Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has launched ‘Earth Dreams’, a new exhibition at Dubai’s Museum of the Future, Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has launched ‘Earth Dreams’, a new exhibition at Dubai’s Museum of the Future, during the Dubai Future Forum week.
The Crown Prince toured the installation on the museum’s ‘Tomorrow, Today’ floor.
The exhibition, created by Refik Anadol Studio in partnership with the museum, utilises more than 30 projectors and generative AI to transform millions of nature photographs, satellite imagery, and meteorological data into what creators call “data paintings.”
Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan announces AI-powered exhibition at Museum of the Future
“Aligned with the Museum of the Future’s mission to create a home for both imagination, and possibility, Earth Dreams is a project that reimagines the complex relationship between technological and artistic innovation in the age of Artificial Intelligence. This synergy leverages the museum’s distinctive architecture and state-of-the-art projection technology to create an AI-powered, interactive and immersive exhibition that seamlessly integrates with the museum’s iconic design,” the Dubai Media Office (DMO) said in a statement.
The installation unfolds across three chapters. The first, titled ‘AIR’, presents AI data paintings of clouds and atmospheric imagery. ‘LAND’, the second chapter, combines Earth imagery with meteorological data.
The final chapter, ‘WATER’, offers what organisers describe as “a seamless experience where past and future, AI and living beings, thought and physical action merge.”
The exhibition integrates with the museum’s architecture through projection technology, creating what officials term “a novel form of synesthetic storytelling.”
The installation aims to present visitors with what organisers call “a new perspective of our shared planet” through technology and art, highlighting connections between ecosystems, species, and landscapes.
