Author Archives: Han-earl Park

JazzWord: AI in an improv session

By Han-earl Park | Published: January 22, 2012

This one’s really interesting. Perhaps not the warmest review (in comparison to, say, those at MusicZoom, CloudsandClocks or Monsieur Délire), maybe not the fairest, but Ken Waxman’s take on ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) at JazzWord, in which the machine improviser is “unobtrusive and egoless” and “thoughtful pauses” signpost the authentic human, I think is [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance, theory | Tagged 05-25-2010, 05-26-2010, 08-19-2010, 4G, artificial intelligence, audio recordings, authentic human, Birmingham Improvisers’ Orchestra, Bruce Coates, CD, Charles Hayward, CloudsandClocks, Cork, Franziska Schroeder, Han-earl Park, Ian Smith, improvisation, interaction, io 0.0.1 beta++, JazzWord, Ken Waxman, Mathilde 253, Monsieur Délire, musical automaton, MusicZoom, Pauline Oliveros, performance, Pioneer: Dance, Pioneer: Variance, recordings, Return Trajectory, reviews, Richard Barrett, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531, Sonic Arts Research Centre, technological artifact | Leave a comment

Beyond Planet Earth Tweetup: dreams of the future

By Han-earl Park | Published: January 20, 2012

Some thoughts and questions from the Scientific American / American Museum of Natural History Beyond Planet Earth Tweetup on January 18, 2012. Planetariums are cathedrals I’m moved by the planetarium: I travel to the stars I cannot see, struggle with the scale of what I cannot fathom. Modern planetariums demonstrate the grandeur of God’s creation, [...]

Posted in theory | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur C Clarke, artificial, automaton, Bruno Latour, California Institute of Technology, class, colonialism, Curiosity, cyborgs, Destination Moon, Donna J Harraway, Fritz Lang, George Pal, harmony of the planets, identities, Janus, JPL, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, military-industrial complex, NASA, New York, planetarium, race, Richard Branson, robotics, Scientific American, simulation, Stanley Kubrick, Twitter, Virgin Galactic, visualization, Woman in the Moon | 1 Comment

Beyond Planet Earth Tweetup

By Han-earl Park | Published: January 17, 2012

Nothing directly to do with io 0.0.1 beta++, but I will be participating in the Scientific American / American Museum of Natural History Beyond Planet Earth Tweetup on January 18, 2012, starting at 6:00 pm (EST). [More info…] What does this, however indirectly, have to do with improvisation, semi-autonomous machine musicians, and real-time interactive musical [...]

Posted in theory, website | Tagged American Museum of Natural History, automaton, California Institute of Technology, Curiosity, harmony of the planets, JPL, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, New York, robotics, Scientific American, Twitter | 1 Comment

current state 2012: human actors

By Han-earl Park | Published: January 16, 2012

I’ll be posting an article dealing with an aspect of the technical and theoretical construction and operation of a interactive musical automaton in the coming weeks. In the meantime, here’s an update on what some of the (human) actors in the io 0.0.1 beta++ network have been up to, and will be doing in the [...]

Posted in performance, website | Tagged Brooklyn, Bruce Coates, Catherine Sikora, Charles Hayward, Claire Coates, Contemporary Music Review, Cork, Creative Sources Recordings, CS 201 cd, Déda, Derby, Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts, Downtown Music Gallery, Evan Parker, Franziska Schroeder, FrImp, Gargantius Effect, Gino Robair, Huddersfield, Ian Smith, Identity Performance and Technology: Practices of empowerment embodiment and technicity, Improvisation Birmingham, International Computer Music Conference, Interpretations, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Jo Machon, John Shiurba, Jonny Marks, Kris Tiner, Mathilde 253, Matt Ingalls, Migrations, mprovisers’ Orchestra, Murray Campbell, Mutt, Network[ed] Listening—Towards a de-centering of beings, New York, Ningbo, Noise Quartet Concert, Numbers, Palgrave Macmillan, PRS, Randy McKean, Richard Barrett, Richard Scott, Roulette, Routledge, Scott R Looney, Shifting Listening Identities—Towards a Fluidity of Form in Digital Music, Silver Orchestra, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Sonorities Festival, Sue Broadhurst, Ted Byrnes, The Brecht Forum, Tim Perkis, Tracy McMullen, Vicmod Records, VMDL11, Walt Shaw | Leave a comment

audio salutations for an arbitrary demarcation of time (rev. 2012)

By Han-earl Park | Published: December 29, 2011

If io 0.0.1 beta++ could want, or express a desire, I imagine that it would want to wish all of you a happy arbitrary demarcation of time: io, however, cannot want, or express, anything… io, however, cannot want, or express, anything…but Happy New Year from me! about the audio recording: Alternate take of track ‘4G’ [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance | Tagged 08-19-2010, 4G, 4G alt, alternate take, Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works License, audio recordings, C-ALTO Labs, Cork, Creative Commons, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, mp3, recordings, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531 | Leave a comment

Baroque and Renaissance (audio clip: io 0.0.1 beta++)

By Han-earl Park | Published: December 19, 2011

Third audio clip (and final in the series) from ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) below: Excerpted from the track ‘Discovery: Decay’, the clip is taken from what is, for me, an uncharacteristic track on the CD, with its serene, careful and economical counterpoint between saxophonist Franziska Schroeder, me on guitar, and the interactive automaton io [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance | Tagged 05-25-2010, audio excerpt, audio recordings, Beppe Colli, Bruce Coates, CD, CloudsandClocks, Cork, counterpoint, Discovery: Decay, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, mp3, Ó Riada Hall, performance, photographs, recordings, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531 | 1 Comment

MusicZoom: un inno totale alla modernità

By Han-earl Park | Published: December 13, 2011

‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) is “total hymn to modernity” according to the wonderful review by Vittorio at MusicZoom. It’s a session in which the human musicians “throw themselves with passion on the ideas from the inanimate object”, and the listener will be “fully repaid by that which is a successful experiment.” Il titolo da [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance | Tagged 05-25-2010, 05-26-2010, 08-19-2010, audio recordings, autonomy, Bruce Coates, CD, Cork, Franziska Schroeder, Futurism, Han-earl Park, improvisation, instrument, interaction, io 0.0.1 beta++, musical automaton, MusicZoom, performance, recordings, reviews, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531, technological artifact, Vittorio | 2 Comments

Rui Eduardo Paes: máquina de improvisar

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 29, 2011

Rui Eduardo Paes describes a “fake quartet” in which the organic musicians bring their experience in ‘avant-jazz’ and the “electroacoustics’ border with contemporary music” to the music, and in which the automaton “interactively reacting to what they do and even giving them cues”: Este é um falso quarteto entre uma máquina de improvisar, o io [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance | Tagged 05-25-2010, 05-26-2010, 08-19-2010, audio recordings, Bruce Coates, CD, Charles Havward, Christian Wolff, Cork, counterfeit, Evan Parker, Felipe Hickman, Franziska Schroeder, Ground-Based Telemetry, Han-earl Park, interaction, io 0.0.1 beta++, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Laplace: Instability, Lol Coxhill, Paul Dunmall, Pauline Oliveros, Pedro Rebelo, performance, recordings, reviews, Rui Eduardo Paes, science fiction, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531, Tony Oxley | Leave a comment

impressive synergy (audio clip: io 0.0.1 beta++)

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 18, 2011

Second audio clip from ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) below: Excerpted from the track ‘Discovery: Intermodulation’, the clip features Bruce Coates on sopranino saxophone in duet with the musical automaton io 0.0.1 beta++. One of my favorite moments from the CD, it’s a performance that demonstrates, to quote François Couture, “dismantled gestures, destabilizing timbres, and [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance | Tagged 05-25-2010, audio excerpt, audio recordings, Bruce Coates, CD, Cork, Discovery: Intermodulation, François Couture, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, Monsieur Délire, mp3, Ó Riada Hall, performance, photographs, recordings, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531 | 2 Comments

standing alone (audio clip: io 0.0.1 beta++)

By Han-earl Park | Published: October 21, 2011

Hear a short clip from ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) below. The clip, taken from the track ‘Laplace: Perturbation’, features the last minute of the solo by machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++, and fades out as guitarist Han-earl Park joins it in free play. [More info on the recording…] Thanks to Corey Mwamba and Jonathan [...]

Posted in audio recordings, performance | Tagged 05-25-2010, audio excerpt, audio recordings, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Bruce Coates, CD, Corey Mwamba, Cork, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, Jonathan Deasy, Laplace: Perturbation, mp3, Ó Riada Hall, performance, photographs, recordings, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531 | 2 Comments

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