A Cyborg Soloists Conference

As the integration of technology into contemporary music practice and research has become increasingly prevalent, new challenges and opportunities have emerged. What kinds of collaborative practice emerge from the creation of works integrating new technologies? What kinds of distributed and networked creative practices does technology facilitate? How do the methods and methodologies of collaboration figure when not all of the participants are human? What are the aesthetics and ethics of more-than-human, posthuman, or cyborg collaboration? How might such discourses affect our interactions with AI?

This symposium hosted by Cyborg Soloists will explore and reflect upon the role technologies play in collaborative practice within the field of contemporary music. It will be divided into four sections:

• More-Than-Human Collaborators

• Bodies, Voices, Choreography, Technology

• Audiovisual Storytelling, and

• Ludomusicology

The keynote speaker will be Dr Luke Nickel (independent artist-researcher), and the day will conclude with a wine reception and free concert by SONAMB (Vicky Clarke), performing her Cyborg Soloists-commissioned work NEURAL MATERIALS.

Details and Registration

This is a free event. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Date: 7 June 2024
Location: The Boilerhouse, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX