“Machine Hallucinations – Nature Dreams : AI Data Sculpture 2021 1/1”, created by Media Designer Refik Anadol using more than 300 million nature photos, was sold for approximately 300 Ether ($1.2 million).
The work of Refik Anadol “Mabu” Bought by collector. Popular among Mabu’s purchased NFTs CryptoPunks There are dozens of NFTs in his collection.
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in 1985 In Istanbul Born Refik Anadol, he completed his undergraduate education. photo and video highest in the field with honors finished. He later graduated from the University of California (UCLA) Department of Media Arts Design. graduate education completed.
in the beginning created with architecture-oriented data statues Refik Anadol, who revealed the data in different fields, then artificial intelligence by running the programs mostly preferred to exhibit in public spaces. turned to larger projects. It collects this data in collaboration with giant institutions including NASA, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel, IBM, Samsung and Google.
Anadol, who previously worked on the exterior of Walt Disney’s concert hall, received many awards from Turkey and abroad. Microsoft Research’s Best Vision Award and Google – Artist of the Arts and Machine Intelligence awards are some of them.