Katie Gerardine O’Neill is a multi-disciplinary artist from Dublin, who began recording experimental music in 2012. For Spilt Milk Festival she is performing a piece called ‘Algorithm’
Sometimes I dream I’m scrolling. ‘Algorithm’ is a 30 minute sound collage that reflects on our relationship with technology, how it shapes our mental landscapes and muses the phenomenon of “descreening” or “going off the grid.” Is silence a luxury? Are we labouring for tech companies for free? // You’ve frozen. Can you reboot? Are we becoming androids, or are we getting closer to understanding what is so unique about flesh and blood and this idea of a soul? …Buffering. This conversation has been moved to the trash.