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We write to share in the grief and anger that has moved protesters around the country and the world to protest against the Black racism and violence that is pervasive in our society. Together, we mourn the life of George Floyd, and the lives of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Tony Robinson, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, and so many others whose lives were wrongfully cut short. We demand justice. Black Lives Matter.

CNMAT researcher and composer Daniele Ghisi, together with Andrea Agostini, Julien Vincenot, Davor Vincze will hold a summer seminar on the bach library at CCRMA (Stanford University). Given the circumstances, it's an online seminar, so it's accessible from everywhere. The dates are June 22th through 25th.

More information and the course syllabus can be found here:https://ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/bach-in-maxmsp

Machine Creativity at CNMAT was featured in the opening ceremony of the GRID-EXPOSURE - Art + Tech + Policy Days and inside the ARS ELECTRONICA 2020 Artificial Intelligence and Music Festival (link).

***NOTE: This webinar is hosted by IRCAM. Click here more more info.***

On Tuesday, October 20th, Prof. Carmine Cella presented "A Study on Neural Models for Target-Based Computer-Assisted Musical Orchestration" at the 2020 Joint Conference on AI Music Creativity. The video can be found here.

From Tom Buckner:

Dear Friends,

It is my great pleasure to announce the release today on Chant Records of a new recording of duo improvisations, Voicescapes, by the wonderful Danish singer Randi Pontoppidan and myself. Recorded on the beautiful island of Møn, Denmark in 2018 with no preconceived musical material, no overdubs and no sound sources other than voices, Voicescapes documents the spontaneous music of two kindred souls.

Sincerely, Tom

RANDI PONTOPPIDAN & THOMAS BUCKNER
 

VOICESCAPES

DIGI, CD, VINYL Chant Records CR2101RA

Synthetic Body-reality an online digital art exhibition presented by MEET Digital Culture Center and Fondazione CARIPLO (MILAN) runs from February 25, 2021 to March 25, 2021, and features the virtual installation  Alice Inside - 2021 (link to exhibition) by Artist and CNMAT affiliate, Claudia Hart, with music by CNMAT Director, Edmund Campion.  Curated by Julie Walsh, a Chicago-bas

The second CNMAT OpenLab will take place online on March 12, 2021, 3pm-4pm PST.

CNMAT is the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies of the University of California, Berkeley (cnmat.berkeley.edu).

OpenLabs are open events where CNMAT's life and projects can be shared with the community. 

Each OpenLab is made by a series of 4 quick talks (10 mins + 5 mins questions) for 1hr total. The general idea of these talks is to provide an overview of the current activities at CNMAT to foster collaborations and develop ideas. 

Assistant Professor Carmine Cella has been invited to present at the symposium Fukushima 10 years, organized by the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory. Professor Cella's talk will focus on how art and music can transform such dramatic events into creative processes. More information below.
 

Mini-Symposium: Fukushima 10 years

Berkeley graduate composer Andrew Blanton's work ANTIPHON will open as a part of the NewArt.City Festival on Monday, March 22nd , 2021, with online performances at 7 pm and 8 pm.  The work is a real-time interactive installation and performance space.

CNMAT Users Group is excited to welcome Berlin-based electronic musician and DJ Lotic to the CNMAT community.