Björk and Microsoft use AI to create music
The piece uses Microsoft AI to put together sounds pulled from 17 years worth of choral recordings made by @bjork herself https://t.co/CjuI83Xudd
- DJ Mag (@DJmag) 22 de enero de 2020
Icelandic musician, songwriter and producer, Björk, has produced an AI-assisted choral piece to be played in the lobby of New York City hotel Sister City.
Titled 'Kórsafn', meaning "choral archives", the piece uses Microsoft AI to put together sounds pulled from 17 years worth of choral recordings made by Björk herself.
The Icelandic artist said of 'Kórsafn'. "I offered them my choir archives, written over 17 years, that will float through the pinball of artificial intelligence by the grid of bird migrations, clouds, aeroplanes and that voluptuous thing called barometer!"
The piece is a living and evolving soundscape, with the images in the installation powered by a camera on the roof of the Sister City. For example, the AI camera checks for clouds, but also the density and type of cloud, whether a cumulus and nimbus, or distinguishing an entire flock of birds. As the AI learns to identify new objects, the choral arrangements you hear on the hotel will change to accurately reflect the weather conditions or to suit the mood of of that particular day, changing over time.
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