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Hello to our RAS community!
We are honored to share some exciting news with you! DATALAND is opening June 20, 2026 in Downtown Los Angeles.
Under the artistic leadership of Refik Anadol Studio, DATALAND is conceived as a living museum where architecture is no longer static, but part of an intelligent framework. Built without compromise, it utilizes the most advanced technologies available and redefines artistic expression in the age of machine intelligence. DATALAND’s inaugural exhibition, Machine Dreams: Rainforest, marks the beginning of this vision.
Machine Dreams: Rainforest unfolds across DATALAND’s five galleries as a narrative of a deepening relationship between humans, machine intelligence, and the natural world, and asks vital questions. If nature is an intelligence that translates invisible forces into form, what happens when a machine learns to speak its language? And can an AI trained on the memory of Earth generate not just imagery, but empathy for nature?
The exhibition is Refik’s ambitious vision to reveal the invisible intelligence of the natural world through interrelated sensory experiences that bring audiences into direct, immediate contact with nature’s complexity. Through advanced AI systems processing immense ecological datasets and biofeedback from audiences in real time, the works generate an emergent, living reality.
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DATALAND memberships are now available, offering preview access to the museum before it opens to the public, along with opportunities to purchase unique artworks, attend opening events with Refik and Efsun, and join an innovative community reimagining the museum experience.
Many of you have been with us from the very beginning, and we’re grateful for your support. A decade-long commitment to creative exploration and research now enters a new chapter. DATALAND and its inaugural exhibition Machine Dreams: Rainforest reflect a radical shift across art, technology, and the human experience.
We can’t wait to see you in the near future at DATALAND!
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