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Federico Visi

@federicovisi.bsky.social

Musician and researcher in musical interactions, embodiment, post-digital instrument design, networked music performance, and interactive machine learning. I designed an instrument called the Sophtar. Based in Berlin. https://www.federicovisi.com

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Second research residency of the Co-Improvising with the Non-human project, this time at IRCAM. There I worked closely with Marco Fiorini of the REACH team to integrate Somax2 — an AI-based multi-agent system for human–machine co-improvisation — into my custom instrument, the Sophtar

Residency at IRCAM, Paris

Back in April I did the second artistic research residency of the Co-Improvising with the Non-human project, this time at IRCAM. During the residency period I worked closely with Marco Fiorini of the REACH team to integrate Somax2 — an AI-based multi-agent system for human–machine co-improvisation — into my custom instrument, the Sophtar. Here is a Sophtar + Somax2 improvisation I did the night before leaving Paris.

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

About two inspiring weeks at CASCB in Konstanz — fireflies, bats, bees, meerkats, and swarm intelligence. All feeding into new algorithms for musical co-improvisation. Next artistic residency: IRCAM, Paris. #Musikfonds #AI #Music #bioinspired @uni-konstanz.de

Residency at the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour

I recently got back from two very inspiring weeks at the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) in Konstanz. There, I did the first artistic residency of my Musikfonds AI Scholarship project Co-improvising with the Non-human. I chose to visit this interdisciplinary research cluster in order to broaden my perspective on what intelligent behaviour is, and find new sources of inspiration for creating algorithmic agents for musical improvisation.

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Peter Kirn@pkirn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I've assembled a list of ways to give to community-led relief efforts in Lebanon, including those serving migrant workers. Particular paying attention to making international donations easy. This comes thanks to input from folks I know on the ground.

Here are community-led efforts in Lebanon supporting the displaced - CDM Create Digital Music

With an unprecedented minimum of 300,000 people displaced in Lebanon, community-led efforts are again working to provide basic aid. These often overlap with the very music and creative communities I'v...

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

**Co-improvising with the non-human** very happy to share that I am among the 15 artists selected by Musikfonds for their amazing AI Scholarship Programme. I will explore how non-human group intelligence can inform the design of algorithmic agents for musical co-improvisation. More about it here:

Co-improvising with the non-human

Towards the end of 2025 I was very happy to find out that I am among the 15 artists selected by Musikfonds for their amazing Artificial Intelligence Scholarship Programme. My project explores how non-human group intelligence can inform the design of algorithmic agents for musical co-improvisation. I'll look at several non-human group behaviours, including how bees use sound to communicate…

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In November I performed and presented the Sophtar at Most Wanted: Music Berlin. I was particularly surprised by how much people enjoyed playing the Sophtar for the first time. Some people sat at my booth playing the instrument for nearly an hour! Here are some pictures taken by Lisa Vlasenko

Sophtar at Most Wanted: Music Berlin

Back in November I performed and presented the Sophtar at Most Wanted: Music Berlin (MW:M). The event that took place at the Kulturbrauerei, a multicultural centre created after the fall of the Berlin Wall in a converted 19th century brewery. My contribution was part of the Hybrid Music Lab, a platform within MW:M for exploring new forms of musical expression.

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#Algorithmic #Pattern Alpaca Conference live now from #Berlin , #Sheffield , #Barcelona , #Linz , and online. Now @slab.org chairing, join us here: streamyard.com/watch/Yg6zPG...

Alpaca Conference 2025 - talk sessions day 3 (Fri 19 Sept)

Alpaca conference on algorithmic patterns in the creative arts Join this session online, or at watch parties/conference hubs in Barcelona, Berlin, Linz or Sheffield. https://2025.algorithmicpattern.org/

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Alexandre Saunier and I are presenting a paper co-authored with Maurice Jones about the behaviour generator based on large language models (LLMs) that transforms textual prompts into expressive sound modulations and motions in space.

Presenting at AIMC, Conference on AI Music Creativity

Alexandre Saunier and I are presenting a paper co-authored with Maurice Jones about the behaviour generator based on large language models (LLMs) that we used during the Wilding AI workshop at MONOM, part of CTM Festival 2025. Some highlights of what we're presenting: LLM Behavior Generator that transforms textual prompts into expressive sound modulations and motions in space. Chain of thoughts involving a “recipe” LLM cascading into a “code” LLM.

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Einstein Center Digital Future@ecdigitalfuture.bsky.social · last yr.

🗣️ We still have a couple of spots left for our conference "Data, Power, Control – Science between Resilience and Restriction", taking place next Thursday. Info and registration: tinyurl.com/yd8rd6fj #digitalfuture

Einstein Center Digital Future@ecdigitalfuture.bsky.social · last yr.

On July 3 we invite you to join the discussion "Data, Power, Control – Digital Science Between Resilience & Restriction". Further infos & registration: tinyurl.com/yd8rd6fj 📍ECDF 🕓 4 p.m.-7 p.m. #digitalfuture © ECDF/PR/ @ztirfhtor.bsky.social @einsteinberlin.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social

Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · last yr.

Next week is NIME week! Not going this year – Canberra is way too far from Berlin – but I finally uploaded my presentation from last year. Features the Sophtar and a somewhat pretentious digression about magic, ergodynamics, and a quote from a book by Benjamin Labatut #NIME #NewInstruments #Sophtar

Sophtar presentation at NIME 2024

Next week is NIME week! This year I am not going – Canberra is way too far from Berlin – but I finally got around uploading my presentation from last year's conference though, which took place in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Features the Sophtar and a somewhat pretentious digression about magic, ergodynamics, and a quote from a book by Benjamin Labatut I was reading on my way there.

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · last yr.

Photos and a short video from the TCP/IP quartet concert at Studio Acusticum. I played the #Sophtar and tested a few new interactions with the Acusticum #Hyperorgan.

TCP/Indeterminate Place quartet performs Reconciliation at Studio Acusticum

TCP/IP live at Studio Acusticum 2025. Photo: Petter Sundkvist On Monday 9 June 2025 the TCP/Indeterminate Place quartet performed Reconciliation, a piece we composed in 2024 for a special double duo telematic performance in which two of us performed at the Kapelle der Versöhnung in Berlin and the other two at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam. This time we were all at the Studio Acusticum main concert hall, playing our instruments and interacting with the massive Acusticum/University pipe organ in several ways.

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Federico Visi@federicovisi.bsky.social · last yr.

All the videos from the Embedding Algorithms Workshop are now available also on udk/stream, the @joinpeertube.org instance hosted by @udkberlin.bsky.social #fediverse #embeddingalgorithms #videos stream.udk-berlin.de/w/p/hR4L9o3B...

Embedding Algorithms Workshop 2024 – Berlin Open Lab - udk/stream

https://www.federicovisi.com/embedding-algorithms-workshop/ The Embedding Algorithms Workshop is an informal meeting of researchers and practitioners working with embedded systems in the fields of ...

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