# "Machine Hallucination" by Turkish artist Refik Anadol stuns all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773 "2019-09-24T20:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/1 "2019-09-24T20:54:06Z")
Too cool not to share: [https://www.yenisafak.com/en/video-gallery/news/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all-2202410](https://www.yenisafak.com/en/video-gallery/news/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all-2202410) “Various shots of the visitors view artwork ‘Machine Hallucination’ by Turkish artist Refik Anadol at ARTECHOUSE in New York, United States on September 16, 2019.” The “artwork” in question is an immersive room full of bitchin’ visuals. NOTE: Video contains some flashing images. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/2 "2019-09-24T21:47:23Z")
That’s fantastic. I can get a bit reverse-snobby and “get off my lawn” about modern art sometimes, but this shows the real creative potential of modern technology. Stunning presentation. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/3 "2019-09-25T00:37:45Z")
Meh. It’s a bunch of video projectors mapped together. Been there; done that. I mean, yeah, it looks cool but it’s nothing new or particularly exciting IMO. YMMV, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/4 "2019-09-25T01:51:42Z")
I don’t want to threadshit like **Bo** but it was newish and impressive when Kubrick did it in _2001_. Now it’s still cool and I want to go to there, but my life has been ruined by having a head crammed with a century of pop culture. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/5 "2019-09-25T03:42:08Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I don’t want to threadshit like **Bo**. I don’t think he did so at all and I agree with him. It isn’t really new or cutting edge… unless you haven’t seen something similar be done before I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/6 "2019-09-25T10:19:43Z")
It is cool looking, but the visitors didn’t look all that stunned to me. Some of those effects you could make with an old fashioned disco ball. Remember those? Them were some hot times, by cracky! ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/7 "2019-09-25T10:24:09Z")
It’s cool and pretty. In other words… > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Meh. It’s a bunch of video projectors mapped together. Been there; done that. > > I mean, yeah, it looks cool but it’s nothing new or particularly exciting IMO. YMMV, obviously. > [@Spud](#): > > I don’t want to threadshit like Bo but it was newish and impressive when Kubrick did it in 2001. Now it’s still cool and I want to go to there, but my life has been ruined by having a head crammed with a century of pop culture. > [@dropzone](#): > > I don’t think he did so at all and I agree with him. It isn’t really new or cutting edge… unless you haven’t seen something similar be done before I guess. > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > It is cool looking, but the visitors didn’t look all that stunned to me. Some of those effects you could make with an old fashioned disco ball. Remember those? Them were some hot times, by cracky! … what they said. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/8 "2019-09-25T15:57:08Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Meh. It’s a bunch of video projectors mapped together. Been there; done that. Tsk. So jaded ;). > [@](#): > > I mean, yeah, it looks cool but it’s nothing new or particularly exciting IMO. YMMV, obviously. Looks cool = exciting. I still find 16th century still lifes I’ve seen many times exciting though, so there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/9 "2019-09-25T16:11:36Z")
I liked some of the imagery, but found a lot of the sounds painful. What was most interesting to me was how people divided into those who sit still and absorb, those who have to move around, and those who have to view everything through their little cell phones. What did those people use as their filter before cell phones? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/10 "2019-09-25T16:41:59Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Tsk. So jaded ;). Aye. It’s true. It’s part of what I do for a living. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/11 "2019-09-25T18:02:08Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Looks cool = exciting. I still find 16th century still lifes I’ve seen many times exciting though, so there you go. I seem to remember having to drag you away from a single case of Roman coins at the British Museum after half an hour by pleading that we would never make it through the rest of the museum at that rate! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/12 "2019-09-25T18:13:10Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > I seem to remember having to drag you away from a single case of Roman coins at the British Museum after half an hour by pleading that we would never make it through the rest of the museum at that rate! Roman era, but they were Sassanian coins! Sassanian coins require at least an hour ;)! I have to admit the British Museum in particular is peculiarly well-designed to distract me for days on end. It may be reprehensible in retrospect, but colonial looting on such a massive scale and then tightly concentrated like that is not far from heroin to me. It might be bad in general, but it feels great in the moment :p. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/13 "2019-09-25T18:23:52Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Roman era, but they were Sassanian coins! Sassanian coins require at least an hour ;)! Tomato, tomahto… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machine-hallucination-by-turkish-artist-refik-anadol-stuns-all/840773/14 "2019-09-25T19:30:02Z")
Yes, the tech isn’t ground breaking, but is that really the standard you judge art by? The electric guitar is about 90 years old, but people can still do amazing things with it. I imagine this is much more impressive if you actually experience it, though, rather than watching a video.