Perception
»No representation is absolute. Everything is encoded. And decoded. We are parametric.«
Alexander Schubert's AI in »convergence«
Program
Clara Iannotta (*1983)
»memory jolts. flashes of pink in the brain.«
Francesca Verunelli (*1979)
»In Margine« for string ensemble
Alexander Schubert (*1979)
»Instrumental Convergence« for five strings and artificial intelligence
»Perception«. Clara Iannotta’s composition deals with hearing loss and the memory of sound, Francesca Verunelli focuses on 'the idea of presence in absentia and that of residual sound'. Alexander Schubert's 'convergence' is an attempt at interaction between man and machine - an AI demonstrates technical parameters of perception and the musicians are confronted with their own avatars.
Cara Iannotta: »memory jolts. flashes of pink in the brain«
Listening to Iannotta's composition, one gets the impression of digging deep into one's own inner ear, feeling with the utmost fascination the movement of sound waves through one's own body.
Francesca Verunelli: »in margine«
Verunelli's piece »in margine«, written for the Ensemble Resonanz, refers to »margins« already in its title. In this case, she alludes to the margins of book pages or documents on which notes from distant times can be found, traces of reading that are left behind, the references to which are often impossible to elucidate. A bit philosophically speaking: A presence that references the absent, the presence in reference.
Alexander Schubert: »convergence«
»Convergence« uses the concept of Artificial Intelligence to learn features of human musicians and then recreate new entities based on these recordings. In the piece the players interact with their generated counter-parts. They see theirselves transform and reshape. The technology used is centered around Auto-Encoders (and GANs). Metaphorically they demonstrate a world that is constructed and parametric. The friction between machine perception and human world perception is the starting point for questions that address the fluidity of the self and the restrictions of perception.