Machine Anamnesis, by Diego Behncke

Machine Anamnesis

by Diego Behncke

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	1.	Machine Anamnesis (Part 1) 13:50
	2.	Machine Anamnesis (Part 2) 13:54

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At a moment when the distinction between algorithmic and human cultural production may be irrevocably blurred due to the increasing sophistication of AI technologies, it has become both commonplace and irrelevant to question what will become of the human. Machine Anamnesis asks us to instead consider a neglected relation concealed by this formulation; that is, what may become of the machinic when it is unfolded according to its own operative dynamics. In this work we can witness a process set into motion from a source text that interprets its output across a series of transductions. The results of this process, then, are at once the recall of an essential invariant and the catastrophic forgetting of its meaning.

"Machine Anamnesis" is built upon de- and re-compositions of materials through recursive methodologies. Devising synthetic voices as recalling mechanisms, false patterns are identified and dumb-forms emerge.

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released November 23, 2022

Composed, produced and designed by Diego Behncke in 2021-2022 between Santiago and Berlin.

Orchidea for computer assisted orchestration, CatOracle / CataRT for corpus based concatenate synthesis.
ACToolkit for various digital synthesis tools. Computer-controlled modular synthesizer for FM synthesis. Recursive use of convolution synthesis.

Yamaha Vocaloid & WaveNet for speech synthesis.

Libretto:

S. Beckett, Foirades/Fizzles
Artaud, Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu
J.L. Borges, Del rigor en la ciencia
J.L. Borges, La biblioteca de Babel

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Cover art text from a speech-to-text deviation of the synthesized vocal material utilised in the piece.

Mastered by Taku Unami
Lathe Cut by DISC_ARCHIVE
Screen printing by Et al. Press
Liner notes by Sean Johnson

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