Image by Sarah Rothberg.
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MEETINGS RESEARCH (HUMAN IN THE LOOP) is a performance-experiment by 2024 Artist-in-Residence Sarah Rothberg which uses improvisation, conversation, and AI language models to (literally) reflect the present moment.
MEETINGS RESEARCH (HUMAN IN THE LOOP) is an extension of Rothberg’s larger body of work MEETINGS which centers conversation as a creative act and plays with the emerging communication technologies that affect it.
Creative Technologist: Tommy Martinez
Systems Engineer: Yotam Mann
Production Assistant: Han Zhang
Performers: Payton Adamski, Zephyr Koczara, Olive Lafuente, Georgie McKeon, Eliane Mitchell, Arden Thomas, and Bryce Walsh
Additional Support from: CPR – Center for Performance Research, Onassis ONX, the Jerome Hill Foundation
Special thanks to Johann Diedrick, Rosalie Yu, Peter Burr, Kelsa Trom, Bhavik Singh, Kate Brennan, Claire Hetschker, Han Zhang, Roberto Kerry, and CPR (Nico Cabalquinto, Anna Muselmann, Alex Rosenberg).
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Sarah Rothberg creates playful, poetic, usually-a-bit-weird experiences that invite you to reconsider your relationships to the world around you. These take many forms ranging from installation to immersive experiences, performance, websites, video, writing, workshops, and experiments with technology. Rothberg’s work appears in a variety of contexts: at art exhibitions, in public google docs, on the screens in the NYC Subway system, or whispered into the void. Support for Rothberg’s work has come from organizations including: MoMA, CPR – Center for Performance Research, rhizome.org, bitforms gallery, MTA Arts&Design, CultureHub, and Gray Area. Rotherberg is an Assistant Arts Professor at NYU (Interactive Telecommunications Program), a member of Onassis ONX Studio, and a mentor/former-member at NEW INC, and is part of collaboratives: MORE&MORE UNLIMITED, which offers experiences for imagining changed worlds, and IS THIS THING ON? a post-web2 experiment in artist-driven livestreaming. Rothberg is a 2023-2024 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow.
Tommy Martinez is an artist and programmer working primarily through research, sound, and code. He creates software and musical systems for the internet, embedded devices, and for live multichannel performance. Martinez has performed at MoMA PS1, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Fridman Gallery, and Pioneer Works. He has lectured on sound and electronic art at School for Poetic Computation, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Yotam Mann is a musician and instrument maker. His career has been dedicated to discovering how new technologies can progress music. Since studying music and computer science at U.C. Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, Yotam has worked with grammy award-winning artists, authored foundational software libraries for music production, and created instruments and interactive music projects enjoyed by millions. Yotam was part of the inaugural class at NEW INC, adjunct professor at ITP NYU Tisch, and 2016 Creative Capital Grantee in Emerging Fields, and part of Betaworks’ 2020 AudioCamp. yotammann.info
Han Zhang is a visual designer, artist, and storyteller with a rich interdisciplinary background. Recently earned a master’s degree from NYU, she honed her expertise in creative technology and installation art. Han’s work spans cross-cultural collaborations with world-renowned museums and galleries, as well as freelance projects, including designing posters for films celebrated at international film festivals. She currently work as a sales and artist liaison intern at Gagosian.
Payton Adamski is a performer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is interested in music, comedy and theater, and is best known for getting two noise complaints during a karaoke rendition of Scream from the High School Musical 3 Soundtrack.
Zephyr Koczara is a Brooklyn based performer best known for his role in "A Real Practical Joke" and "Fictional Story". He spends the majority of his free time playing Dungeons & Dragons and restoring vintage furniture.
Olivia Lafuente is an occasional improver, new hobby every month enthusiast, often a producer or extra in friend’s random art projects, and community organizer.
Georgie McKeon is a poet living in New York.
Eliane Mitchell (El-ee-awn-knee) is a writer, improv enthusiast, and "knowledge worker" in tech. She’s pumped to return to the stage—her last scripted role, nearly a decade ago, was a minor part in her high school’s production of Little Shop of Horrors.
Arden Thomas is a transmasc actor, comedian, and dancer who’s never met a bit he wouldn’t commit to—sometimes at great personal risk. When he’s not writing sketches or doing improv, you can catch him belting show tunes and perfecting his jazz hands.
Bryce Walsh is a comedian, researcher, and writer. You can find him wherever books are sold.