Graduate Student Talk: Manaswi Mishra

Join Manaswi Mishra, a PhD candidate in the Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab for a conversation around Steina: Playback.

Manaswi will demonstrate a radical way of using voice and gesture to shape music using AI models in a live performance as a method to better understand Steina’s experimental analog manipulations of sound and signal since the 1970s. He will share insights into his research at the Opera of the Future, a research group focused on building new AI musical instruments for live performance in operas, symphonies, and beyond. A place to envision a future where technology expands creative potential, revealing new sonic dimensions and performance possibilities far beyond its traditional use in automation, displacement and manufacturing media.

This will be a hybrid event with a live video that can be streamed here at 5:30 PM.

About the Speaker:
Manaswi Mishra is a PhD student in the Opera of the Future group, MIT Media Lab. His research explores strategies and frameworks for a new creative age of composing, performing and learning music using A.I. centered around bespoke human intent. Manaswi’s research on creating novel A.I. musical instruments can be seen in the development and performance of Operas like VALIS (2023), FLOW Symphony (2024, premiered in Seoul Arts Center) and exhibitions across the world. Manaswi also holds an MS in Media Arts and Sciences (MIT, 2021), MS in music technology (UPF, Barcelona) and a BTech (IITM, India).

Graduate Student Talks:
MIT graduate students explore current exhibitions at the List Center through the lens of their own research, background, and interests. Join us for this interdisciplinary lecture series where we dive into how art and research are overlapping on MIT’s campus.