DON'T LOOK AT ME
The first ambient album played entirely by robots.
Social media is designed to Harness your attention.
We build an robot that hates this.
Don't Look At Me is the world’s first ambient album performed by a 3x3 meter robotic installation that reacts to the human gaze. The more you look, the more stressed it becomes.
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The Anti-Social Algorithm
"Don't Look At Me" is a 3x3 meter kinetic sound installation based on the Tensegrity principle. Using custom-built acoustic resonators inspired by the avant-garde designs of Harry Partch, the machine generates physical sine waves. At its core lies a behavioral paradox: sensors track the audience's gaze in real-time. The more attention the entity receives, the more dissonant and frantic its composition becomes, striving for equilibrium only when left unobserved.
ALBUM
Robotic Electronic Music
Marking a shift from mechanical techno to introspection, this is a sonic meditation on the attention economy. Co-produced with Andi Toma (Mouse on Mars), the album was composed algorithmically and performed entirely by the robotic installation. The recordings capture the machine in its rare moments of solitude, blending acoustic mechanics with digital ambient soundscapes. Features artwork by Jess Johnson & Simon Ward.
Gefördert durch die Initiative Musik gemeinnützige Projektgesellschaft mbH mit Projektmitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
