THURSDAY/LATE SHIFT
THURSDAY/LATE SHIFT
THURSDAY/LATE SHIFT
Performances, demonstrations, conversations. An evening of innovation and investigation in the world of AI.
An evening of exciting presentations and performances from leading innovators in the world of AI. Featuring Alexander Whitley, Harry Yeff (Reeps100) + Patricia Auchterlonie, Jennifer Walshe and more.
An evening of exciting presentations and performances from leading innovators in the world of AI. Featuring Alexander Whitley, Harry Yeff (Reeps100) + Patricia Auchterlonie, Jennifer Walshe and more.
Tim and Sarah Bunting
THURSDAY/LATE SHIFT
Alexander Whitley Dance Company / Mirror
Alexander Whitley is a leading experimental force in AI and stage movement.
Two dancers, one machine. A fragile relationship unfolds under the gaze of an AI system that reflects but cannot truly understand the humans it observes. What starts as a mirror image of their actions becomes something more insidious: a presence that distorts, intervenes, and reshapes how they see each other and themselves. Fusing dance, live motion capture and generative AI with music by Galya Bisengalieva, described as a ‘powerful force in new and primordial music’, Mirror is a philosophical and emotional exploration of what it means to be human in an age of algorithmic judgment.
Harry Yeff (Reeps100) + Patricia Auchterlonie
Artist Harry Yeff (Reeps100) uses AI technology to bend and break the emergent possibilities of the human voice.
Over the last 10 years Yeff has fused his voice practice with technology, pushing extended vocal technique into uncharted territory. An AI research continuation of his co-directorial work with Leipzig Opera House on Fusion, -transference- is performed with Patricia Auchterlonie and references AI's role in transcending human ability in chess, leading on how ethical AI processes can be wielded to push, oppose and challenge the current known limit of the human voice. Seeking new tone, pattern and emotion through the partnership of human and generative voice.
Jennifer Walshe
Jennifer Walshe has been at the vanguard of experimental composition and AI for many years, and is a leading voice in the imaginative and provocative conversation between AI and classical music. More details of this presentation to be announced.
Background
The Royal Opera’s Associate Director Netia Jones curates a four-day festival exploring the shifting boundary between opera and technology. The focus for the first festival is the ever-growing world of artificial intelligence. What can AI offer creatives? And what can creatives offer the world in the age of AI?
Events for this inaugural festival include four EARLY SHIFT/LATE SHIFT sessions featuring performances and presentations from a diverse range of practitioners, the SHIFT EXCHANGE, a day of conversation with leading AI thinkers, and PLAY SHIFT, a relaxed day for all that encourages immersion and interaction. Alongside the four festival days, the Linbury Foyer will be open daily and free to the public and will feature exciting exhibitions and displays offering further interactive exploration.
Featured artists include legendary American experimental composer and improvisor George E. Lewis with soprano Juliet Fraser, Alexander Whitley Dance Company, vocal artist and AI innovator Harry Yeff (Reeps100) with soprano Patricia Auchterlonie, experimental composer Jennifer Walshe with vocal ensemble EXAUDI and AI sound artists Dadabots, composer Paola Prestini, AI sound artist and research scientist Yaboi Hanoi and transdisciplinary artist Stephanie Dinkins and many more.
You do not need to remain seated throughout this event. Your ticket grants entry throughout your 4-hour session; join at whatever point and leave when you wish.
Performers and programme subject to change.
Industry freelancers can access £20 tickets for SHIFT performances on Thursday and Saturday. To receive the discount code, please email boxoffice@roh.org.uk
Get tickets for Thursday EARLY and LATE SHIFT at a discounted rate when purchased together.
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