Empty Vessels
2022
‘Empty Vessels’ is an immersive audio visual installation and performance piece. The project takes the form of three full sized cellos, locked in the metallic appendages of three bespoke robotic structures designed to support and autonomously play the cellos.
Conceptually the piece is centered around an exploration of the question: is it important to have a “human touch” in art creation and performance, and why? This question unravels into several components: the parallels in human/AI learning, questions of authorship/copyright, automation and work availability/income, and modalities of expressive storytelling.
Empty Vessels Premiered at the Society of Arts and Technology in Montreal Canada.
It was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, CALQ and the S.A.T.