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<div>Backstory:<b> PIGS (</b>Percussive Image Gestural System) is
a live performance system I developed for, among other things,
bringing some of the immediacy of the videos fly around culture to the
performance of live visuals.</div>
<div><a
href="http://amy-alexander.com/pigs">http://amy-alexander.com/pigs</a></div
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<div><a
href="http://amy-alexander.com/PIGS_Interview0618.pdf"
>http://amy-alexander.com/PIGS_Interview0618.pdf</a><br>
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<div>But the video compositions (content itself) didn't
have much immediacy until recently. Though I'm usually relatively
allergic to using live internet content in art projects for its own
sake, for various reasons, it seemed like a moment to grasp the
moment. So my latest vaguely anthropomorphic algorithmic friend
emerged: the<b> AlgoCurator</b>.</div>
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<div><a
href="http://amy-alexander.com/pigs#algocurator"
>http://amy-alexander.com/pigs#algocurator</a></div>
<div><a
href="http://amy-alexander.com/the-pigs-algocurator-faq.html"
>http://amy-alexander.com/the-pigs-algocurator-faq.html</a></div>
<div><a
href="http://amy-alexander.com/PIGS_Interview0618.pdf"
>http://amy-alexander.com/PIGS_Interview0618.pdf</a><br>
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<div>As of Spring 2018, PIGS (Percussive Image Gestural System)
compositions can be created using a pseudo/anti-artificial
intelligence. A "curator" algorithm analyzes newly uploaded
YouTube videos for specified characteristics.</div>
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<div>The AlgoCurator made its live debut at ICLI in Porto, June 2018
with "Utopian Algorithm #1." "Utopian Algorithm #1" was also
used to curate the content in these videos: <a
href="https://vimeo.com/album/5308309">https://vimeo.com/album/5308309</a
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<div>It's planning to try some new things this fall.</div>
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