Quantum Memories

Description

»Quantum Memories« is Refik Anadol Studio’s epic scale investigation at the intersection of architecture, machine learning, the aesthetics of probability, and Google AI Quantum Supremacy experiments, exhibited on the largest LED screen that the National Gallery of Victoria has deployed to date. It is a data sculpture that draws upon more than two hundred million publicly available nature-related images, which are used to train a GAN AI algorithm. By proposing the possibility of “post-digital architecture,” it offers a futuristic view of our sense of spaces and translates the logic of new media technology into spatial design.

Statement of the jury

Refik Anadol's studio's data sculpture, generated by a GAN-AI algorithm, is based on more than two hundred million publicly available nature-related images and promises a mesmerizing visual experience whose hypnotic effect is hard to resist.