‘Infinity’ is an immersive environment project by Refik Anadol. Project is an integral part of artist’s ongoing ‘Temporary Immersive Environment Experiments’ which is a research on audio/visual installations by using the state called immersion which is the state of consciousness where an immersant’s awareness of physical self is transformed by being surrounded in an engrossing environment; often artificial, creating a perception of presence in a non-physical world.

In this project ‘infinity’ chosen as a concept,a radical effort to deconstruct the framework of this illusory space and transgress the normal boundaries of the viewing experience to set out to transform the conventional flat cinema projection screen into a three dimensional kinetic and architectonic space of visualisation by using contemporary algorithms.

Working at the forefront of digital art, Refik Anadol is known for projecting dynamic images onto public buildings around the world. Exploring the ephemeral nature of space, he creates new spaces with light and morphing surface planes. As a result, his work suggests that perhaps all spaces and facades have the potential to be used as artist canvases. His other mediums include live audio/visual performance, immersive installations and architectural photography.

Anadol’s exhibition at RH Contemporary Art, entitled Cavity, is based on geodes, the round rock formations that often contain sparking crystals. By using algorithms and advanced 3D modelling techniques, he will explore different geological realities, both physical and virtual. …

Public art commission for 350 Mission Building in City of San Francisco.

‘Virtual Depictions:San Francisco’ which is a series of data sculptures that tell the story of the city and people around us within a unique artistic approach for 350 Mission’s media wall in collaboration with Kilroy Realty Corporation / John Kilroy and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Architects.

When creating this public artwork my goal was to make the invisible visible by embedding media arts into architecture meticulously and to create a new way to experience a living architectural space in 21st century.

‘Temporary Immersive Environment Experiments’ is a research on audio/visual installations by using the state called immersion which is the state of consciousness where an immersant’s awareness of physical self is transformed by being surrounded in an engrossing environment; often artificial, creating a perception of presence in a non-physical world.

In this first experiment peripheral vision that produced by stimuli falling on areas of the retina distant from the macula will be used as a concept. Light is the major element in the experiment, used to blur and interconnect the boundaries between the two realms actual/fictional and physical/virtual. It signifies the threshold between the simulacrum space created by the projection technology, and the physical space where the viewer stands. …