CECIA (Collaborative Electroacoustic Composition with Intelligent Agents)

About This Project

CECIA (Collaborative Electroacoustic Composition with Intelligent Agents) is an innovative music project that integrates the creative agency of 5 composers and Machine Learning algorithms, leading to the creation of a unique composition of electroacoustic music. CECIA was produced by the ZKM (»Interfaces« project), co-founded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

The project explores collaborative music creation, harnessing the creativity of electroacoustic music composers and Intelligent Agents through an online platform. The collaborative process was conducted remotely in an iterative fashion, in which the composers anonymously submitted and evaluated sound material/ideas/suggestions. These data were used for the training of the machine learning algorithms, which generated new sonic structures, which in turn were fed back to the composers as suggestive material. The project implements a synergistic framework between humans and algorithms, introducing a novel experimental sound practice for the creation of electroacoustic music.

Composers
• Panayiotis Kokoras
• Mariam Gviniashvili
• Juan Carlos Vasquez
• Martyna Kosecka
• Erik Nyström

Machine learning algorithms
• Artemi – Maria Gioti

Project coordinator
• Kosmas Giannoutakis

Article about the project in the Ulysses Network: https://www.ulysses-network.eu/focus-on/connections-2-cecia/