A New Experiential Gallery Just Might Change Your Mind About AI Art
Refik Anadol has opened 'Dataland' in Los Angeles, the world's first museum dedicated to AI art. The gallery features immersive installations trained on ethically sourced data, contrasting with the controversial data-scraping practices of major tech firms.
Why it matters
This represents a shift in the AI art movement toward transparency and ethical data sourcing in creative industries.
Anadol, known for technological installations that probe the relationship between humans and machines, has reason to be happy. On June 20, Dataland, the cutting-edge downtown Los Angeles gallery he cofounded with studio partner Efsun Erkılıç, opened its doors to an eager public. Billed as the first “museum of AI arts” in the world, it welcomed more than 10,000 visitors to the opening exhibit in the first two weeks, Anadol tells WIRED.
The set piece is his most ambitious to date, an immersive architectural vision titled Machine Dreams: Rainforest. Its interactive digital displays, directly responding to the visitors’ movements and biometric data (tracked by wearable devices), produce ever-shifting images and soundscapes drawn from Anadol’s Large Nature Model, an AI system built using natural science archives from prestigious research institutions like the Smithsonian.
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