Ouroboros
2025five moving loudspeakers, microphone
"Ouroboros" is a self-organizing system that continuously reshapes and sustains itself through the interaction between its internal dynamics and external disturbances. Built on a 1D neural cellular automata, the system generates complex temporal structures emerging solely from local interactions between neighboring cells. As the model continuously updates itself, it tends to maintain a target sequence. Here, sound becomes the system’s living matter—projected through moving speakers and re-entering the system via a microphone. Human participation with the microphone introduces dynamic interference, challenging the system to regenerate, re-organize, and weave itself anew. In this endless cycle of self-creation and self-dissolution, "Ouroboros" reveals a sonic organism that listens to itself in order to remain alive.
Supported by
ICST Moving Loudspeaker Residency
Residency support : Peter Färber
Development aggregate moving loudspeakers : Daniel Bisig