Desire Machine

Adrian Artacho

About this exposition

Desire Machine is an artistic research project that examines collaborative creation through the conceptual framework of Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of assemblage and desiring machines. Developed as part of the Atlas of Smooth Spaces research initiative, the project explores how movement, sound, and algorithmic systems can function as heterogeneous components within a non-hierarchical and non-representational assemblage. Real-time body data, generative soundscapes, and responsive lighting are integrated via a recursive feedback structure, allowing for emergent behaviours and dynamic modulation across media. Rather than focusing on disciplinary integration, Desire Machine proposes a co-functional space defined by distributed agency, where artistic production unfolds through competencies and material relations. The project offers a methodological proposition for rethinking compositional practice as a site of continuous negotiation, transformation, and becoming.

type	research exposition
keywords	dance, mathematics, transmedi, lighting, soundscape, movement, smooth space
date	26/01/2025
published	29/10/2025
last modified	29/10/2025
status	published
affiliation	University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
copyright	Adrian Artacho, Maria Shurkhal, Leonard Horstmeyer
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3364418/3730619
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3364418
published in	Research Catalogue

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