This exhibition marks the launch of in situ, a new series dedicated to site-specific installations that push the boundaries of contemporary practices. Bringing together artists whose work spans visual art, technology, music, and performance, in situ explores new ways of perceiving and inhabiting space.

in situ: Refik Anadol presents Living architecture: Gehry, a groundbreaking audiovisual installation that reimagines Frank Gehry’s architectural legacy through artificial intelligence (AI) and generative art. Developed by Refik Anadol Studio, the custom-built AI model Large Architecture Model (LAM) is based on advanced technology and has been trained for months on a vast archive of open-access imagery, sketches, and blueprints to transform Gehry’s architectural language into ever-changing landscapes of dynamic form, color, and movement. Augmenting this visual spectacle is an immersive soundscape composed by Kerim Karaoglu, blending AI-generated audio with material recordings captured within the Museum itself.

Living architecture: Gehry unfolds across six interconnected chapters, each representing a distinct stage in the evolution of data into architectural imagination:

  • Chapter I — Data Universe: A vast constellation of materials and data—archival photographs, plans, and structural documents—are compiled into a memory space.
  • Chapter II — Data Plotting: As the data is processed, complex patterns emerge through the arrangement of form, texture, and spatial composition.
  • Chapter III — Data Tunnel: The data transitions into immersive visual environments in the latent space, inviting viewers to engage with the evolving process of human-machine collaboration.
  • Chapter IV — Large Architecture Model: By transforming Gehry’s forms, the AI generates new architectural possibilities that push the boundaries of imagination and design.
  • Chapter V — Machine Hallucination: A moment of abstraction, where AI-generated structures break free from conventional spatial constraints, offering hallucinatory, dreamlike visions.
  • Chapter VI — Dreams: A return to the world of architecture, now envisioned through the limitless imagination of AI—where architecture transforms in real time, continuously generating new forms that emerge and evolve in the moment.

As the inaugural exhibition of in situ series, Living architecture: Gehry exemplifies the way Anadol explores the future of site-specific, AI-driven art, where data becomes material and space becomes an evolving canvas of memory, form, and imagination.

Built upon ethically sourced data and powered by sustainable computing practices, the installation reflects a conscientious approach to digital creation, where innovation and responsibility go hand in hand.