HENNESSY X REFIK ANADOL

Refik Anadol is a media artist, director and pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. His body of work centers creativity at the intersection of humans and machines. Capturing the data that flows around us and interpreting it through a neural network, Anadol paints with a thinking brush, offering us radical visualizations of our digitized memories. Anadol’s site-specific AI data sculptures, live audio/visual performances, and immersive installations encourage us to rethink our interaction with the physical world, its temporal and spatial dimensions, and the creative potential of machines. 

"For me, data is a memory, and memory is heritage. And I’m trying to find these collective memories for humanity which would represent heritage for humanity. So, I think there’s a common respect we have for heritage when thinking about and producing experiences. The other thing is caring about the uniqueness, and craftsmanship - that’s something I respect a lot," said Refik Anadol. 

"My initial inspiration to collaborate with Hennessy came from the people Hennessy had previously collaborated with, including Frank Gehry and Ridley Scott. Hennessy cares about the values of creation, the values of imagination, but also how to preserve uniqueness and freshness. This heritage (and that keyword is my true inspiration), and the people that Hennessy collaborates with who are also my heroes, as well as the opportunity to imagine something that resides in the same space were all things that I factored in," said Refik Anadol.