SOUND OBSESSED
7. Portrait XO x Ali M. Demirel
Codes of Nature
Portrait XO x Ali M. Demirel
As Nobel Prize Laureate Sir Paul Nurse stated over 10 years ago, climate change is a real human-caused problem. Evidence and causes have been documented by leading climate scientists published by The Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences over a decade ago. If proof exists that continues to go unseen, how much longer will Earth keep humans as we continue to cause so much damage at exponential speed? The data of USA temperature anomalies have been sonified to feel data and continue to build awareness and call to action for changemakers, policymakers, and rest of humanity to understand the urgency of our current climate crisis.
Learn more: The Royal Society
USA Temperature Anomalies 1940-2024
From Audiovisual performance Codes of Nature, Nobel Prize Museum, 12th April 2024
Data sonification tools, Manifest.Audio + Reaktor
Climate Chronicles: 1940-2024
Portrait XO
This is an explicit sonic translation of world temperature anomalies from 1940-2024 with the sound of a synth modulated by the climate data. The sonic translation of the exponential curve from 2000-2024 aligns with the latest AI summer we're currently living in. As AI continues its rapid growth, humans must continue to stay alert with critical analysis of how AI impacts us individually, societally, collectively, economically, and environmentally. From data privacy, transparency, and protection, to how AI impacts our wellbeing and the health of the entire planet with all living species, as it's our duty as humans to look after ourselves and the home we inhabit. Seeing the correlation between the impact of AI and climate change, we must question how and why it makes sense to support such rapid growth, and how can we push for sustainable solutions.
ARTIST BIOS:
Portrait XO (she/they) is an award-winning transdisciplinary artist and independent researcher. She received the Jazzki Award by ELBJAZZ in 2023 and has been recognized for her work with AI audio pioneers Dadabots, including winning the VUT Indie Awards 2021 and Eurovision AI Song Contest 2020. Her AI audiovisual art developed through residencies at NEW NOW FESTIVAL, BBA Gallery, and Factory Berlin x Sonar+D. Founder of SOUND OBSESSED, she facilitates a community of hybrid artists for exploring computational creativity and human-machine collaboration. Her debut AI audiovisual album 'WIRE' released 2022 critiques biases in AI and its impact on creativity and identity.
Ali Mahmut Demirel, born in Turkey in 1972, is a Berlin-based artist with a background in nuclear engineering and architecture. Beginning his art career in the early 90s at Middle East Technical University, he was part of the Körotonomedya and Magnetmus movements. In the 2000s, he specialized in real-time computer-generated imagery, notably collaborating with Richie Hawtin. Demirel later focused on video installations, creating the trilogy ‘Post-Apocalyptic Utopias on Architecture.’ His work, blending nature and mythology, has been exhibited at venues like the Guggenheim Museum and Arter Istanbul, and he has performed at major festivals worldwide.