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Patricia Olynyk and Adam Hogan

Black Swan in Three Variations

Video installation, 2023

3-channel video [UHD 4K; binaural sound], AR;
3 65″ screens, headphones, Apple iPad; plinth

Drawing from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s timely and relevant book from his Incerto Series, “Antifragile”, and the notion that individuals can gain from the impact of highly improbable events, this triptych and evocative soundscape offer three meditations on a selection of black swan events, including 9/11 and its aftermath, the 2008 Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and collapse of the global financial market, the sinking of the Titanic, and the recent rise of ChatGPT. The score in particular explores perceived randomness and variability through algorithmic electroacoustic composition and granular synthesis.

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