| Maker | Farzaneh Nouri |
| Duration | 35 min |
| Part of | Ticket to Utopia |
In Sensing Machines: Of Flesh and Inference, you witness a live electro-acoustic improvisation between body, sensors, and an AI agent. What emerges is neither fully human nor purely machine, but something in between. Step into a science-fiction-like landscape filled with unheard sounds and cinematic visuals by sound artist Farzané. And discover how, in real time, she challenges the idea that a machine is simply a “tool”.
A performative audiovisual live experience by a Rewire favorite
You may know Farzané (Farzaneh Nouri) from her appearances at Rewire, where she has previously captivated audiences. In this performance, she once again wears a network of sensors that capture physical movement and gestures as real-time data. This data feeds an AI improviser that is not trained to follow or respond, but to answer, destabilize, and co-propose.
When even the AI does not know
The sensors function as a shared neural system between two different forms of intelligence. In Sensing Machines: Of Flesh and Inference, Farzané explores what happens when two agents, one biological and one artificial, enter a state of shared unknowing, and make that uncertainty the starting point.
Farzaneh Nouri is a musician and sound artist. She grew up in Iran, where she first studied classical piano and later cello, and went on to study film at the University of the Arts in Tehran. This background in image, narrative, and composition continues to inform her musical practice.
She later moved to the Netherlands, where she studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, deepening her focus on experimental music and live electronics.
In her performances, Farzaneh Nouri combines acoustic instruments, electronics, and computer technologies into intense, physical listening experiences. She works with live improvisation in which humans and machines respond to one another, including through the use of artificial intelligence. Her work moves between concert and performance formats, inviting audiences not only to hear sound, but to experience it as something constantly shifting and emerging in the moment.
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