Human-like inclinations: Composing a multimedia live installation with AI

Galaz, Pablo, Melen, Christopher, Lee, Tiarna, Hui Wai Nok, Angela, Kulina, Natálie, Danesi, Marco and Gorini, Paolo (2024) Human-like inclinations: Composing a multimedia live installation with AI.

Abstract

A world premiere event, Dr Pablo Galaz showcases a live installation featuring (Amsterdam-based) musical collective Ensemble Resilience and multidisciplinary artist Angela Wai Nok Hu, in which the audience is immersed in live audiovisuals generated by both humans and AI.

Pablo’s composition (centres on AI notions such as bias and) is inspired by the question: “What would it mean for a machine (AI) to understand what it is like to be the kind of creature we are?”

The audience will be invited to explore the ARC Performance Hall whilst sounds produced by computer models specifically trained for this project by composer and software developer Dr Christopher Melen, musical performers, a multichannel sound diffusion system and video projections, create an immersive experience combining audiovisual elements controlled with facial recognition and sounds generated by electromagnetic waves that are not usually within the reach of the human ear. “Research in fields such as biolinguistics has shown that there is a blurry distinction between growing and learning in human beings. Our way of learning and growing differs fundamentally from the way AI models are trained. Using visual imagery from medical datasets and facial recognition to control sounds and images in real-time, this piece is inspired by the question: ‘What would it mean for a machine (AI) to understand what it is like to be the kind of creature we are?” explains Pablo.

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