Ex Machina
Piano in an AI World
Visual Art by Xuan
A visually immersive program of nine world premieres written for the piano, including two genre-crossing new works
EX MACHINA is an interdisciplinary and multimedia project exploring the complex connections and relationship between technology and humanity through visual art and music. Evolving technology has been changing our lives, including how we experience arts and music. The title, Ex Machina, or From the Machine, reflects on humanity's creativity and struggle of identity in this fast changing world. As a starting point, the piano is a musical machine with which I create sound stories to evoke ideas and emotions. In this project, we will explore the machine’s multifaceted meanings artistically, musically, and philosophically.
Collaborators
Program
Clara Yang, piano
Xuan, immersive visual art
Act I
Atomic Pulse
Crystal Prelude No. 1 with
Cryoacoustic Orb Installation
(piano and fixed media)
Reena Esmail, composer
Lee Weisert and Jonathon Kirk, sound installation designers
Clinamina (piano and electronics)
Lee Weisert, composer
Deep ConditioNN Redux (piano and fixed media)
Suzi Analogue, beatmaker
Clara Yang, composer/piano
Act II
Organic Machines
Nebula (solo piano)
Clara Yang, composer/piano
RoboDream (piano and body movement art)
Phil Young, composer
Yili Fan, movement artist
Hammers on the Moon (piano and fixed media) (in progress)
Liliya Ugay, composer
Conception (piano and fixed media)
Yvette Young, composer/producer/electric guitar/violin
Clara Yang, composer/piano
Act III
Synthetic Souls
Analogue Confession (solo piano)
Peter Askim, composer
Think that's you - a personality recognition software toccata (piano and electronics)
Allen Anderson, composer
Drones (solo piano)
Stephen Anderson, composer
Postlude
Hoyt-Schermerhorn (piano and electronics)
Christopher Cerrone, composer
Total running time: approx. 65 min
Program could be modified for shorter programs