María Castro y Álvaro Cáceres

(pink::noise)

(pink::noise) is a sound research project that uses live coding as the basis for a hybrid, organic, and situated creative practice. The project explores the dialogue between real-time programming environments and physical instruments and interfaces including modular synthesis, sensors, and modified acoustic instruments. Based on the principles of live coding—process transparency, open-source code, a horizontal relationship between human and machine, improvisation as a compositional method, and errors or glitches as expressive material—the proposal examines how these paradigms can be translated into the context studio album production, generating new forms of composition and listening.

Bio

María Castro (Bogotá, 1998) is an electroacoustic music composer, sound artist, and video game audio designer. Holding a degree in Contemporary Composition from the El Bosque University (Bogotá) and a master’s degree in Electro-acoustic Composition from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, she has presented her work at festivals in Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, and Colombia, participating in projects that integrate electronic music, sound design, contemporary dance, interactive performance art, post-digital lutherie and non-linear media.

Álvaro Cáceres (Pinto, 1994) is a composer and creative technologist. Her practice combines code, music, and video mapping to generate immersive experiences, ranging from automated church organs to coded post-metal. She has collaborated with artists such as Andy Vargas or LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER, and at venues including MNCARS (Madrid) and the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid), among others.