Anastatica: a Musical Experience for Algorithm, Live Coder, and Audience

Abstract

Anastatica is a musical experience for musician, algorithm, and audience that combines performative elements with the characteristics of an installation. It ex- plores, in real time, the relationship between human performers and generative algorithms, allowing them to interact constructively or destructively using the same language and influenced by non-deterministic factors. Each performance is thus laced with randomness. Through this interplay of acousmatic, aleatoric live coding, the piece questions the nature of artificial intelligence’s involvement in modern society and the illusion of choice in the digital age.