Painting Music
Painting Music uses Explainable AI to create music from live painting, in real time and unique for each performance.
About Painting Music
Painting Music uses algorithms that are explainable, which is innovative even in the field of AI, and the combination of AI, painting and music represents to the best of our knowledge a world’s first. Painting Music uses storytelling through creative tools centred around the question Is AI good or bad?. This multifaceted production encompasses a dynamic, interactive, and experimental form of art-making, an artists’ panel session and Q&A opportunity for the audience.
Running Order:
20-minute performance, followed by approx. 20 minutes of Q&A and discussion
Stirling University Students: You can get one £7.50 ticket with your student card. These can only be purchased at Macrobert Box Office in person with a valid Stirling university ID card.
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