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Pelin Kivrak (ed)

Refik Anadol Studio: Living Archive

2014–2026

Over the past decade, Refik Anadol Studio has redefined the possibilities of media art at the intersection of aesthetics, data and machine intelligence. Since 2014, the studio has pioneered the use of custom AI models trained on vast datasets, from nature and urban life to cultural memory, to create generative realities that merge art, architecture, science and technology. Transforming weather patterns, ocean currents, city archives, museum collections and brain scans into monumental visual experiences, the studio expands the vocabulary of contemporary art.

This first comprehensive volume traces more than ten years of innovation in data sculpture, AI-driven visualization, and large-scale immersive installations. Featuring essays by leading voices in architecture, media art, and artificial intelligence, alongside reflections from researchers and collaborators, it situates the studio’s work within broader cultural and technological contexts. Conceived as both a record and a projection, capturing a practice that is both technologically speculative and deeply humanistic.

Over the past decade, Refik Anadol Studio has redefined the possibilities of media art at the intersection of aesthetics, data and machine intelligence. Since 2014, the studio has pioneered the use of custom AI models trained on vast datasets, from nature and urban life to cultural memory, to create generative realities that merge art, architecture, science and technology. Transforming weather patterns, ocean currents, city archives, museum collections and brain scans into monumental visual experiences, the studio expands the vocabulary of contemporary art.

This first comprehensive volume traces more than ten years of innovation in data sculpture, AI-driven visualization, and large-scale immersive installations. Featuring essays by leading voices in architecture, media art, and artificial intelligence, alongside reflections from researchers and collaborators, it situates the studio’s work within broader cultural and technological contexts. Conceived as both a record and a projection, capturing a practice that is both technologically speculative and deeply humanistic.

Edited by Pelin Kivrak

Foreword by Hans Ulrich Obrist

With contributions by Vasif Kortun, Refik Anadol, Paola Antonelli, Glenn Lowry, Louis Jebb, Kate Palmer Albers, Pelin Kivrak, Hasan Cem Çal, Kerim Karoğlu

Design: Esen Karol

23,5 x 30,5, 9 x 12 in

616 pages, 1049 illustrations

hardback

2026, 978-3-03778-807-3, English
CHF 65.00
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Refik Anadol

Refik Anadol is an internationally renowned media artist and pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. He is the Director and co-founder of Refik Anadol Studio in Los Angeles and teaching at UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts.

Pelin Kivrak

Pelin Kivrak is a researcher and writer specializing in the intersection of arts, writing, ethics and emerging technologies. Since the founding of Refik Anadol Studio in 2014, she has been instrumental in shaping its research unit, crafting curatorial texts that have been presented at over forty major international venues. Beyond her research and curatorial work, she is an Assistant Professor at Emerson College. Kivrak holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Yale University and a BA in Literature from Harvard University.