Musical Networks and Algorithmic Emergence in the Times of Artificial Intelligence
Please join the session #8 of In the Making, a collaboration between West Den Haag and the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA).
This public evening addresses the increasing entanglement of music, digital networks, and algorithmic processes in artistic practices today. As artificial intelligence and decentralized technologies gain prominence, they challenge traditional notions of creativity, authorship, and collaboration in the arts. Exploring these topics is crucial now, as they reshape not only how music is made and shared but also its aesthetic and social dimensions.
Presenters
Adam Łukawski
Adam Łukawski is a pioneering music composer and computer programmer, innovating at the nexus of computer-assisted music composition and posthuman artistic research. His work, deeply engaged with aleatoric and generative methods, explores the integration of AI and blockchain technologies for creating novel compositional frameworks and enhancing musical interactivity. He is a doctoral fellow in the MetamusicX research group at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent and a PhD candidate at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts of Leiden University. He studied Music Composition at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. As a computer programmer, Adam Łukawski gained experience working for several startups and at the Polish Information Processing Society. He recently co-edited (with Paulo de Assis) a new book "Decentralized Music: Exploring Blockchain for Artistic Research" (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis).
Adam Łukawski
Adam Łukawski is a pioneering music composer and computer programmer, innovating at the nexus of computer-assisted music composition and posthuman artistic research. His work, deeply engaged with aleatoric and generative methods, explores the integration of AI and blockchain technologies for creating novel compositional frameworks and enhancing musical interactivity. He is a doctoral fellow in the MetamusicX research group at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent and a PhD candidate at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts of Leiden University. He studied Music Composition at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. As a computer programmer, Adam Łukawski gained experience working for several startups and at the Polish Information Processing Society. He recently co-edited (with Paulo de Assis) a new book "Decentralized Music: Exploring Blockchain for Artistic Research" (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis).
Sonia de Jager
Sonia de Jager is a PhD researcher (philosophy of AI) at ESPhil + a theory tutor at WdKA, DAE + a member of the Noise Research Union + organizer of Regenerative Feedback. “Academic” work spans language-modulating, sound studies and active inference, all grounded in critical, radical traditions which aim to unsettle objectivist, authoritarian frameworks negatively constraining contemporary images of communication and computation.
More info https://n-o.ooo/
Sonia de Jager
Sonia de Jager is a PhD researcher (philosophy of AI) at ESPhil + a theory tutor at WdKA, DAE + a member of the Noise Research Union + organizer of Regenerative Feedback. “Academic” work spans language-modulating, sound studies and active inference, all grounded in critical, radical traditions which aim to unsettle objectivist, authoritarian frameworks negatively constraining contemporary images of communication and computation.
More info https://n-o.ooo/
Martin Zeilinger
Martin Zeilinger is a researcher and curator, currently working in the role of Reader in Computational Arts & Technology at Abertay University (Dundee/Scotland). His work focuses on artistic and activist experiments with emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain, with particular attention to questions of distributed agency and cultural ownership. Martin is the author of the open access monograph Tactical Entanglements: AI Art, Creative Agency, and the Limits of Intellectual Property (meson press, 2021) and many topical essays in journals including Leonardo, Philosophy & Technology, and Computer Music Journal. He frequently speaks at international arts organisations, such as Serpentine Galleries (London), MACBA (Barcelona), Aksioma (Ljubljana) and BEK (Bergen).
Martin Zeilinger
Martin Zeilinger is a researcher and curator, currently working in the role of Reader in Computational Arts & Technology at Abertay University (Dundee/Scotland). His work focuses on artistic and activist experiments with emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain, with particular attention to questions of distributed agency and cultural ownership. Martin is the author of the open access monograph Tactical Entanglements: AI Art, Creative Agency, and the Limits of Intellectual Property (meson press, 2021) and many topical essays in journals including Leonardo, Philosophy & Technology, and Computer Music Journal. He frequently speaks at international arts organisations, such as Serpentine Galleries (London), MACBA (Barcelona), Aksioma (Ljubljana) and BEK (Bergen).
