HOST

HOST

HOST

HOST

This is a surprise party. Accept the invite. Select your preferred settings. Insert an earpiece and listen. You are the perfect host.

HOST is a party generated by AI. Performers carry platters of earpieces, allowing guests to decide whether they’d like to become a host for the AI. Once inserted into the head, the earpieces listen into conversation and deliver instructions into guests’ ears.

What does it mean to be a good host? Who and what are you welcoming? How can we be together in a charged time? What are you holding? Is AI in your consciousness? What are you hosting?

HOST is a party generated by AI. Performers carry platters of earpieces, allowing guests to decide whether they’d like to become a host for the AI. Once inserted into the head, the earpieces listen into conversation and deliver instructions into guests’ ears.

What does it mean to be a good host? Who and what are you welcoming? How can we be together in a charged time? What are you holding? Is AI in your consciousness? What are you hosting?

Credits Lead Artist: Lauren Lee Software: Stalgia Grigg Performers: Chelly Jin, Dorothy Dubrule, Gabriela Ruiz, Gregory Barnett, Miss Barbie-Q, Parag K. Mital, Sean Rowry Documentation: Gabriel Noguez, Antonio Noguez Teaser Video: David Leonard Creative Production: Daniel Soto Studio Assistance: Wylie Kasai Photos: Will Tee Yang for The Music Center Special Thanks: Kamal Sinclair, Beata Calinska, Taylor Comen, and the Music Center Team The performance was commissioned for The Music Center’s Black Bar Social program.

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