PORTFOLIO. Birk Schmithüsen audiovisual artist selected works

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Speculatve Artfcial Intelligence / exp. #1 (audiovisual associaton) diploma exam HGB Leipzig Feb 2018 artistic research https://vimeo.

2 Speculatve Artfcial Intelligence / exp. #1 (audiovisual associaton) diploma exam HGB Leipzig Feb 2018 artistic research material: metal pipes, nylon rope, led-stripes, cables, power supplies, controllers artificial intelligence, neural network, Ableton Live, java In the aesthetic experiment the question of the nature of artificial intelligence in neural networks is investigated. They are credited with intelligent behavior because they can generalize learned rules and apply them to unknown data. The artist Birk Schmithüsen describes the reaction to unknown data as predictable unpredictability. In the experiment, the training process of an artificial neural network as well as the predictable unpredictability are audiovisually translated and intuitively experienced. Sounds are used as input data associated with images as output data. A spherical object makes the sound-image associations visible. The object consists of a seemingly chaotic cluster of thirteen thousand LEDs in which readable patterns of light appear. Each LED is connected to an output neuron of the neural network and represent its state by its brightness. The LEDs are mapped in three-dimensional space. Training data are generated from classifications of sounds to three-dimensional shapes, and the state of the neural network is represented as a readable pattern of light.

Interspace Rundgang HGB Leipzig Feb 2017 light object https://vimeo.

materialise. 160m pixel LED strips are arranged organically to form a spherical object which is spaced wide enough to see through, so that every dimension of the sphere stays visible from all angles.

3 Interspace Rundgang HGB Leipzig Feb 2017 light object material: led-stripes, cables, power supplies, controllers java, camera calibration The light sculpture consists of a seemingly chaotic cluster in which legible pictures and patterns materialise. 160m pixel LED strips are arranged organically to form a spherical object which is spaced wide enough to see through, so that every dimension of the sphere stays visible from all angles. The installation has randomly assembled pixels that are mapped in the three-dimensional space and are individually controllable. Because of the spatial representation of the pixels in virtual space, it is possible to form threedimensional shapes, patterns and structures out of the chaotic cluster: an apparent intelligence that reveals itself within the seemingly random formation. Inside the sphere, two light entities are dancing with each other, following one choreographic rule: Each entity tries to get as much distance as possible to the other one and to the wall. To decide about its next step, each one has a genetic algorithm evaluating possible options.

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Klang Netz Bus, KollektivArtesMobiles, 2017 audiovisual installation https://vimeo.

consists of a hanging, tunnel like, net of led-stripes. Visitors can enter the installation.

5 Klang Netz Bus, KollektivArtesMobiles, 2017 audiovisual installation material: led-stripes, metal pipes java camera calibration Ableton Live Max for Live The audiovisual installation consists of a hanging, tunnel like, net of led-stripes. Visitors can enter the installation. Every intersection of the LED stripes is linked to a sound. When a light impulse reaches an intersection, it triggers the sound and the pulse is split. A chain reaction of light and sound spreads into the room.

Persönlichkeitsmonitor Okapi, Leipzig Juni 2014 interactiva video installation https://vimeo.

There are profiling alogrithms for personal advertise, validity, crime probability... and the sensors are getting more and better every day.

6 Persönlichkeitsmonitor Okapi, Leipzig Juni 2014 interactiva video installation Kinect Processing Beamer Different kind of data about us is monitored all the time. There are profiling alogrithms for personal advertise, validity, crime probability... and the sensors are getting more and better every day. But what if there is also a database, about the personality of each of us? What kind of decisions are made from these data and by whom? Are numbers, charts, list, calculations, big data really that meaningful? What about the parts of us, that nobody can put into data?

LiveLooping Experiments #2 camera: Witja Frank unrender #2, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin Mai 2014 audiovisual performance https://vimeo.

Processing Max/MSP Jitter MaxForLive Ableton Live MadMapper OSCulator Vezér Resolume beamer Gaffa tape The performance is part of a series to explore

It started in the tradition of musicians and visual artist who come together to improvise.

7 LiveLooping Experiments #2 camera: Witja Frank unrender #2, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin Mai 2014 audiovisual performance duration: Sound: Video: Technik: 15 min Birk Schmithüsen Felix Richter costum build controller (Arduino, piezos, spoons) Motion Leap Processing Max/MSP Jitter MaxForLive Ableton Live MadMapper OSCulator Vezér Resolume beamer Gaffa tape The performance is part of a series to explore the interrelation between sound and moving image. Within the development of the series different methods of interrelations are used. It started in the tradition of musicians and visual artist who come together to improvise. In the next part, the video was linked to the sound by algorithms, without human interaction. In the part LiveLooping Experiments #2 both approaches are combined: The video is linked to the sound via algorithms but also shaped by the video artist Felix Richter.

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