Dhvāni: Sacred Sounds and Decolonial Machines
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
- Year: 2023
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Track: Work in Progress
- Pages: 626–628
- Article Number: 92
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11189323 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:
This paper provides an entry into a decolonial approach to AI driven music and sound arts by describing an ongoing artistic research project Dhvāni. The project is a series of responsive, self-regulating, and autonomous installations driven by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and incorporating ritual and sacred sounds from South Asia. Such mélange re-emphasizes and advocates for the values of interconnectivity, codependence, network, and community with a decolonial approach. By giving the AI an autonomous agency, the project aims to reimagine the future of AI with an inter-subjective reciprocity in human-machine assemblages transcending the technologically deterministic approach to AI-driven live art, media arts and music. Through unpacking the project, this paper underscores the necessity to dehegemonize the AI-driven music field towards a transcultural exchange, thereby transcend the field’s Eurocentric bias.
Citation:
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay. 2023. Dhvāni: Sacred Sounds and Decolonial Machines. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11189323BibTeX Entry:
@inproceedings{nime2023_92, abstract = {This paper provides an entry into a decolonial approach to AI driven music and sound arts by describing an ongoing artistic research project Dhvāni. The project is a series of responsive, self-regulating, and autonomous installations driven by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and incorporating ritual and sacred sounds from South Asia. Such mélange re-emphasizes and advocates for the values of interconnectivity, codependence, network, and community with a decolonial approach. By giving the AI an autonomous agency, the project aims to reimagine the future of AI with an inter-subjective reciprocity in human-machine assemblages transcending the technologically deterministic approach to AI-driven live art, media arts and music. Through unpacking the project, this paper underscores the necessity to dehegemonize the AI-driven music field towards a transcultural exchange, thereby transcend the field’s Eurocentric bias.}, address = {Mexico City, Mexico}, articleno = {92}, author = {Budhaditya Chattopadhyay}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.11189323}, editor = {Miguel Ortiz and Adnan Marquez-Borbon}, issn = {2220-4806}, month = {May}, numpages = {3}, pages = {626--628}, title = {Dhvāni: Sacred Sounds and Decolonial Machines}, track = {Work in Progress}, url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2023/nime2023_92.pdf}, year = {2023} }