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AKRAM KHAN COMPANY - THIKRA: NIGHT OF REMEMBERING
AKVILE TERMINAITE - WONDER
ALTR - DIGITAL MEETS CULTURE
AMELIA PENG - MUSIC-MIND-TEXTILE
CONSTANZA BIZRAELLI - AURALISMS
CONVERGENCE 
CONWAY SUITE
EMBODME - ERAE TOUCH & ARTURIA DX7
ENGLISH HERITAGE VR
EXPLORING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH THEIR AUDIBLE SOUND
FOLLOW THE SOUND
GAIA ENSEMBLE - MOUNTAIN RHAPSODY
GEORGE KALLIS - ROOT OF EVIL
GEORGE KALLIS - YOU KNOW NOTHING OF MY MOTHER
GERSON EGUIGUREN - ÑUCA GUAMBRA
HOMO INFORMIS
ICTUS AUDIO - HIRAETH
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR MUSIC CREATION
IOLAS WONDERLAND
IZABELA DUSZENKO - SAILOR OF THE STARS
JAMES ALEXANDER - CHILDREN OF ALEPPO
JANN KLOSE - STAY THE SAME
JANN KLOSE - THE LOST KINGDOM
LIBERO AUDIO LOGO
LILI EVA BARTHA - BEYOND VISION
LIVE AT THE ROTUNDA
LIVE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
MENEX & PHILOTECHNOS - LIVE AT BENSOUSAN HAN
MODERN CATWALK MUSIC
MRI PLAY KIT
OLYA - BREAKING OLD TIES
PATTERN & REPETITION
PERPETUUM MOBILE
PHENOMENA
PHILOTECHNOS - THE SPACE BETWEEN US
PROTOPLANETARY CHORALE
RHYTHM & FRAMES HOME CONCERT
ROBERT RICH - SPECTRE OF LOST LIGHT
SCARLETT YANG - EPHEMERAL MATERIALITY
SCARLETT YANG - NOWNESS 4TH SHORT FILM AWARDS
SIREN’S CALL
THE STATE OF THE ART IN PROCEDURAL AUDIO
THE VILLAGE
TOMICA WONG - TAMAR DÉJÀ VU
TUTTI FRUTTI - SLEEPTIME KARTING
USING TEXTURE MAPS TO GENERATE SOUND
VARIOUS ARCHIVED PICTURES
VOGUE CHINA - NEW BEGINNINGS
WATERAID UK - BRIDES OF THE WELL
XBOX ONE MIDI CONTROLLER
YIMING YANG - BARBIE NONSENSE SYNTHESIZER
ZONGBO JIANG - DILEMMAS FOR EARTHLINGS
ZONGBO JIANG - SHARED PLANET



CONVERGENCE

CONCEPT, PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE - MENEX



CONVERGENCE IS AN AUDIOVISUAL COMPOSITION THAT ELEGANTLY BLENDS ELECTRONIC SOUNDS, TRADITIONAL ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND CUTTING-EDGE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. REALISED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2025 CHINA • HANGZHOU BIENNALE OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY, IT RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO THE CORE THEME OF THE EVENT (ECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL ITERATION), AS WELL AS ITS EXTENSIONS (CONNECTION, GAZE, SPECULATION, MANIFESTO). 

THE PIECE FUNCTIONS AS A TANGIBLE INSTANCE OF HOW PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES CAN INTEGRATE HARMONIOUSLY TO GIVE RISE TO NEW MEDIA AESTHETICS, WHILE POSITIONING THE HUMAN SUBJECT AT THE CENTRE OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. AN INTRICATE TAPESTRY OF SONIC TEXTURES UNFOLDS AS THE PERFORMER IMPROVISES ON THE ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD AND THE LYRA WITH SYMPATHETIC STRINGS, A MODERN VERSION OF THE TRADITIONAL GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. 

IN PARALLEL WITH THIS PROCESS, THE TONAL STRUCTURE OF ABSTRACT AI-GENERATED VOICES IS MANIPULATED BY THE PERFORMER'S REAL-TIME EEG ACTIVITY, HIGHLIGHTING THE POTENTIAL FOR NATURAL INTELLIGENCE TO ENDURE ALONGSIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SAME LIVE STREAM OF BODY DATA, COMBINED WITH VIDEO INPUT FROM A CAMERA FOCUSED ON THE PERFORMER, SHAPES A DYNAMIC, GRID-LIKE DIGITAL VEIL THAT VISUALLY ACCOMPANIES THE MUSIC IN A SEAMLESS FLOW.



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