xix{bayes}, 2015 - 2020
xix{bayes} is a hybrid work complex exploring communication, identity, and agency in AI-driven virtual worlds. Developed in parallel, the customizable multi-user environments of xix served as the performance architecture for bayes — the first officially released music created with Google’s new AI algorithms. Together, they stage encounters between human and machine presence, merging pop-cultural aesthetics with experimental computation to question how intelligence, play, and authorship unfold in networked space. The title bayes references Bayes’ Theorem, first published in 1763, which helps calculate event probabilities and is widely used in machine learning and AI. Supported by the Goethe-Institut.
Formats: Multiplayer environment, video, performance, sound work, audio cassette
Dimensions: Virtual space 1,000 × 1,000 × 1,000 m (capacity 50); 25 min. audio, 5 × 3 min. video, 60 min. performance
Techniques: Worldbuilding, 3D modeling and scanning, programming, AI model training, generative composition, video editing, choreography, live coding
Sound: Generative algorithm, AI composition, digital music release, cassette edition
Installation: Online or site-specific; laptop, projection, speaker system, optional mixed-reality extension
