Choreomata
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Project Description
Choreomata is a groundbreaking research project exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and art, bridging computational theory with artistic practice to address critical questions about creativity, subjectivity, and interconnectivity. At its core is Choreomata: Performance and Performativity after AI, an edited volume published by Taylor & Francis/CRC Press in 2023 and spanning over 500 pages that spins up a latticework of interdisciplinary thought, pairing theoretical inquiry from philosophy, information theory, and computer science with practical case studies from visual art, dance, music, and social theory. The book includes an international selection of highly influential researchers from institutions such as Monash University, the University of Oxford, and the Orpheus Instituut.
Among its most significant contributions are nuanced explorations of AI's societal impact and transformative potential. The project examines how AI reshapes subjectivity within the framework of digital capitalism, introducing concepts that redefine human and machine interactions. It critiques traditional anthropocentric perspectives on embodiment and agency, offering innovative approaches to understanding AI-mediated performativity. These ideas are further developed through peer-reviewed publications in top-tiered journals that expand on the interplay between AI, creativity, and social structures, including Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press), Leonardo (MIT Press), and a special issue on Interfaces after AI published in ECHO.
Beyond the book, the project has expanded its reach to diverse audiences through exhibitions such as Musica ex Machina at EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne (Switzerland), where AI’s transformative role in sound art and performance took center stage. These exhibitions, alongside others in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Italy, bring theoretical ideas to life, demonstrating AI’s creative possibilities in visual and performing arts. Further extending its impact, the Disintegrator Podcast features engaging conversations with leading scholars and practitioners, making the project’s innovative ideas accessible to a broader audience.
The project’s impact has been recognized through prestigious international awards and grants, including the prestigious Interface After AI, Artists + Machine Intelligence Award granted by Google Research, and the MA/IN International Award for Sound Art.
Project Investigator
Professor Roberto ALONSO TRILLO (Academy of Music)
Project Collaborator
- Dr. Marek Poliks (Particle, the US)
- Contributors to the edited monograph: Luciana Parisi (Duke University), Catie Cuan, Anna Munster (University of New South Wales), Sasha Stiles, Tiziana Terranova (University of Naples, “L’Orientale”), Davor Vincze (Hong Kong Baptist University), Mattin, Refik Anadol (University of California, Los Angeles), Rudolf Rosa, Anil Bawa-Cavia, Reza Negarestani, Keith Tilford, Ned Rossiter (Western Sydney University), Peter Nelson (Hong Kong Baptist University).
- Contributors to the Disintegrator podcast: Georgina Voss (University of the Arts, London), Inigo Wilkins, M. Beatrice Fazi (University of Sussex), Patricia Reed, Patricia MacCormack (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge), Alex Reisner, Daniel Felstead (University of the Arts London), Janne Leung (University of the Arts London), Tega Brain (New York University), Blaise Agüera y Arcas (Google), Li Zhenhua.
Funding/Award
- Google Research - Artists + Machine Intelligence Award
- Category D - Sound Art - MA/IN International Award
Publications
- Alonso Trillo, R. & Poliks, M. (Eds.). (2023). Choreomata: Performance and Performativity after AI. New York: Taylor & Francis / CRC Hall. [English: 230,000 words]. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003312338
- Alonso Trillo, R., & Poliks, M. 0-Degree Plane of Neuroelectronic Continuity: AI & Psychosocial Evaporation. In Alonso & Poliks (Eds.), Choreomata: pp. 5–46 (see above). [English: 12,000 words]. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003312338-3
- Alonso Trillo, R. Descendent: AI and the Body beyond Hybridization. In Alonso & Poliks (Eds.), Choreomata: pp. 435–466 (see above). [English: 9,000 words]. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003312338-27
- Alonso Trillo, R., & Poliks, M. (2023). Debris: Machine Learning, Archive Archaeology, Digital Audio Waste. Organised Sound, 28(3). [English: 6,000 words]. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771823000249
- Alonso Trillo, R., & Poliks, M. (2023). Demiurge: A Music of Babel. Leonardo, 55(5). [English: 4,600 words]. https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_02217
- Alonso Trillo, R., & Poliks, M. (Eds.). (2024). Interface after AI: Rethinking AI Interfaces [Special issue]. ECHO, (6). Orpheus Institute.
- Alonso Trillo, R. (author), & Poliks, M. (author). (2023). Disintegrator Podcast. Spotify / Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/disintegrator/id1716416573
- Alonso Trillo, R., & Poliks, M. (2024, Mar 10). Non-Player Dynamics: Agency Fetish in Game-World. Foreign Objekt, San Francisco (USA).
- Cárdenas, A., Doornbusch, P., Fitch, F., Hoffmann, P., Impett, J., Lewis, G., Mayas, M., Pachet, F., Poliks, M., Puckette, M., Rohrmeier, M., Roth, M., Sonami, L., Sturm, B., Walshe, J., & Widdess, R. (2024, September 20). Musica ex Machina Symposium: Encounters between Art and Science. EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne (Switzerland).
- Angelicism. (2024). Paradise Cut [Film]. Angelicism - featuring a fragment of “0-Degree Plane of Neuroelectronic Continuity.”
- Alonso Trillo, R. et al. (2024). (E)Motion: Digital Possibilities. Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen (China). [58,000 visitors].
- Alonso Trillo, R. et al. (2023). Virtual Lab: SeeD Project. SeeD Pilot Project, CIC, Shenzhen (China). [60,000 visitors].
- Alonso Trillo, R. et al. (2022). Machine Visions. Osage Gallery, Hong Kong.
- Alonso Trillo, R., & Poliks, M. (2024) Musica ex Machina: Machines Thinking Musically. EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne (Switzerland).
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