PSC2
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Psc2 combines the worlds of jazz, rock, classical music, and artificial intelligence via original compositions and arrangements.
the compositions are built around the interplay of jazz harmonies, complex rhythms and extensive improvisation; many of them are composed in the “long-form” compositional style of classical music.
the arrangements take well-known songs from pop, rock and jazz and re-build them in a manner similar to our original compositions. the arrangements include songs by michael jackson, guns n’ roses, silvio rodriguez, duke ellington and others.
psc is a senior software developer in research in google brain, and is experimenting with using machine learning models (including generative models for music) as part of the live performance. most of the code used will be available in this repo. Psc2 used to be psctrio with 3 human intelligences
Creators: Pablo Samuel Castro, Claudio Palomares
Location: Montreal
Year: 2018
Tags: Artificial intelligence, Performance
NOISY SKELETON
Location: Lyon (France)
Year: 2014
Collaborators: David-Alexandre CHANEL, David GUERRA, Jonathan RICHER
Tags: art installation
Noisy Skeleton is an interactive immersive installation exploring the links between sound, space and artificial intelligence. From complete control to accidental reaction, the spectator is completely surrounded by abstracts visuals and digital soundscape echoed back by the machine. Establishing a real man/machine dialogue, the minimalistic aesthetic and vibrations create a both virtual and physical experience, allowing the user to feel the most subtle variations of sound and space.
CELLO LIGHT
Visual observation of performance gestures has been shown to play a key role
in audience reception of musical works. As author Luke Windsor points out, “the
gestures that accompany music are potentially a primary manner in which an
audience has direct contact with the performer.” This project, “Multimodal Visual
Cello Augmentation“ proposes to augment audience perception through the
creation of an interactive lighting system responsive to performance gestures
that transforms gestural information into a real-time visual display. Our goals are:
A) to control the interactive lighting (visual display) by mapping the gestural and
biophysical information collected; B) to use the interactive lighting to augment
interpretation of the musical text; C) to make performance practice decisions in
parallel to designing the lighting/gestural interface; D) to identify and display
meaningful information within performance gestures that are not apparent to the
listener; and E) to promote the use of new technologies in the performing arts.
Artists & Collaborators: Juan Sebastian Delgado, Alex Nieva
Location: Montreal (Canada)
Year: 2016
Tags: AV performance
