Refik Anadol Studio (Hardcover)

Hardcover. The first publication dedicated to Refik Anadol Studio's data-driven digital art-pulsating, vibrant installations that have appeared at MoMA and the Sphere. Over the past decade, Refik Anadol Studio has redefined the possibilities of media art at the intersection of aesthetics, data and machine intelligence. Since its founding in 2014, the studio has pioneered the use of custom artificial intelligence models trained on vast datasets drawn from nature, urban life and cultural memory to create generative realities that merge art, architecture, science and technology. From weather patterns and ocean currents to city archives, museum collections and brain scans, the studio transforms raw data into monumental visual experiences that expand the vocabulary of contemporary art. This book offers the first comprehensive chronicle of this trajectory, tracing more than ten years of innovation in data sculpture, AI-driven visualization and large-scale immersive installations. The publication situates the studio's projects within a wider cultural and technological history and features essays by leading figures in architecture, media art and artificial intelligence, as well as reflections from researchers and museum collaborators closely involved in the realization of these projects. Conceived as both a record and a projection, the book captures the evolution of a practice that is both technologically speculative and deeply humanistic. AUTHORS: Refik Anandol is an internationally renowned media artist and pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. He is the director and co-founder of Refik Anadol Studio in Los Angeles and teaches at UCLA's Department of Design Media Arts. Pelin Kivrak is a researcher and writer specializing in the intersection of arts, writing, ethics and emerging technologies. Since the founding of Refik Anadol Studio in 2014, she has been instrumental in shaping its research unit, crafting curatorial texts that have been presented at over forty major international venues. 1049 illustrations Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…