Open Source, performed on April 27th, 2023 at VSRL for connectedmatter’s debut event series opening. 

The Black Box is an engineering and computer science term that describes a device or system which produces output (data) without revealing any information about its internal mechanism. This presents an asymmetry of power between developers, technology, corporations, and “users.” With AI becoming more present in our cultural exchanges, how can we exist in a future that holds truth and veritability as a pillar of society? How can we be true to ourselves and each other? By giving the Black Box flesh and (fake) blood, Open Source attempts to reimagine the boundaries between both bodies that generate internal and external motion (Avatar Lilith and the Black Box). Inside this phyiscal black box filled with goo is an egg instrument producing live sounds throughout the performance. It acts as an instrument with its own body, filling up the space with it’s resonance along with Avatar Lilith’s lyrics about “opening your mind, opening your mouth, and openin your source.”