Voice, AI & Data, Experimentation and Creative (Ab)Uses

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Workshop 27.05.2025:

On 27 May at 8 PM (OEZ) we invite you to an online workshop in the Art Meets Tech series on voice and creative (re)use. The history of voice technologies such as the vocoder and autotune shows that the creatively interesting often lies in their ‘(utilisation)’. However, the current wave of AI-powered voice technologies is based on exploitable vocal labour by artists, which challenges us to rethink the concept of ‘creative exploitation’. It is expanding into a broader ecosystem of voices and datasets.

No registration needed.

This workshop introduces the new open, hackable and playfulvoice synthesis instrument Tungnaáand discusses the cultural, economic and ethical significance of ‘creative exploitation’ in music based on ‘voice data’.

Jonathan Reus is a transdisciplinary musician who explores the intertwining of humans and technology. With a background in electronic music, visual arts, mathematics and computer science, his work includes solo performances, compositions, instrument building, installations, AI radio projects and web-based sound art. Over the last ten years he has developed artistic methods for the use of voice technologies in live performances. Jonathan received a Fulbright Scholarship for the development of new musical instruments at STEIM in Amsterdam. He is a co-founder of initiatives such as the instrument inventors initiative (iii) in The Hague and Netherlands Coding Live (nl_cl). His work has been shown internationally, including at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, IRCAM/Center Pompidou, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica and the CTM Festival. He is an affiliated researcher at the Intelligent Instruments Lab at the University of Iceland and the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab.