#data sculpture

Architectural Photographic Memories

By Refik Anadol

In some other experiments with photographic memories and GAN technology, Anadol is embedding media arts into architecture with data and artificial intelligence. He is creating data sculptures depicting machine hallucinations based on a hand-picked dataset of more than 50k modern architecture photos.

Mad Quickies: Melting Memories

Turkish-born Refik Anadol is an LA-based media artist who has created a shapeshifting sculpture based on brain power. His installation Melting Memories “combines data paintings, light projections, and augmented data sculptures to visibly demonstrate how the brain recalls memories.” Between the visuals and their pacing and the sound design by Kerim Karaoglu, it’s just damn mesmerizing. From a…

While preparing an iced cucumber soup in the last days of the heatwave we got thinking about spices and how would our diet look like without them. The iced cucumber soup is a typical dish in many countries served during the hot season and prepared in many variations depending on the typical ingredients of the region. What makes the Austrian recipe special and at which point does a traditional recipe changes the taste with outside influences?

As a quick test we spiced up the Austrian cucumber soup wich traditional spices from Syria and Afghanistan, where currently most refugees arrive to Austria. The visual difference could immediately be seen, but the taste stayed the same in this such small amount.