DATALAND -'A.I MUSEUM'- DOORBELL : AMAZING HONOURS ESSAY

LOS ANGELES : Feel the art and the art feels you right back. A visit to Dataland - an L.A. museum dedicated to A.I. generated works.

'' THIS IS CRAZY,'' one of the students said under his breath. '' Really Crazy,'' the guy next to him muttered. '' Crazy '' being an extreme form of '' awesome.''

We were downtown Los Angeles at Dataland, the soon-to-open museum dedicated to art generated by  artificial intelligence, and yeah, it was pretty crazy.

The students from an A.I. class at the University of California, Los Angeles were getting an advance look at the invitation of their professor, the digital art star Refik Anadol.

Founded by Anadol and his wife, the painter Efsun Erkilic, Dataland is a highly anticipated addition to the city's burgeoning art/tech scene - and arguably, the most ambitious museum for A.I. art to date.

[ It is open now on South Grand Avenue ]

But for now Anadol's 20-odd students and I were the only visitors to in a vast, black-walled, 23 foot high gallery [ that's about 6 1/2 meters ] awash in light, color and sound.

One moment, brightly colored photographs of flora and fauna from Brazil's Amazon were sliding down the wall and across the floor ; then, similar photos drifted toward us in 3-D before abruptly speeding up and slowing back down : strips and circles of white, light appeared in intricate patterns:

Abstract streaks of green and yellow, red and yellow, splashed across the room.

'' Beautiful patterns from Butterfly wings,'' Anadol explained.

This Beautiful and Master Accomplishment Essay continues to Part 2 !WOW! applauds and thanks Frank Rose.