Eunice Choe – Looking Outwards-04

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Laetitia Sonami is a sound artist who incorporates technology and media to her sound installations. Sonami’s piece, Magnetic Memories (2016) interested me because of its spontaneity. Sonami uses an instrument called the Spring Spyre and it consists of a multitude of neural networks. The algorithms involved in this installation seem to be random and full of surprises because the audio signals that are fed to the neural networks are in real time. The neural networks are not defined and trained, so any audio signal is from a sound that is played in the moment. The sounds have a wide range, from eerie to alert sounds. Sonami manifests her own artistic sensibilities by giving off a sense of depth through her music. Through magnetic forces, Sonami’s instrument produces several layers through sound that enhance the audience’s overall listening experience.