Dataland: First Reaction
Refik Anadol, The Dream of Ruwe Pinu. Dataland, Los Angeles It's got to be a tough time to open a museum of AI art. Public sentiment on artificial intelligence has turned sharply Luddite. One of the more popular books on the subject is titled If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies . IPOs have created a trillionaire and creators are feeling exploited. Against this backdrop artist Refik Anadol has opened Dataland , billed as the first AI art museum. It's not a typical museum, being a for-profit institution sponsored by big tech and lifestyle brands. Despite the subsidies, Dataland's ticket prices are steep ($49 and up). Its competition is not so much MOCA and the Broad (which are free) but immersive pop-ups like the Hospital of Emotions. A museum generally shows many artworks by many artists. Dataland's initial exhibition, "Machine Dreams: Rainforest" consists mainly of four walk-in gallery installations by Anadol and his studio. There are plans to eventually bri...
