Machine Hallucinations - ISS Dreams - A

REFIK ANADOL (B. 1985)
Machine Hallucinations - ISS Dreams - A
(i)
video, AI-driven data painting, custom software
dimensions variable
00:16:00 minutes (3,840 x 2,160 pixels)
screen: 52.5 x 90 x 4 in. (133.4 x 228.6 x 10.2 cm.)
frame: 55.5 x 95 x 6 in. (141 x 241.3 x 15.24 cm.)
Executed in 2021. This work is artist proof number two from an edition of five plus two artist’s proofs.

(ii)
smart contract: 0x495f947276749Ce646f68AC8c248420045cb7b5e
token ID: 68483326672459316920266716658531229662210905007040428048847675543037591683073
wallet: 0x533b9CDce87facf35C4066f48537660bf2bf16AD
dimensions variable (1,080 x 1,080 pixels)
0:00:55 seconds
Executed in 2021 and minted on 21 December 2021. This work is artist proof number two from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs and is accompanied by a non-fungible token.

This lot is sold with a display screen and all accompanying hardware.

bitforms Gallery, 2022
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Machine Hallucinations – ISS Dreams transforms 1.2 million images captured by the International Space Station, along with satellite imagery of Earth, into a dynamic AI-generated composition. Using generative adversarial networks (GANs), the artwork explores the subconscious of artificial intelligence, revealing a new kind of machine-driven cartography.

Part of the ongoing Machine Hallucinations series, this work stems from years of research into AI’s ability to process and reimagine vast datasets. Since 2016, the artist’s studio has collaborated with machine learning models—such as DCGAN, PGAN, and StyleGAN—to interpret collective visual memories of space, nature, and urban environments. By filtering and structuring these datasets, the AI generates surreal dreamscapes that bridge data, memory, and imagination.

This evolving digital cosmos invites viewers into an immersive, ever-changing experience—one that challenges the boundaries of human and machine creativity. As the artist describes it:
"If a machine can learn, can it also dream? Can it hallucinate?"

By harnessing AI’s generative power, ISS Dreams offers a poetic vision of a world beyond human perception, where artificial intelligence not only reconstructs reality but envisions new ones.