“Melting Memories”, intersection between contemporary art and technology with Refik Anadol at the Pilevneli Gallery in Istanbul

Until March 10, 2018, the Pilevneli Gallery presents Refik Anadol’s solo exhibition entitled “Melting Memories”. This exhibition is Anadol’s second solo gallery show in Turkey, after his exhibition at Pilevneli Project in 2012.

Refik Anadol’s latest project “Melting Memories” deals with the relationship between human beings and memory recollection with the help of the latest technology and the limitless possibilities of the brain. The artist believes that the question occupying the world of art and literature since the beginning of the 20th century “what are memories and what do they tell us?” has been transformed into “What can be done with memories?” during the 21st century, when connecting with the past has become relatively easier than ever.

The foundation of Anadol’s work is to transform all kinds of data into visual material. Through filtering an individual’s most intimate belonging, memories, and the process of “recollection”, the artist reveals the materiality of the brain. By skillfully manipulating advanced technology, Anadol draws attention to representational possibilities that the intersection of advanced technology and contemporary art offers to artists, while questioning the emergence of a new space where artificial intelligence is no longer in conflict with individuality and intimacy.

These algorithms are formed by focusing not on the content of the memories, but on the vibrations that the recalling process causes within the dark rooms of the brain. These unique algorithms constitute the building blocks for the multi-dimensional visual structures on display, which in total creates a new dimension for the issue of representation in contemporary art. The viewers are going to be able to experience data sculptures and three-dimensional paintings on LED displays in architectural scale enhanced with lighting and projections.

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