Axel Chemla-Romeu-Santos
Role at the ZKM
- Guest Artist
Biography
Based in Paris, France, Axel Chemla—Romeu-Santos works a researcher, composer, and performer in various fields such as music, theater, and artificial intelligence. After a double undergraduate degree in Engineering Sciences & Music Theory, he specialized in acoustics and computer music at IRCAM in Paris. Always looking for creativity through technology, he initiated a PhD between IRCAM and LIM in Milano on the creative uses of generative artificial intelligence for sound synthesis. After graduation, he continued a research & creation approach to artificial intelligence, working both on scientific papers on AI creativity, and experimental musical pieces exploring diverse aspects of these technologies (such as network bending, real-time improvisation, and composition).
Besides institutional works, he also works as musician and composer for the company Théâtre de la Suspension in Paris, is co-founder of the w.lfg.ng collective, member of the maximalist electronic music band Daim™, and has his personal project Kenoma.