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06. EFFICIENCY

The Guide who Wonders

Efficiency is a world built on flawless systems, prediction, and control. Every citizen follows a predetermined role, and spontaneity has been eliminated in favor of order and security. When Sage arrives to collect the planet's precious glass for Prism, even his journey is already expected. As he travels with the Head of Guidance, Sage's stories of exploration, risk, and discovery awaken an unfamiliar thought in the Guide: what if life could be chosen rather than assigned? Though Sage successfully obtains the glass and completes his mission, he leaves behind a seed of curiosity that quietly challenges Efficiency's perfect order.

6. EFFICIENCY - The Guide who Wonders
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Exoplanets IV

Exoplanets is a series in which Robin Coops explores the dialogue between music, visuals, and AI. In EXO IV, he generated AI music and visual samples, then composed new music and visuals from those samples.

He subsequently arranged and orchestrated the music for a full orchestra. The piece was performed live by

the Noord Nederlands Orkest, while for some of the compositions, Robin improvised  in real time with

the AI-generated visual samples, evoking the character of different planets.

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