Catastrophic Forgetting

Catastrophic Forgetting is a multi-channel audiovisual work conceived as a live performance for 25 audio channels.

It was presented as part of the inauguration of the new multichannel sound system permanently installed in the cultural center X-Church. One of the highlights of this sound project, which makes it unique, is the community space in which the 25-channel audio system is installed.
There, both local artists and x-church residents can access the system and produce their work.
With 25 discrete loudspeakers spread throughout the space, it is one of the largest multi-channel systems in Lincolnshire (UK).

In this artwork, Sol Rezza takes as a starting point the concept of "catastrophic forgetting". The tendency of an artificial neural network to completely and abruptly forget previously learned information when it learns new information.
In this work, Rezza explores What will happen when machines can remember infinitely?
In a world where humans are extinct. What will machines remember about us? How will that data affect the construction of socio-technological futures?

For the spatial audio configuration, Sol Rezza used the SoundSquares plugin designed by Daz Disley.