QUANTUM FRAME
LITTLE SOUND MACHINES
LITTLE SOUND MACHINES
2019 -
2018
2018
The Quantum Frame is a mechanical installation that speculates on the future of quantum computing and what that may hold for machine intelligence and consciousness. The installation takes the form of the present day quantum computer, with a tubular central chamber, where machine learning data drives the mechanical movements of an electromagnetic structure, breathing life into the metallic framework, a ghost in the machine.
The current version of the frame is self-generative. But the artist hopes that once time-sharing of the quantum computer is open to the general public, that the installation may be able to talk with the quantum machine directly via data transfer.
This piece is currently on-going. Magnetic field experimentation and research with ferrofluid are currently in--progress.
The Little Sound Machines is a sound installation consisting of a series of both mechanical and digital machines that are connected to an AI network. Three AIs form the central brain of the network. Through learning from and influencing each other, the AIs construct the musical phrases that are then played out through a series of sound-generating machines. The music generated by the AI is also presented on a series of television screens that visualizes both the AI data and audio, as well as machine logic and behavior to the audience.
This piece proposes a new mode of music creation in the age of intelligent machine. Through experimentation, the artist presents an exploration of new musical interfaces that erases the composer from the equation, to present a purely machine-made performance.
The Little Sound Machines are made from found objects, up-cycled and spare parts.
The Little Sound Machines is a sound installation consisting of a series of both mechanical and digital machines that are connected to an AI network. Three AIs form the central brain of the network. Through learning from and influencing each other, the AIs construct the musical phrases that are then played out through a series of sound-generating machines. The music generated by the AI is also presented on a series of television screens that visualizes both the AI data and audio, as well as machine logic and behavior to the audience.
This piece proposes a new mode of music creation in the age of intelligent machine. Through experimentation, the artist presents an exploration of new musical interfaces that erases the composer from the equation, to present a purely machine-made performance.
The Little Sound Machines are made from found objects, up-cycled and spare parts.
LITTLE SOUND MACHINES
2018
The Little Sound Machines is a sound installation consisting of a series of both mechanical and digital machines that are connected to an AI network. Three AIs form the central brain of the network. Through learning from and influencing each other, the AIs construct the musical phrases that are then played out through a series of sound-generating machines. The music generated by the AI is also presented on a series of television screens that visualizes both the AI data and audio, as well as machine logic and behavior to the audience.
This piece proposes a new mode of music creation in the age of intelligent machine. Through experimentation, the artist presents an exploration of new musical interfaces that erases the composer from the equation, to present a purely machine-made performance.
The Little Sound Machines are made from found objects, up-cycled and spare parts.
MINGLE
2007, 2014, 2019
At Mingles core, the installation is a voyeuristic sound piece that interacts with audio messages left by audiences in local or remote locations and uses their conversations as fodder for sound experimentation.
Version 1.0 designed and developed in 2007 used red phones as the interface for participants to listen into the deconstructed and constructed sound poem made up of previous messages, as well as allow them to leave their own messages. The sound poem loops and transforms as new messages are thrown into the database. The devices are designed to be portable, allowing them to be installed and function anywhere there is internet connection. This flexibility enables the installation to intervene in public spaces outside of the gallery and museum. Mingle Version 1.0 was installed in different timezones in the USA, Asia and Europe,, allow audiences from different to experience telepresence conversations.
Version 2.0 designed and developed in 2014 expands on the idea of the never ending sound poem by adding a layer of encryption utilizing one time pads that engage participants to leave messages that were encrypted as well as allow them access to messages in the database. This system investigated and experimented with concepts of private and public access to information and questions who is allowed access.
This piece was exhibited at the New Directions Exhibition at Plug-In Gallery (Basel), Hyperseeing exhibition at CAFA Museum (Beijing), Kick! exhibition at Gallery Ho (New York), and at Parsons the New School for Design (New York).
Mingle Version 2.0 exhibited at the Central Academy of Fine Art Museum (CAFAM), 2014.
Mingle 1.0, exhibited at Parsons the New School for Design, New York, 2007.
Interior workings of the red phones. 2007 NYC.