Prometheus
Music Technology Group, UPF · an augmented philharmonic orchestra · 2015 · Singularity University Summit, Seville; ISMIR, Málaga
Our role Research, AI, generative visuals, real-time software.
Hearing and seeing the sound of a philharmonic orchestra. The Music Technology Group of Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, was looking for a visual way to present its research on real-time detection of the different aspects of a concert: the energy, the score, the conductor’s gestures, the sections of the orchestra.
We designed the scenario, the graphics and the real-time animation projected on a large screen during Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture, bringing the data of the European research project PHENICX to life. A work of translation: making what an algorithm hears legible to a non-specialist audience.
Presented at the Singularity University Summit in Seville on 12 March 2015, then at ISMIR 2015 in Málaga, the leading conference in music technology research.
Credits
- Scenario, graphics and real-time animation Hand Coded
- Research team Emilia Gómez, Alba B. Rosado, Álvaro Sarasúa, Oscar Mayor, Agustín Martorell, Jordi Bonada, Carles Fernández
Photos
Team
- Maya Benaïnous · Co-founder. Artist and engineer, creator of Ledotron.
- Cyril Laurier · Co-founder. PhD in music AI, Sony CSL researcher.
