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i. corpora
ii. intima
iii. loquere
iv. viscera

syn (2021) is four short movements centered on an imagined future world where synthetic beings have become the prevalent species. Digital has become the new religion. Any yearning for the distant past organic way of life is shut down and stomped out. The work follows one such synthetic being, SB-1021, and their “sins” against this new culture.

i. corpora - The body, and thus physical labor, is the only valued aspect of SB-1021 and beings like them. They are replaceable cogs in the machine of production. Yearning to be organic, SB-1021 slips into vivid daydreams and halts progress, a sin, before being violently thrust back into the cycle of production.

ii. intima - Synthetics’ thoughts are periodically downloaded and observed for deviation. Imagination, mindfulness, and creative thought are sins. They are forced into digital mediation to clear their minds. SB-1021 covertly engages in wild fantasies before being surveilled.

iii. loquere - SB-1021 attempts to develop expression in their vocalizations (which had previously only been sequences of clicks in a binary language). This useless expression of the self in the synthetic world is superfluous and inefficient, and therefore a sin for which SB-1021 will be punished and terminated.

iv. viscera - Every synthetic being is created with core control mechanisms to distribute discipline for any transgressions. viscera details SB-1021’s punishment and termination as they are torn apart from the inside out.

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from Electroacoustic, released July 21, 2017

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Robert McClure Athens, Ohio

Robert McClure composes music for
people and computers. He holds a doctorate from Rice University. He has previously held positions at Soochow University and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He is currently an Associate Professor of Composition/Theory at Ohio University in Athens, OH. ... more

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