Resonant Worlds is a immersive music exhibition exploring how generative AI and immersive technologies can serve as powerful tools for emotional storytelling. Through original compositions and interactive audiovisual works, the exhibition examines themes of trauma, resilience, memory, and hope — revealing how machines can interpret, reflect, and even amplify the emotional landscape of human experience. Rather than showcasing technology for its own sake, the works use AI as a collaborator to deepen the emotional and narrative layers of artistic expression.
In Resonant Worlds, composers-artists harness AI, immersive technologies, and musical composition to explore human vulnerability, resilience, and the often fragile boundaries between destruction and hope. Across personal, political, and speculative landscapes, each project dives into how technology can interpret — and even amplify — our emotional realities.
From the haunting depiction of war’s trauma in Anna Shvets’ Galaxy of Suffering, to the poetic questioning of artificial emotion in Shadows of the Rain, these works challenge viewers to confront what is hidden beneath the surface — whether buried memories, silenced voices, or the flicker of hope in dark times.
Yali Arbel’s And there is hope… and Sonia Kiang’s Still Waters Run Deep reflect on collective grief and emotional endurance, while Still I Burn by Srishti Ghosh and Ashes to Air by Samruddhi Desale reclaim the quiet power of persistence and rebirth.
Through the Nebula by Janal Bechthold turns our gaze outward, questioning humanity’s future among the stars, while Yuhong Yuan’s The Red Telephone Box gently turns it inward — toward connection, solitude, and the need to be heard. Together, these pieces form a constellation of digital expressions — where technology becomes a conduit not for detachment, but for deeper human connection.
List of the exhibition showcases:
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29 November: Dedicated "Resonant Worlds" exhibition event and immersive music with AI workshop at the Backlit Gallery of Art (Nottingham).
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18 October: During "Notts Space – Creators in Residence" event at Nottingham City Library.
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15 October: During AdaFest event at the University of Nottingham.
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17 September: During OpenLabs Day at the University of Nottingham.
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14 June 2025: During Big Great Green Week event in Burton-on-Trent.