Speculative Sound Synthesis

About Speculative Sound Synthesis

Speculative Sound Synthesis is an artistic research project that deals with the relationship between technology and artistic thinking in computer music. In doing so, it attempts to productively destabilize this relationship by artistically questioning the standards of digital sound synthesis. The idea of speculation is central to this project, both methodogically as well as aesthetically. Speculation concerns the how, what, and the why of this project, its methods and its objectives. For the team, speculation does not refer to unfounded conjecture or purely theoretical thought removed from concrete practice or experience. On the contrary, speculation can be understood as situated oscillation between experience and imagination that is characteristic of processes that bring forth new forms

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