Concert:
Friday, June, 9, 2023, 9 pm @DOCK 11, Saal 4
part of the opening of the exhibition Together We Are Robots
free admission.
Portrait XO performs her latest AI audiovisual album ‘WIRE’ in 4k
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Portrait XO (she/they) is an independent researcher and artist who creates musical and visual works with traditional and non-traditional methods. In collaboration with Dadabots, they won ‘Best Experiment’ award at VUT Indie Awards 2021, and Eurovision AI Song Contest Jury Vote for ‘most creative use of AI’ in 2020. Her development into AI audiovisual art evolved through several artist residencies from NEW NOW FESTIVAL and BBA Gallery in 2021, and Factory Berlin x Sonar+D in 2020. She researches computational creativity, human-machine collaboration, and explores new formats & applications for forward-thinking art and sound. She holds a monthly radio residency with her art & activism collective CO:QUO (CO-CREATE STATUS-QUO) on Refuge Worldwide Radio, and a founding member of The IASAS (International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists) and recently launched SOUND OBSESSED - sonic innovation archive celebrating the journey and milestones of new innovation in sound. Her debut research-based AI audiovisual album 'WIRE' released on December 9th 2022 as a first of its kind NFT to Vinyl release on music NFT polygon marketplace twelve x twelve.
She has performed, presented, and exhibited at SXSW, Ars Electronica, MONOM, Reeperbahn Festival, International Music Summit, Amsterdam Dance Event, BBA Gallery, RE:PUBLICA, Sonar+D, Factory Berlin, Tech Open Air, Redbull Music, Future Forum by BMW Welt, KIKK Festival, Github, and more.
“Portrait XO's album is a sonic journey. Never dull and always intriguing, she manages to defy genres while delivering songs that are memorable on the first listen.”
Erik Alcock - Songwriter, Composer, Musician
(Eminem, DJ Khalil, P!nk, Celine Dion, Pitbull, Tyga, Royce da 5'9", Professor Green, Guess Who)
During the AI Song Contest 2021, Imogen Heap made an honorable mention of Portrait XO’s approach to combining 2 voices for AI audio training on the submitted song ‘Vessel’. ‘Vessel’ was co-written and produced between Portrait XO and songwriter/producer Rezar.
Photo: Dan Gorelick SwinSR
The concert at DOCK 11 is supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR.
