Art World And Architecture: “Refik ANADOL”

02/06/2022

Aspen

Refik ANADOL

“Refik ANADOL” is one of the names that have become the focus of attention of art lovers these days, when digital productions are beginning to take more place in the art world.

Briefly “Refik ANADOL”

He was born in 1985 in Istanbul and graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University. He started his education with a double major from the Department of Photography and Media and Graphic Design and Communication. He produced his first work in his graduation project (The graduation project "The graduation project "Uncharted: Haritasız Dergi," Bilgi University (2009) projected on the façade of Santral Istanbul, designed by EAA.). This project can be considered the starting point of the current projects. ANADOL went after his undergraduate education completed to his master's degree at UCLA Design and Media Arts Department in the USA and he currently teaches at UCLA as a lecturer.

Quadrature, Istanbul, 2009 -The image is taken from refikanadol.com

Archive Dreaming, San Francisco, 2017- The image is taken from refikanadol.com

His understanding of art defines as post-digital architecture aims to present alternative realities in interior and exterior architecture itself and its elements are redefined. To achieve this, he carries out productions that invite the observing of the unseen by using the existing photographic archives. He also stated the following in an interview: ''Everything started with the question, 'Can projections move a building beyond its architectural design?''.

WDCH Dreams, Los Angeles, 2018 - The image is excerpted from redfikanadol.com

ANADOL has great goals while his graduate education, wanted to communicate with the people he wanted to work with at that time in order to revive his dream, but this dream was possible with an elevator presentation he attended. In the speech organized by Microsoft to enable new identities, Refik ANADOL's aims were awarded and the way to his dreams was opened with the presence of Bill Gates in that speech. Another breaking point in the art life of ANADOL, which continues to work on public works of art, was the master of deconstructivism in architecture Frank Gehry. He gave life to the facade of Walt Disney Concert Hall, as in the movie Blade Runner. Although their work is generally perceived as similar in principle and shape and includes many layers from projection technologies to artificial intelligence algorithms and large-scale data but the inspiration that reveals it develops specific to that project.

Living Architecture: Casa Batlló, New York, 2022 - The image is excerpted from artfulliving.com

"Living Architecture: Casa Batlló", one of the latest works of Turkish director and media artist Refik ANADOL, he has been working in post-digital architecture for about 10 years in the USA, has attracted the attention of the contemporary art and finance world and has been widely talked about.

"Living Architecture Casa Batlló", one of the last works that exhibit work in the Metaverse, Refik ANADOL and he also has different inputs and outputs from the others and has also become one of his works that will be talked about for a long time. Adding a new one to Spanish Architect Antoni Gaudi's iconic work Casa Batlló, he created a work with a discipline similar to Walt Disney Hall that what ANADOL did on the facade of the historical building. What makes this work different from the others is its transformation into an NFT that changes in real-time. The NFT was auctioned on May 10 at Christie's for $1.38 million, which is the first of its kind. The work was realized on May 7 with the participation of 47,000 people. Refik ANADOL continuing his unreal productions. His last partnership is with Zaha Hadid Architects, and he continues his productions promising a creative world.