PaglenPerformance

This performance by Trevor Paglen explores the way machines see and interpret the experience of watching a musical performance. Kronos Quartet will perform works ranging from Baroque composer J. S. Bach to contemporary minimalist composers Terry Riley and Steve Reich, and American blues to African folk music. A live video feed of the performance will be processed in real time through surveillance AI algorithms, and the resultant machine vision data images will be projected on a screen above the performers. Sight Machine is organized by the Cantor Arts Center. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Palmer Gross Ducommon Fund and from our partners: Meyer Sound, Obscura Digital, Orton Development, and Plant Construction.