
Space: Earth/Still, from Machine Hallucinations
2022
Rendered in a cascade of luminous blues, violets, and whites, "Space: Earth/Still" draws the eye into what appears to be a frozen moment of cosmic turbulence, a swirling mass of data translated into something that reads as both scientifically precise and profoundly atmospheric. The work belongs to Anadol's celebrated "Machine Hallucinations" series, in which vast datasets, here sourced from imagery and information relating to outer space and Earth, are fed through custom artificial intelligence systems to generate visual outputs that exist somewhere between memory, dream, and raw computation. The result is a composition that oscillates between the organic and the algorithmic, inviting extended looking as the eye discovers new structures within the layered forms. This edition of 88 is printed in colours on wove paper, with the image extending to the full edges of the 69.8 by 50 centimetre sheet, a presentation choice that intensifies the sense of immersion and refuses any quiet margin to separate the viewer from the work's chromatic intensity. Anadol's practice has attracted sustained institutional attention, with major commissions and acquisitions at MoMA, the Serpentine, and venues across Europe and Asia, positioning him as one of the defining voices at the intersection of data science and visual art. The print is signed and numbered by the artist, offering collectors a rare point of access to a body of work that circulates predominantly at the scale of large architectural installations.
- Medium
- Digital print in colours
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Forum Auctions, London, UK
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