an artist-in-residence at Google and I was able to work with one of the most wonderful engineers using AI algorithms. SG: How long have you been working on this project? Still 2, Machine Hallucination Image Credit: Refik Anadol So, I think it is very exciting to do a project about New York in New York. New York is one of the world’s most amazing city with its history and its context. Sometimes I feel like cities are more important than countries, because these are much more lively and cross many cultures of people. Inside them are the memories, the emotions, the past, the history, architecture, everything. Cities are a big inspiration for me because I find them like a living organism. This beautiful place is in Chelsea market, a boiler room with fantastic 18 channel projections, 32 channel sound system meaning it’s a fantastic canvas for an artist to dream.īut I think my obsession about the city started before. With ARTECHOUSE, I have another exhibition right now in Washington DC, that was focusing on my earlier work using data and machine learning as well, but this ( Machine Hallucination) is a whole new challenge, whole new canvas. Refik Anadol (RA): It is actually because of ARTECHOUSE it is a very interesting collaboration. Sukanya Garg (SG): Why New York? What inspired you to choose this city for the project Machine Hallucination? And the hope is that he is the anchor and he keeps you, even if you can’t keep yourself.01 min watch Teaser - Machine Hallucination Video Credit: Refik Anadol So even though this is terrifying and it creates an uncertain world, the comfort is that he sees you and he knows you and he knows your frame. And connected to that, he will not let your foot slip. He is the keeper who keeps us, even if we’re powerless to keep ourselves. ![]() And then in Psalm 121, we see it in a different form that God is the keeper. We see it also referenced, that even if we are unfaithful, he is faithful. So what is my comfort? And then what is my hope? The hope is that he does not change, that even though your world is changing, he does not change. Even if you don’t know what is real or who to trust, he knows. He knows he is not far away. And as Psalm 103 says, verse 14, he knows our frame. These are not going to be able to do it justice, but it’s a sample of what hope and comfort may look like.Ĭomfort is that God is with you. ![]() And I think there’s two things that I’d want to think about when we think about how to help, how to bring comfort or hope. What is real and who is real? Who do I trust? So all of that, all of a sudden, becomes up in the air, and certainty sort of goes out the window. Psychosis and hallucinations and delusions, they really are terrifying because they make us call into question what is real. ![]() The individual who asked this question uses the word terrified, and it’s an appropriate word. Topics: Anxiety, Psychiatric Disorders, Schizophrenia
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