Starlink Avian Services (2025)

An absurd performance between 'Elon Musk' and a prospective bird customer and her mother. Elon Musk has made the first ever avian satellite service at Starlink and is trying to sell it and the 'beaktenna' that comes with it. The performance is programmed so that live mic input blocks birdsong, to create a realistic conversational effect between the two voices. The pitch and volume of the varying sounds (live input and samples) are controlled by a theremin midi controller.

A graphic score for the performance with notation on the top right. A demo of the performance below.

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independent project

a Max MSP instruction set for performing the conversation between Elon Musk and the prospective avian customer, including the script, the parameters for switching between the live input of 'Elon Musk's voice and birdsong, and the amplitude/speed of the live and prerecorded input.