Robottikuoro (Robot Choir) is an interactive sound and light installation consisting of 20 speakers and led light tubes. The project is a collaboration between sound artist Tytti Arola and creative studio Counterpoint (Tero Parviainen and Samuel Diggins). Robottikuoro composes music generatively – every concert is unique. Humans can donate their voices for the robots through a mobile application. In the concert, people can try to conduct the Robot Choir with hand movements.
Trailer:
The documentation video is made from Robottikuoro's second gig which took place at Helsinki City hall 16.8.2019.
a s s e m b l e is a piece for 2000 singers and Robottikuoro which brings together the humans, machines and the audience. The work celebrates the collaboration between humans and machines by providing a possibility to sing together. Robottikuoro has gotten its voice from humans who have wanted to donate their voice to the robots by recording their own singing or voicing with a mobile application. Robottikuoro modifies and interprets the given recordings and the result will be partly unknown.
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Below can be seen a video of Robottikuoro and Art Goes Kapakka choirs premiering a s s e m b l e (by Tytti Arola) and Finlandia (by Jean Sibelius) in Senate Square 15.8.2019. Conductor Marjukka Riihimäki. Video production by Helsingin Sanomat.
Robottikuoro and a s s e m b l e are a commission by Helsinki Festival.
Performances:
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26.9.2019
Robottikuoro
Research and Innovation Days
Brussels / Kanal Centre Pompidou
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16.8.2019
Robottikuoro
Helsinki Festival
Helsinki / City hall
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15.8.2019
Robottikuoro and a s s e m b l e
Art Goes Kapakka choirs, conducted by Marjukka Riihimäki
Helsinki Festival
Helsinki / Senate Square
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