https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/refik-anadol-unsupervised-moma-2242329<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cRefik Anadol: Unsupervised\u201d is being touted as Artificial Intelligence\u2019s triumphant arrival in the museum-art canon. So I went to see the splashy installation currently in the Museum of Modern Art\u2019s ground-floor annex with a mission, to get a glimpse of what MoMA-approved A.I. art promises, or threatens, for the future.<\/p>\n
Born in Istanbul and currently based in Los Angeles, with a studio of more than a dozen people, Anadol was known for many years more for interactive public-art commissions than for work in museums and galleries. He boasts collaborations and support from the likes of Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Google. In the recent past, his stock has dramatically soared\u2014which makes sense given the fact that his work engages with three trends that have lately shaken up the art conversation: immersive installation, NFTs, and generative A.I. \u201cUnsupervised\u201d combines a bit of each.<\/p>\n
Here is what you see at MoMA: A towering, high-res screen where abstract images morph hypnotically and ceaselessly. Sequences run a few minutes each, toggling between different styles of animation.<\/p>\n
The most crowd-pleasing of these simulates a seething, gravity-defying cloud of colorful fluid, the palette based on colors derived from the works in MoMA\u2019s collection. New colors are constantly swirling into the image and taking over, the whole thing surging in and out restlessly, like a psychedelic, drugged-out ocean wave. The high-res screen renders the simulated rainbow gloop convincingly thick and dimensional…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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