Work in Progress - 'Sympathetic Resonances: AI, Alchemy & Memory'

Sam Salem (Practitioner in residence): 'Sympathetic Resonances: AI, Alchemy & Memory'

In this presentation I will discuss my initial research and findings from my perspective as a composer and artist working in the collections, with an emphasis on my use of alchemical processes as compositional metaphors. I will share my recent work for solo percussionist, The Way Up & The Way Down, commissioned by Noam Bierstone, and my early sketches of a forthcoming chamber work commissioned by International Contemporary Ensemble, influenced by my residency at the Warburg Institute, and drawing upon new tools for AI-assisted composition and performance.  

Sam Salem is an award-winning composer and artistic director. He creates audiovisual works for performers, electronics and video which challenge traditional notions of concert presentation and instrumental virtuosity. His work is fundamentally psychogeopraphical, informed by site-specific research—the layers of myth and history that he uncovers form the building blocks of his work. He is a founding member of Distractfold Ensemble, co-director of the Another Sky Festival, and is currently PRiSM Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has most recently written for the BBC Philharmonic, Weston Olencki, Noam Bierstone and Linda Jankowska, and his debut album, London Triptych, is available from dFolds. He received his doctorate in composition from the University of Manchester in 2011.

The Work in Progress seminar explores the variety of subjects studied and researched at the Warburg Institute. Papers are given by invited international scholars, research fellows studying at the Institute, and third-year PhD students.

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