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WP3c: Permeable Interdisciplinary: Algorithmic Composition, Subverted
Aaron Einbond, City, University of London
Artemi-Maria Gioti, University College London
This听project听centres on reflexive auto-ethnographies of interdisciplinarity on the part of two composer-researchers听(Aaron Einbond and Artemi-Maria Gioti) engaging with AI as a creative and collaborative tool. It asks: how can algorithmic compositional methods utilising AI be subverted creatively, and what is the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in this process? Questions of material engagement, musical听labour,听distributed creativity,听and subjectification听as they relate to AI are听investigated in two interrelated studies exploring听a range of听interdisciplinary modes from 鈥榓gonistic-antagonistic鈥櫶齣nteractions between composer-researchers to听鈥榠nterdisciplinarity in one person鈥� (Barry and Born 2013).
The focus is the production of two compositions for acoustic instruments and electronics incorporating Machine Learning (ML): Aaron Einbond鈥檚听Prestidigitation,听for percussion and 3-D electronics, and Artemi-Maria Gioti鈥檚听Bias II,听for piano and interactive music system.听Engaging with STS methodologies,听the two studies go听鈥榠nside鈥� the ML听algorithms听to explore how听they听鈥榣earn鈥� from听Music听Information听Retrieval (MIR) data听and听human interpretative choices to challenge traditional notions of musical authorship and reshape the relationships between composers, performers, developers and listening subjects.
The听project is based at 香港六合彩中特网, with connections to and residencies at听听in Paris (Einbond) and听听in Karlsruhe (Gioti), the latter via a ZKM commission following receipt of a Giga-Hertz production award. Both pieces result from collaborations with the performers: with percussionists Maxime Echardour and Benjamin Soistier (Einbond) and pianists Magda Mayas and Xenia Pestova Bennett (Gioti). The resulting musical performances and scores can be heard and viewed below:
Prestidigitation听for Percussion and 3-D electronics, Benjamin Soistier (Percussion), Aaron Einbond (Composition and Electronics)
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