A Quad Entropic Conversation by The Endemics
Presented in the Video category at the International Conference on Live Coding 2023 in Utrecht, Netherlands.
A Quad Entropic Conversation is a live coding performance by ensemble The Endemics, that features speech used in various forms to carry on an audiovisual conversation between the four members and their instruments.
Live coded in Hydra, Orca, and SuperCollider, and ending with a touch of analog modular sound, a conversation unravels inside a wormhole. The meaning of the words, the meanings in speech, and everything transmitted in the form of communication, undergoes a transformation, due to the entropic forces taking place in black holes. Knowing from the beginning that parts and pieces of ourselves get lost, and displaced in our exchanges with others, we find an opportunity to better tackle the resistance emerging in our conversations and create open ended dialogues with one another and through the code we share.
The Endemics is an ensemble initially formed online during the pandemic, consisting of four live coders based in Tkaronto/Toronto.
Ilze Briede [Kavi] is a Latvian/Canadian artist working across multiple disciplines, including visual art, interactive installation and live performance. Kavi live codes in Atom-Hydra and is most fascinated by feedback loops.
magfoto (Marcus Gordon) is a live coder, artist, and PhD candidate in Computational Arts at York University. His practice explores live coding archimusic, composition and improvisation with modular synthesis.
Sarah Imrisek (@cymatiste) is a game developer-turned-community-engaged artist and creative coder. She performs in live coding events, and makes interactive installations and street art. Trees, birds, wind, waves, and dreamlike visuals abound.
hryso (Hrysovalanti Fereniki Maheras) is a PhD student in Digital Media at York University. In her performance practice she live codes with supercollider and collaborates with visual artists to create audiovisual experiences and experimental art.