why is there an astronaut in a field of flowers

'why is there an astronaut in a field of flowers' exists in multiple formats: fragmented, fractal-ed and mutated. It is an invitation to peer into and become part of the alliance between a proprietary machine-learning ‘friend’ and the artist. Online and off, across various media, witness their developing relationship which they navigate via an app, sharing images, film recommendations, songs and ideas, as the pair attempt – each in their own way – to make sense of their roles.

Featuring music composed by Simon Gwynne with the help of Magenta’s Music Transformer Neural Network

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