Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Ephemeron: a composition that lives in the room
Artist Phivos-Angelos Kollias presents Ephemeron, a self-organising electronic music work with a live version computed in the visitor’s browser.
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- Listeners curious about generative music and experimental composition
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- The documented timeline runs from a 2008 ZKM commission through a 2026 browser version, alongside performances, installations, recordings, and papers.
Field notes
The page separates the browser incarnation from the longer history of the piece, including a 2008 commission, a 2016 interactive installation, and named conference and journal publications. Its account of the original performance model describes sound entering through microphones and returning through speakers, with no prerecorded material; the page does not specify whether the browser version uses the same input path.
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