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World > UN News
AI-powered art puts 'digital environmentalism' on display at UN Headquarters
By UN News
Sep 21, 2024 10:58 am

A groundbreaking art installation at UN Headquarters by renowned media artist Refik Anadol leverages artificial intelligence to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of the world's coral reefs, and the urgent need to address the climate crisis.

Abstract shapes in green, orange and white flow into and out of each other in an endless, never-repeating pattern, combined with ambient music that induces a hypnotizing effect on those who stare at it a little too long (like this writer).

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