The Turkish art studio Ouchhh, renowned for its digital artworks, premiered its real-time AI-driven climate data sculpture “Mother Earth Dubai” at Art Dubai.
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The installation developed by Ouchhh Studio’s co-founders, Ferdi Alıcı and Eylül Duranağaç Alıcı, offers a data-driven experience that visualizes the environment by combining artificial intelligence, science, and art.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Alıcı — one of the artists behind the work presented at the fair under the representation of DG Art Project — said they have translated the complexity of climate science into a sensory universe through AI and art.
Alıcı noted that the installation is located in the very heart of Art Dubai, in the outdoor area, saying:
“We wanted to draw attention to global issues by using the universal language of art and mathematics. With this awareness, we aimed to inspire solutions to these problems. This is the final chapter of a project we previously realized in Mexico and Beijing.”
“Three works come together, communicate, and create a new piece”
Ferdi Alıcı, who has been creating permanent data sculptures around the world for 17 years, continued:
“This was something we had dreamed of for a long time. We were wondering whether these data sculptures could somehow connect and communicate with each other. That’s exactly the purpose of our work at Art Dubai. We’re connecting in real time with the artworks in Mexico and China via communication with 20 different NASA satellites. The three installations unite, interact, and generate a single artwork. It’s one of our most exciting projects.”
Emphasizing that they describe the work as “three different souls, one body,” Alıcı explained:
“The piece embodies three continents, composed of climate data from Mexico, Beijing, and Dubai. We used real-time data from 20 different NASA satellites. Beijing struggles with air pollution, Dubai with desertification, and Mexico with water issues. Taking into account the environmental problems of these regions, we brought them together in a single body.”
“In 4 weeks, our different works will be exhibited in 4 countries”
Eylül Duranağaç Alıcı, sharing information about their second artwork at the fair, explained that in the piece they call “Data Painting,” artificial intelligence almost transforms emotions and thoughts into visual art.
Alıcı noted that visitors showed great interest in the work, saying:
“In this project, real-time data from participants’ prefrontal cortexes reflect emotional states such as creativity, imagination, and happiness. These signals are analyzed by advanced AI algorithms and transformed into mesmerizing digital artworks. Each color, texture, and form represents a unique process where human emotions are converted into data, and data into art.”
Looking ahead, Alıcı said they will be presenting projects in various countries around the world:
“Within approximately four weeks, our different works will be exhibited in four countries. We will be going to Russia, Spain, Italy, and South Korea. These projects we have worked on for a long time are coming to life, so we are very excited.”
“We are working on the AI artwork ‘Memory of Anatolia’”
Referring to their upcoming participation in the Istanbul Digital Art Festival in Turkey, Alıcı added:
“We have another very exciting project. We are working on an AI art piece called ‘Memory of Anatolia,’ curated by Samed Karagöz and created using archival visuals from Anadolu Agency (AA). The artwork’s design incorporates millions of photos from AA’s archives that illuminate Turkey’s social, cultural, and political history. It will be presented to art lovers in June at the Atatürk Cultural Center.”
Celebrating its 4th year at Art Dubai, the Digital section hosts nearly 30 works that examine how artists and creative practitioners working with advanced technologies such as AI, virtual and augmented reality interrogate the key environmental, social, and political issues of our time.
The Digital section at Art Dubai is curated by academic Gonzalo Herrero Delicado.
For the full article: https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/ouchhh-studyo-kitalararasi-gercek-zamanli-iklim-degisikligi-veri-heykelini-art-dubaide-tanitti/3544172
