Quantum Computing & Sound

02nd Feb 2024 02nd Feb 2024 16:00 19:30

Talks with Eduardo Reck Miranda, Edy Fung, Gesche Joost, Muiredach O‘Riain, Oliver Benson, Welcome Word by Johannes Ebert, Moderated by Clara Herrmann

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  • Eliza

    IE

    A touch of GASH is a sonic gas with this Irish DJ’s twisted vision behind the decks.

  • ojoo

    MA/BE

    No genre is out of bounds within the boundless imagination of this Moroccan-born artist, who can bridge Coil and Evil Pimp into a sludge riddim for the ages.

  • Greg Kubacki

    US

    Melting your face off is this man’s specialty.

  • Eliza

    IE

    A touch of GASH is a sonic gas with this Irish DJ’s twisted vision behind the decks.

  • Monolake

    DE

    Although perhaps best known for his peerless, timeless Monolake releases on Chain Reaction, Robert Henke is also widely renowned for the music, surround-sound performances, audiovisual installations, sound art, and photography he has been creating under his own name since the early nineties, and additionally as a co-creator of Ableton Live, a program that has redefined the electronic music industry.

  • Concepción Huerta

    MX

    With a sharp instinct for compelling audiovisual collaborations and perpetual activity within noisy fields, the Mexican photographer, composer, and video artist conjures continuously intriguing sound narratives.

    • Photo: courtesy of the artist

    Goethe-Institut’s »Studio Quantum« will present a series of exploratory talks and groundbreaking performances around quantum technologies and music. A quantum computer deals with information encoded as quantum bits – or qubits. The qubit is to a quantum computer what a bit is to a digital one: it is a basic unit of information. In hardware, qubits live in the subatomic world. They are subject to the laws of quantum mechanics. Thus, qubits process information in fundamentally different and potentially more powerful ways than digital bits. Quantum computing is bound to open new and exciting opportunities for creative practices.

    Programme

    15:00 Welcome and Introduction of »Studio Quantum«

    Johannes Ebert (Secretary General, Goethe-Institut), and Jan Rohlf (Artistic Director, CTM)

    15:10 Introduction to Quantum Computing 

    Prof. Oliver Benson (Humboldt University) (15-20“), followed by discussion with Prof. Gesche Joost (University of Arts Berlin), moderated by Clara Hermann (Akademie der Künste, Berlin)

    16:00 Quantum Computer Music. What the heck?

    Eduardo Reck Miranda (ICCMR, University of Plymouth)

    The development of new types of computers and the emergence of new approaches to making music walk hand in hand. This talk introduces the composer's research into harnessing quantum computers to create music. After a short introduction to quantum computing, Miranda will present the technology behind the pieces performed at the festival, followed by a discussion of how quantum technologies inspire and inform his creative practice.

    17:30 Performance and Talk: Edy Fung and Muiredach O‘Riain

    The renowned multidisciplinary artist Edy Fung will perform with Muiredach O’Riain, showcasing a work created during Fung’s time as a Studio Quantum Artist-in-Residence. The artists will then discuss their research and work with quantum technologies, electronic music, sound, and composition.

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    This programme is supported by Goethe-Institut, Studio Quantum, and Zeitgeist Irland 24. Zeitgeist Irland 24, an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Germany.