When
Keynote Performance (Tuesday, 19:30)
Where
The Science Library, University of Oslo (map)
Abstract
The composition Communal is one of a set of performances where the performer and the musical instrument work together to direct, suggest and form a transitional musical narrative. For this performance, the piece takes the form of a collective that allows us to recognise the deeper transformations in the use of AI technologies towards co-determining how music can be present for and perceived by human musicians and audience. The piece was composed using the tools we developed as part of AI-terity and GANSpaceSynth projects in our music laboratory. In the context of new interfaces for musical expression, AI technologies serve an integral role today, offering new perspectives to experiment on the ways in which a musical instrument manifests itself in human-technology relation, finding ways to embody itself into the otherness. Following the live performance of the Communal, I will briefly highlight how the use of AI technologies, not only becomes a material for building new musical instruments to carry out certain operations, but also advances a mutual influence in a co-creative music practice.
Bio
Koray Tahiroglu is a musician, Academy Research Fellow and lecturer in the Department of Art and Media, Aalto University School of ARTS. He is the founder and head of SOPI (Sound and Physical Interaction) research group, coordinating research projects with interests including embodied approaches to sonic interaction, new interfaces for musical expression, deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with audio. Since 2004, he has been also teaching workshops and courses introducing artistic strategies and methodologies for creating interactive music. Tahiroglu has performed experimental music in collaboration as well as in solo performances in Europe, North America and Australia. His work has been presented in important venues, such as Ars Electronica, AI x Music Festival, STEIM, TodaysArt and Audio Art Festival. In 2018, he was awarded a 5-year Academy of Finland Research Fellowship.