Nonclassical and RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music (PRiSM) invite composers and sound artists to apply for the opportunity to create a new work using PRiSM’s Artificial Intelligence facilities to be devised for presentation at a Nonclassical event in 2022.
One composer / sound artist will be appointed by a selection panel to work closely with the PRiSM team and Simon Knighton (Nonclassical Associate Composer 2021/22) in June 2022 to create a new work using the machine-learning Artificial Intelligence facilities at the PRiSM labs in Manchester.
The selected artist will have the opportunity for the work to receive its premiere at an event curated by Simon Knighton as part of the Nonclassical Associate Composers Scheme, taking place at a London venue in Autumn 2022. The resulting work will engage with themes around ‘dynamical systems’ found in nature, the subject of the event.
The artist will be required to submit a sound data set of one hour of material to PRiSM to train the AI machine (existing or new work), following which 2-3 meetings will take place with a Research Software Engineer and the PRiSM AI machine (in person or remotely, at the composer’s discretion) to finalise the work.
Deadline for submissions: Friday 4 February 2022 at 12pm.