The Sound Garden: Out of Sight vs ChatBot My Virtual Girlfriend Utilisation & Stats

This is an immersive Sound Art installation that, thanks to Augmented Reality, is geolocated in various significant places around the world related to art and culture. It allows you to find yourself at the center of seven spheres, each emitting a sound. As you approach each sphere, you hear the voices of our dramatic decline: the sound of melting and cracking glaciers, that of deforestation and fires, the cries of seagulls flying over open-air landfills, and the screams and tears of people suffering from hunger and wars. The sounds are isolated and disconnected from each other; but by positioning yourself at the center of these spheres, these sounds suddenly achieve coherence, and rhythms, melodies, and harmonies appear in an endless sonic loop. In time, and timeless. In the hope that our time will be increasingly less finite. Massimiliano Ionta/The Astronut Artist-Musician Performer, pioneer in digital audio recording technologies and production, audio/video installation and digital art. The Astronaut explores the variable existing relationship between the concept of codes and the concept of soul, like the DNA representing the string of source code from which humanity is elaborated and the soul that lives in every single existence.In the absence of a generated identity, the Astronaut artist uses the abstraction of humanizing traits to become an emblem of its own notions. These concepts are represented using many types of digital media, such as immersive spatial audio and video installations, NFTs, VR, and AR installations. www.theastronut.com This installation has been done in collaboration with Filippo Gregoretti e Stefano Testani. The Astronut wish to thanks this amazing artists for their incredible work and support. Filippo Gregoretti Filippo is a pioneer in the combination of technology, visual arts, performance, music, and storytelling. He is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on algorithms, as well as a pianist, composer, developer, and fine artist. He invented the concept of "app artwork" and released the first ever works of art that were made into applications and distributed in the official stores. His works of art incorporate his own original artistic artificial intelligence algorithms and encompass physical installations, live performances, music, and visuals. As a professor at Naples’ Suor Orsola Benincasa University, his lectures include “authorship and technology for digital experiences” and “transmedia creativity and production." www.filippogregoretti.com