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The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab) is a follow-up project to the European Digital Art and Science Network, a creative collaboration between scientific institutions, Ars Electronica and cultural partners throughout Europe that unites science and digital art. The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab follows on from this and addresses visions, expectations and fears that we associate with artificial intelligence. The consortium consists of 13 cultural institutions from Europe with Ars Electronica as coordinator. This online archive provides an overview of all activities carried out during the project's lifetime from 2018 to 2021. It also provides information about the network itself, the residency artists and juries, and the project partners involved. The AI Lab is co-funded by the EU program "Creative Europe (2014-2020)" and by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.
The Wandering Mind by slow immediate (CN/US) at Ars Electroncia Festival 2021
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Description: Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences.
In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role.
In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings.
Credits
Support for the Wandering Mind comes from Ars Electronica and the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab (AILab), which granted the artists a residency in 2019, as well as from the Onassis Foundation and MAXMachina. Special thanks to residency hosts Mariano Sardon, Rocio Pilar and MUNTREF Arte-Ciencia, Buenos Aires. Nicholas Gillian and Nan Zhao contributed extensive creative and engineering support early on. Academic research and development on the Wandering Mind platform is underway at DVIC, Paris, with the support of Pôle Leonard de Vinci. Creative Commons licensed and public domain source material for the AI-powered sampler comes largely from the contributors to Radio Aporee, and was retrieved from the Internet Archive.
• Info (EN): Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
at Ars Electronica Festival 2021
Presentation & Performance Times:
Donnerstag, 9. September 2021, 17:30 - 17:45, Presentation - Festival University Stage
Freitag, 10. September 2021, 15:30 - 15:45, Presentation - Festival University Stage
Freitag, 10. September 2021, 17:00 - 17:45, Performance - Soundpark
Location:
Linz, In Kepler's Gardens
• Info (DE): Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), mit Gastkünstler Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
am Ars Electronica Festival 2021
Zeiten:
Donnerstag, 9. September 2021, 17:30 - 17:45, Presentation - Festival University Stage
Freitag, 10. September 2021, 15:30 - 15:45, Presentation - Festival University Stage
Freitag, 10. September 2021, 17:00 - 17:45, Performance - Soundpark
Ort:
Linz, In Kepler's Gardens
From Sep 9, 2021 to Sep 10, 2021
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AI Lab
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Credits: Ars Electronica, slow immediate (CN/US)
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: vog.photo
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, The Wandering Mind, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: vog.photo
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, The Wandering Mind, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: vog.photo
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, The Wandering Mind, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: vog.photo
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, The Wandering Mind, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: vog.photo
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, The Wandering Mind, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: vog.photo
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, The Wandering Mind, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: tom mesic
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, Wandering Mind, Digital && Life, New Digital Deal, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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The Wandering Mind / Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR)
Impressions of "Wandering Mind" by Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN), with guest artist Xiao Xiao (US/FR) at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The Wandering Mind is an AI-powered performance platform for shaping dreams with the sounds of our world. Sampling tiny fragments of sound from tens of thousands of global field recordings found online, the system generates a winding sound journey for sleeping and meditating audiences. In our curated performances, group naps and guided mind-wanderings, dream guides convene a collective action of sleeping together. Drawing largely from found sound of parks and public spaces across the world, we respond to the past years, in which stay-at-home orders have torn old social fabrics and mass uprisings have constituted new ones, and through which digital and physical public space has played a pivotal and transformative role. In this special presentation, entitled “Field Sketches from Imaginary Travels,” Wandering Mind guest performer Xiao Xiao combines the live micro-sampled soundscapes with improvisational theremin, keyboard, and vocals. Like an artist on a nature stroll who copies interesting visual forms as gestures in a sketchbook, Xiao weaves impromptu compositions of sonic gestures by transcribing and elaborating seeds from the ambient auditory surroundings. Credit: tom mesic
Date: Sep 10, 2021
Tags: 2021, A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich, Wandering Mind, Digital && Life, New Digital Deal, Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu, Xiao Xiao
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