Artist
Daniel Konhauser
Composer, video maker, and sound artist Daniel Konhauser has for several decades created works ranging from music for dance to multi-media theatre to interactive video and sound installations. In his work, he provides interactive opportunities for audiences to become participants in the co-creation of the piece, adding tension through the intersection of real-time interactions with time-transformed, prerecorded events. His aim is to create work with an emotional effect and to induce a personal, internal narrative in the audience. Endlessly fascinated by obsolete analog technologies and vintage forms, he reinvents and reinvestigates them with digital techniques. Konhauser's work has been presented at Gray Area, CounterPULSE, and The Lab in San Francisco, Krowswork and the MilkBar in Oakland, and Joyce SoHo in New York City. His artistic collaborators have included choreographer Maxine Moerman, musician Dina Emerson, visual artist Cheri Ibes, and the London-based band Paper Dollhouse.
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Carnival Mirror by Daniel Konhauser is a speculative digital audiovisual experience that imagines how lullabies might evolve in the future. Using generative algorithms and interactive media, Konhauser creates a distorted yet familiar sonic landscape where traditional melodies are refracted through technological processes. The work questions what happens to the intimacy of a lullaby when it passes through the lens of artificial intelligence and digital mediation. Like a carnival mirror that reflects a recognizable but altered image, the piece asks whether the essence of comfort and connection can survive technological transformation.