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@the_s0urce [US] : Noise & Randomness
Pulling from many sources, but most notably Frances Dyson’s the Tone of our Times, and Andrey Smirnov’s Sound in the 20th Century, this talk/performance on Noise & Randomness goes through the history of noise music as seen from an Eastern, as well as Western perspective. We will look at the definitions and uses of noise and randomness in basic computer science and advanced topics such as machine learning. We will connect noise and randomness to ideas of determinism and cosmology. We will demonstrate that ‘noise’ is the sound of technology (or any system) playing itself, and in so doing play the very technologies of the presentation itself in a glorious concert, of noise.
Sofy (@_the_s0urce_)
Sofy (@_the_s0urce_) is a site-specific media artist and educator working with sound, video, interactivity, projections, code, paper, and salvaged material. Her work focuses on techno-occult rituals, street performance, and participatory art. Sofy’s performances enact and reframe hegemonies, she works with materials that exemplify our deep entanglement with petro-culture and technology’s affect on consciousness. She has worked on projects at Eyebeam, 3LD, the Netherlands Institute voor Media Kunst, Steim, ARS Electronica, Games for Learning Institute, The Guggenheim (NYC), The National Mall and has taught at GAFFTA, MoMA, NYU, Srishti, and the Rubin Museum. She is a PhD Candidate in Audio-Visual Composition at NYU GSAS.
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