Abstract

‘Multiple Minds’ is an audio-visual performance that poses questions about the origins of the

creative mind behind the sonic behaviors and images that are produced. The instrument

that lies at the heart of the performance is based on three sawtooth oscillators that cross-modulate

each other. The recursive nature of this process is expressed through developing

patterns, shapeshifting timbres, and fragile frequencies, all generated from deterministic yet

unpredictable origins. Recursivity amplifies the slightest performative input to echo through

the instrument, affecting the sound in unforeseen ways. Minor changes in a single

parameter could start a chain reaction that completely readjusts sonic behaviors. The

combination of a broad sonic lexicon combined with unpredictability suggests that the

instrument can be interpreted as having its own form of agency, acting independently from

the intentions of the performer.

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