ANH-00

ReleaseDay
2019/12/1
Team
ALIFE Lab.
ALTERNATIVE MACHINE
Category
Installation
R&D
Caption: Title
ALTERNATIVE MACHINE, ANH-00, 2019
Caption: Medium
microphones, speakers, stick PCs, LED displays, genetic algorithm for evolution of digital agents, aluminum cases
Caption: Dimentions
12(D) x 12(W) x 19.4(H) cm per unit x 5 units
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Website
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MUTEK.jp 2019

ALTERNATIVE MACHINE

ANH-00, 2019

Based on the acoustic niche hypothesis, which states that living organisms evolved through sound habitat, ANH-00 autonomously collects sounds of the installed environment and generates new sounds such that the space of the frequency band of the environment is naturally filled. This work questions evolution as it could be through the constructivist method, and expresses the ecosystem as a music instrument.
ANH-00 consists of multiple hardware units with more than 100 digital agents within each unit. Each agent evolves to obtain communication through sound, thereby naturally producing segregated niches for sounds. It outputs various sounds, including sounds exceeding the audible range at complex timings. As a result, the vacant frequency band of environmental sound is naturally filled, producing a rich soundscape. Communication between agents and interaction with environmental sounds creates a soundscape that continues to evolve in complexity.
It produces a rich soundscape in real-time, similar to the natural environment adapted to the sound environment in place, which cannot be achieved by a system that records and reproduces only natural sounds.
ANH-00は、生物が音のすみ分けを行い進化したとされる音のニッチ仮説に基づき、環境の音を自律的に収集し、環境の周波数帯域の空間が自然に埋まるような新しい音を生成する。本作品は、ありうる進化のカタチを構成しながら問うとともに、生態系を楽器として表現している。
ANH-00は、複数のハードウェアユニットで構成され、各ユニットには100以上のデジタルエージェントが動作している。各デジタルエージェントは音によるコミュニケーションを得るために進化し、それにより音のニッチを自然に作り出す。可聴域を超える音も含め、様々な音を複雑なタイミングで出力する。エージェント間のコミュニケーションや環境音とのインタラクションにより、環境音の空いている周波数帯域が自然に埋まり、複雑な進化を続けるサウンドスケープを実現。
自然音だけを記録・再生するシステムでは実現できない、その場の音環境に適応した自然環境に近い豊かなサウンドスケープをリアルタイムに作り出す。
 

Caption

ALTERNATIVE MACHINE, ANH-00, 2019
microphones, speakers, stick PCs, LED displays, genetic algorithm for evolution of digital agents, aluminum cases
12(D) x 12(W) x 19.4(H) cm per unit x 5 units

Editions / Versions

Credit

Director: Ryuta Aoki
Software Dev: Masumori Atsushi, Itsuki Doi
Hardware Dev: John Smith
Production: ALTERNATIVE MACHINE
Produced by: ALIFE Lab, ISID

Past Exhibitions

Jan. 2020: Booster Studio at Shibuya PARCO
Dec. 11th-15th, 2019 MUTEK.jp 2019

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