



Machine Hallucinations - Coral - Generative AI Data Painting A (Print)
2021
In this luminous print from Refik Anadol's celebrated Machine Hallucinations series, vast repositories of coral reef imagery are processed through custom machine learning algorithms to produce cascading fields of bioluminescent color and organic abstraction. The composition unfolds as though the ocean itself is dreaming, with layered pigments shifting between electric blues, phosphorescent greens, and deep ultraviolet tones that recall the living complexity of marine ecosystems while remaining thoroughly synthetic in origin. The result sits at a compelling threshold between scientific visualization and pure aesthetic experience, inviting prolonged looking and rewarding it with new details at every pass. Anadol, whose large-scale architectural installations have transformed public facades and museum walls across three continents, brings the same conceptual rigor to this edition as he does to his monumental works. The print functions as a distillation of his broader inquiry into what he terms data aesthetics, asking how artificial intelligence perceives, reinterprets, and ultimately romanticizes the natural world. That the subject is coral, one of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth, adds an elegiac dimension to the work's visual exuberance, making it simultaneously a celebration and a form of memory. Presented as a signed edition of 100 by Round Gallery, this 55.9 by 31.5 centimeter digital print on paper offers collectors an accessible entry point into one of the most discussed bodies of work in contemporary new media art. The limited edition size and artist signature ensure its integrity as a collectible object, while the compact format allows the work to hold its own within diverse collection contexts, from minimalist domestic interiors to institutional survey displays.
- Medium
- Digital Print On Paper
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Round Gallery, New York, NY
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For Sale — $3500
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