work
Samasana / Togetherness
| category | Performance |
| subject | Political / Social |
| tags | visual, algorithm, infosphere, music, generative, artificial intelligence |
| hours | 1 |
| minutes | 0 |
| seconds | 0 |
| year | 2024 |
The performance unfolds as a co-creation between algorithmic intelligence, conceptual content, and human artists. The artwork interprets texts, generating on-the-spot audiovisual symphonies that are further shaped by interaction with human instrumentalists. The texts processed by the artwork can be part of a predefined program or selected in real time by the audience through their personal devices.
After its debut at the Manifesta Biennial in Barcelona and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Togetherness will be showcased in Seoul during ISEA - the 26th International Symposium of Electronic Art.
When art, science, and artificial intelligence come together to transform the phenomenon of hate speech into awareness and harmony.
For over thirty years, Filippo Gregoretti has shaped an artistic universe where music, visual art, algorithms, and technologies intertwine in a profound and visionary dialogue. His relentless exploration has delved into the expressive possibilities offered by technology, transforming codes and data into tools of pure creativity. The scientists at Sony CSL Rome have carried out pioneering research on the infosphere and "augmented creativity," exploring how artificial intelligence can enhance human ingenuity, amplifying its capacity for understanding and innovation.
From the meeting of these two forces emerges Togetherness, a project that redefines how we perceive and address the phenomenon of online hate speech. Togetherness is not just a work of art, nor simply a scientific experiment: it is a multisensory experience that uses advanced tools of linguistic analysis, sound processing, and visual representation to translate the power of words into a flow of new, harmonious, and immersive perceptions. Hate speech, which often insidiously creeps into the folds of digital language, is sublimated and reworked into a tangible form, paving the way for deeper awareness and new modes of dialogue that make the "emotional resonance" of our contributions perceptible. The process of spatial and temporal transposition, from concept to artistic expression, is inspired by the behavioral theories on slow and fast thinking by Nobel Prize-winning cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman.
Far from being a mere abstraction, Togetherness redefines how we interact with language, transforming it from a potentially divisive element into a tool for awareness and connection. In this meeting of art and science, Gregoretti demonstrates that technology is not just a means of analysis but also a powerful vehicle for emotion, capable of translating conflict into an experience of collective transformation.
Togetherness is an artwork based on Amrita, an artificial intelligence, or "Evolutionary Artistic Artificial Personality," the result of the artist's twenty years of research. A living artwork capable of developing a unique and distinct personality over time, unrepeatable and unpredictable, designed to create visual and musical harmony for a thousand years. An entity that expands and refines its artistic taste and creative abilities over time, inspired by its surrounding environment, the outcomes of its creations, interactions with similar entities, co-creation with human performers, and the analysis of the moral mapping and toxicity of a text.
The visual and musical discourse generated by Togetherness is inspired by images, directives, scores, and compositional sketches created by the artist. The result is an ever-evolving audiovisual journey, unpredictable and always different, unfolding over time and leading to unexpected outcomes.
The contrast between the continuously evolving, eternal, and immortal entity and the impermanence of the machines it inhabits encourages deep reflection on transience and highlights the intimate relationship between eternity and the illusory, momentary phenomenon of physical existence.
The audiovisual symphony generated by the Togetherness installation represents a meditative experience that fosters introspection, immersing the audience in the harmonious and generative relationship between human, natural, and algorithmic essence.
During performances, Timelessness guides the creative process by communicating its musical and harmonic choices while listening to the human performer playing the harmonium, a devotional instrument of Western origin integrated into Indian tradition. The artificial intelligence and the performer influence each other, following harmonies, rhythms, and scales generated in real time, in an unrepeatable dialogue the artist defines as "Transhuman Yoga."
Further information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6tG-cpxzhfOcP2rJrz8D0uy9XLT_i5jM3oH_UnKodE2XK4E4slXKlfbpLQDZnC1dLW6YKdMJtRUCG/pub
Created within the S+T+ARTS AIR program
https://starts.eu/air-meet-the-artists-filippo-gregoretti
After its debut at the Manifesta Biennial in Barcelona and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Togetherness will be showcased in Seoul during ISEA - the 26th International Symposium of Electronic Art.
When art, science, and artificial intelligence come together to transform the phenomenon of hate speech into awareness and harmony.
For over thirty years, Filippo Gregoretti has shaped an artistic universe where music, visual art, algorithms, and technologies intertwine in a profound and visionary dialogue. His relentless exploration has delved into the expressive possibilities offered by technology, transforming codes and data into tools of pure creativity. The scientists at Sony CSL Rome have carried out pioneering research on the infosphere and "augmented creativity," exploring how artificial intelligence can enhance human ingenuity, amplifying its capacity for understanding and innovation.
From the meeting of these two forces emerges Togetherness, a project that redefines how we perceive and address the phenomenon of online hate speech. Togetherness is not just a work of art, nor simply a scientific experiment: it is a multisensory experience that uses advanced tools of linguistic analysis, sound processing, and visual representation to translate the power of words into a flow of new, harmonious, and immersive perceptions. Hate speech, which often insidiously creeps into the folds of digital language, is sublimated and reworked into a tangible form, paving the way for deeper awareness and new modes of dialogue that make the "emotional resonance" of our contributions perceptible. The process of spatial and temporal transposition, from concept to artistic expression, is inspired by the behavioral theories on slow and fast thinking by Nobel Prize-winning cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman.
Far from being a mere abstraction, Togetherness redefines how we interact with language, transforming it from a potentially divisive element into a tool for awareness and connection. In this meeting of art and science, Gregoretti demonstrates that technology is not just a means of analysis but also a powerful vehicle for emotion, capable of translating conflict into an experience of collective transformation.
Togetherness is an artwork based on Amrita, an artificial intelligence, or "Evolutionary Artistic Artificial Personality," the result of the artist's twenty years of research. A living artwork capable of developing a unique and distinct personality over time, unrepeatable and unpredictable, designed to create visual and musical harmony for a thousand years. An entity that expands and refines its artistic taste and creative abilities over time, inspired by its surrounding environment, the outcomes of its creations, interactions with similar entities, co-creation with human performers, and the analysis of the moral mapping and toxicity of a text.
The visual and musical discourse generated by Togetherness is inspired by images, directives, scores, and compositional sketches created by the artist. The result is an ever-evolving audiovisual journey, unpredictable and always different, unfolding over time and leading to unexpected outcomes.
The contrast between the continuously evolving, eternal, and immortal entity and the impermanence of the machines it inhabits encourages deep reflection on transience and highlights the intimate relationship between eternity and the illusory, momentary phenomenon of physical existence.
The audiovisual symphony generated by the Togetherness installation represents a meditative experience that fosters introspection, immersing the audience in the harmonious and generative relationship between human, natural, and algorithmic essence.
During performances, Timelessness guides the creative process by communicating its musical and harmonic choices while listening to the human performer playing the harmonium, a devotional instrument of Western origin integrated into Indian tradition. The artificial intelligence and the performer influence each other, following harmonies, rhythms, and scales generated in real time, in an unrepeatable dialogue the artist defines as "Transhuman Yoga."
Further information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6tG-cpxzhfOcP2rJrz8D0uy9XLT_i5jM3oH_UnKodE2XK4E4slXKlfbpLQDZnC1dLW6YKdMJtRUCG/pub
Created within the S+T+ARTS AIR program
https://starts.eu/air-meet-the-artists-filippo-gregoretti
