The 21st century is the first golden age of space exploration and of artificial intelligence. In addition to viewing space exploration archives through the lens of artificial intelligence, one of the goals of Machine Hallucinations : Earth is to address the idea of looking at the Earth “from outer space.” In this way, it suggests a particular aesthetic of infinity by combining the boundlessness of space with the endless permutations of machine intelligence. In this work that never repeats itself, a real-time generative artwork, custom AI model trained by half million satellite images of Earth and processed real-time by the Studio’s signature fluid dynamics algorithm will be infinitely dreaming about the Earth’s surface. The artist’s exploration of AI data pigmentation and light through fluid solver algorithms accelerated by GPU computation and real-time ray-traced lighting manifests this inspiration by showcasing the most innovative methods available to AI-based media artists.

Machine Hallucinations: Space is an-going AI research of data aesthetics at the RAS Lab based on collective visual memories of space. Since 2016, Anadol and his team have been using custom algorithms to train machine intelligence in processing these vast datasets and unfolding unrecognized layers of our external realities. In this NFT collection, they invite the audience to reflect on the relationship between technology, AI, and space explorations by viewing how the machine intelligence hallucinates after “seeing” millions of space images taken by the Hubble, ISS, and MRO telescopes.

The artwork comes with an artist-signed 3D physical certificate with backup, a 75’’ digital canvas, a custom computer and software.