Geneva University of Music

Description

The first research day of the new ScenIA collaboration brought together researchers, musicians and digital artists to explore how artificial intelligence can act as a creative partner in improvised music. Through presentations, demonstrations, listening sessions and shared improvisations, participants examined how AI can shape timbre, respond to instrumental gesture and open new forms of musical dialogue between human and machine.

This initial meeting combined theory, practice and discussion, with hands-on experimentation across multiple AI systems. It established a shared framework for ongoing work and comparative research within the group.

Maria presented her work on Chimère, an AI system that she has used in various artistic practices and as part of her work in the Chimere Communities project. She introduced her artistic research on ecological and posthuman approaches to AI in improvised music, situating Chimère within wider debates on machine agency, gesture and sonic ecology.

In the afternoon Maria and Pierre Alexandre performed with Chimère, inviting participants to interact with the system and explore its responses in live improvisation. This sparked further discussion on how AI can mediate between human and nonhuman sonic worlds, shaping ideas of musical co-authorship. The collaboration will continue to develop these explorations through future research days and performances.

Period	26 May 2025
Visiting	Geneva University of Music
Degree of Recognition	International