‘Wilson’

for speaking cellist and electronics

Background

Wilson is a playful exploration of identity, expression, and certain failures technology. This short concert presentation represents work-in-progress in the development an AI model performer’s voice. Randomly-selected samples from hours of source material of the performer speaking alone in a recording studio are triggered live by attempts to speak on stage.

Premiered 10 January 2023
Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia, Tallinn, Estonia

Credits

Wilson Tanner Smith (cello, voice, co-creation)
Lucas Xerxes (electronics, co-creation)