Caos/Orden is a piece that proposes an auditory journey starting from the chaotic origins of life in the aquatic environment, moving toward a technological and ordered present, and finally arriving at a human reappropriation of sound. The work is structured in three main sections:
1- Aquatic chaos: The beginning is dominated by liquid, bubbling, organic textures and marine animal sounds. The sonic material is dense, unpredictable, and lacks clearly defined hierarchies, evoking a gestating soundscape where life has not yet taken definitive forms but is evolving and growing.
2- Human/technological order: Gradually, that chaos gives way to rhythmic patterns and tribal chants, until a recognizable technological sound paves the way for loops and organized harmonies. At this point, a machinic logic emerges: precise, repetitive, artificial. The mix becomes structured, and with it, a sense of control.
3- Human return: Slowly, the mix seems to be overtaken again by more primal sounds, initiating a new stage. Near the end, a human voice bursts in through beatboxing. This vocal gesture introduces a living rhythm, symbolizing that the human element persists, adapts, and reclaims its place within the mechanized sonic landscape.
The piece was developed through both in-person and virtual meetings within LAIA (Open Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence), with the participation of David Coronel, Hernán Ordiales, Matías Lennie Bruno, Gastón Lema, and Sergio Paoletti.
Part of the sounds were retrieved using Apicultor, an instrument developed by Ordiales and Lennie Bruno that allows for audio searches in Freesound using content-based analysis (MIR – Music Information Retrieval). This approach enables access to sound parameters beyond textual metadata, broadening expressive and curatorial possibilities.
The sounds were barely altered timbrally, in order to preserve the identity of the original sources and highlight their materiality. The mixing and spatialization process was carried out within a DAW environment, using intelligent plugins that assisted in technical decisions without displacing the compositional intent.
Caos/Orden is a sonic exploration that combines algorithmic tools and humane collaborative thinking and creativity, offering a dialogue with the living, the artificial, and the hybrid.
This composition uses the following sounds:
- https://freesound.org/s/613942/
- https://freesound.org/s/520598/
- https://freesound.org/s/402655/
- https://freesound.org/s/592648/
- https://freesound.org/s/404382/
- https://freesound.org/s/607889/
- https://freesound.org/s/46951/
- https://freesound.org/s/46954/
- https://freesound.org/s/591098/
- https://freesound.org/s/172093/
- https://freesound.org/s/203512/
- https://freesound.org/s/501758/
- https://freesound.org/s/521145/
- https://freesound.org/s/649375/
- https://freesound.org/s/727479/
Artist bio
The Open Artificial Intelligence Lab is a non-profit organization founded in 2023 by a group of professionals who explore, in an interdisciplinary manner, the technological advancements of artificial intelligence and their impacts on society. We seek to actively participate in the public debate in a critical and effective way, share knowledge, and promote the adoption of open technologies that enable technological sovereignty and the democratization of AI.