Google announced that it is serving as a technology and creative collaborator for Dataland, which it describes as the world’s first museum of AI arts.
Dataland was co-founded by media artist Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç. The museum publicly opened on June 20 at The Grand LA, a Frank Gehry-designed mixed-use development in Los Angeles.
The 25,000-square-foot space is designed as an omni-sensory ecosystem where data becomes part of the artistic medium and the experience evolves in real time.
Google said the launch builds on a decade-long collaboration with Anadol. That collaboration began when Anadol joined Google’s Artists and Machine Intelligence cohort in 2016.
Since then, Google and Anadol have worked on projects including a projection-mapping installation using the LA Philharmonic’s archives, visualization of Google Quantum AI data, the MRI of the Earth project, and the Machine Dreams: Biophilia installation for Google’s Mountain View campus.
Dataland’s inaugural exhibition, Machine Dreams: Rainforest, is powered by the Large Nature Model, a foundational AI model trained on a large dataset of the natural world.
Google said the exhibition uses Google Cloud tools to transform environmental data into 1.2 billion pixels of hyper-generative reality.
The museum uses Google infrastructure to support interactive experiences that include generative soundscapes, real-time emotional sensing, and algorithmically augmented scents that respond dynamically to visitor interaction.
Google Cloud also supports the museum’s real-time generation system. The company said Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Compute Engine help coordinate AI models, including generative adversarial networks, diffusion models, and Gemini, to bring the galleries to life.
In connection with the museum’s opening, Google Arts & Culture is supporting the Dataland AI Artist Residency. The six-month incubator program will provide four artists with $25,000 grants, mentorship from Refik Anadol Studio, and access to Google Cloud tools and machine learning models.
Work created through the residency will be featured on Dataland’s global stage and on Google Arts & Culture later this year.
Google said the collaboration reflects how AI and cloud infrastructure can serve as creative tools for artists while opening new forms of environmental awareness, connection, and immersive public experiences.
