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HYPONOIA
Hyponoia is an adaptive human–AI co-compositional system for electroacoustic music. It constructs a local sonic memory by segmenting user-provided recordings into sound objects and analysing their energy, spectral shape, rhythm, duration, density, gesture, texture, resonance, noise character and pitch stability. Its bounded spectromorphological learning, artist-preference modelling, phrase and energy-boundary analysis, and render-relationship learning guide the generation of D1, D3 and D5 compositions without reproducing the source works. A shared research baseline, derived from 15 authorised electroacoustic works and privacy-safe spectromorphological calibration, is combined with each artist’s locally stored feedback. Hyponoia brings computational listening into dialogue with human judgement through waveform-based Mix Shadow, Phrase/Form and spectromorphological review. Feedback influences future compositions while preserving variation, exploration and artistic agency. The Apple Silicon PhD Research Prototype also supports Live/Input composition and optional stereo routing to Max/MSP or a DAW. This version operates locally and contains no EEG or cloud service; physiological sensing belongs to the wider Hyponoia research programme.
#Sonic Memory and Training
#Spectromorphological Learning
#Generative Composition
#Persistent and Personal Learningess familiar materials and relationships to re-enter the compositional field.
Biointeractive Performance
Code & Open Research
Hyponoia — Max/MSP
Biointeractive live-performance environment and system integration.
https://github.com/penbek7-maker/hyponoia-maxmsp
Muse Microstates (WIP)
EEG processing and neuro-responsive state-analysis tools associated with the Hyponoia research framework.
https://github.com/penbek7-maker/muse-microstates
Hyponoia Generative Composer
Ιf you would like to test the Hyponoia system, please contact me via Instagram or email at pbekiari@dcarts.uoa.gr to request private access through GitHub or an individual ZIP copy for evaluation. The application is currently available as a doctoral research prototype to approved collaborators and academic evaluators.
for trumpet, electronics, and bio-electronics
Permeable Signal explores the boundaries between the human body, the instrument, and the technological environment through a live performance. The trumpet acts as a sonic core, with breath, articulation, and its metallic resonance serving as the primary material. This material passes through a network of electronic processing and bio-signals (EEG, heart rate, electrodermal activity), which erode, amplify, or transform the sound.
The notion of permeability forms the axis of the composition: the natural and the artificial do not stand in opposition but infiltrate one another, exchanging energy and continuously transforming. In this way, an organic, abstract form emerges in real time: the sound of the trumpet becomes an electronic signal; the signals of the body become music; and the boundaries between the organic and the mechanical remain fluid. Video here!
Wavelets / Rustle for cello, electronics, brainwave and heartbeat data, field recordings, and live processing. Wavelets and Rustle are two interconnected works that explore the relationship between human perception, environmental sound, and musical expression. In both pieces, real-time brainwave and heartbeat data influence the performance by controlling the timbral colour of the cello and determining the structure and character of the electronic soundscape that surrounds it. Through this system, the performer’s internal physiological states directly shape the evolving sonic environment, creating a feedback loop between mind, body, and sound.
Rhoē explores the fluid interplay between sound and the human body through Hyponoia, an AI-assisted neuroadaptive music system developed as part of my PhD research. Written for piano and live electronics, the work integrates physiological data—including EEG activity, heart rate, and galvanic skin response—into a real-time computational performance environment.
Within Hyponoia, biometric signals are analysed continuously and interpreted into higher-level computational states that shape adaptive electroacoustic processes. Rather than directly controlling isolated sound parameters, the system influences generative musical behaviour, allowing the electronic soundscape to evolve alongside the performer's physiological state.
The piano's acoustic gestures merge with dynamically generated electronic textures, creating an evolving dialogue between performer, physiology, and artificial intelligence. Through neuroadaptive interaction and AI-assisted sound generation, Rhoē investigates new forms of embodied musical expression in which biological processes become an active component of composition and performance.
Samothrace, with its rich cultural and natural heritage, offers a unique opportunity for exploring the relationship between people, landscape, and sound. Within the framework of the artistic residency, my goal was to highlight the sonic identity of the island through field recordings, testimonies from residents, and the composition of contemporary soundscapes.
This process is linked to the concept of "psychogeography," examining how the sounds surrounding communities shape their perception of space and identity.
Special emphasis was placed on the natural diversity of the island, the relationship between the mountain and the sea, as well as the ancient heritage of the Cabirian Mysteries. Additionally, the traditional music of Samothrace and the stories that accompany it form an integral part of the local collective memory, and for this reason, it was incorporated and embedded into the soundscape, from which it naturally originates.
Artist in Residence at the Greek National Opera as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, funded by the European Commission – Next Generation EU
"Lalē (meaning “pebbles”) derives from the Greek verb lalō (“to speak”) and refers to the small stones carried by the waves along the shoreline, whose movement creates a subtle and ever-changing sonic landscape. Rooted in the coastal environment and cultural traditions of Mani, Greece, the work explores the sea as both a physical and symbolic space of memory, connection, and transformation. In its current form, Lalē is conceived as a performance for voice, piano, cello, fixed media, and live electronics. The vocalist occupies a central role, shaping and influencing the electronic processing of the voice in real time, while the instrumental performers respond and adapt to its evolving gestures and expressive qualities. Drawing inspiration from the vocal tradition of the Maniot moirologia (lament songs), the work engages with practices of oral transmission, collective memory, and emotional expression that have long formed part of Mediterranean cultural life. The performance incorporates excerpts and imagery from John Masefield’s poem Sea Fever, whose longing for the sea and the freedom of voyage resonate with the work’s broader themes of movement, belonging, and human interconnectedness. Here, the sea becomes a metaphorical space that transcends geographical boundaries, linking people, histories, and cultures across Europe through shared experiences of migration, memory, loss, and renewal. Combining spoken word, song, electroacoustic textures, environmental recordings, and live electronic processing, Lalē brings together sound, poetry, and tradition within a contemporary performance framework. The work seeks not only to evoke the sonic identity of Mani but also to reflect on the enduring capacity of the sea to unite distant places, voices, and communities.
This selected work, 'Andromeda,' is featured in the MA/IN festival and has been also selected as a poster presentation at the Advances in Data Science and AI Conference, University of Manchester and as a paper and piece in SMC Porto 2024. The live performance introduces a multimedia composition for flute and live sound processing, inspired by Euripides' tragedy.
It integrates biofeedback data from the flutist's body sensors, synchronizing sound processes with physiological responses. 'Andromeda' explores the fusion of theatrical conventions and performer emotions, leveraging biometric data to enrich narrative, development, and aesthetics. It examines real-time physiological data's role in enhancing interactive performance, bridging technology and musical expression realms. Through biometric analysis, it delves into themes of technological posthumanism, employing sensors like galvanic skin response, heart rate, and respiratory sensors. Symbolizing love, 'Andromeda' portrays the protagonist's struggle amidst echoes, waves, and wind, as she appeals to the night goddess for freedom to love Perseus.
The glass animals' sounds transform into fragmented pieces, producing noises amplified by imagination. The flowing sonic forms reflect Laura's various mental states, existing between the material world and the conceptual framework of memory.
Presented at - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center 2024 and SAG (Leicester)
The thematic essence revolves around a synopsis of a day in Athens, spanning from the invigorating morning energies to the tranquil shades of night. The violin, with its roots in Greek traditional rhythms and folk songs, acts as a conduit, bridging ancient Greek musical texts, traditional rhythms, and contemporary technology for audio data processing. This harmonious interplay seeks to unite the echoes of the past with the rhythms of the present, offering a musical journey that transcends temporal boundaries.
Presented at Greek and international festivals including Mantis, 41st International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music Meeting, HELMCA, Salle Molière – Opéra Comédie of Montpellier - Maison des Arts Sonores – KLANG
Suffocating cities at an increasing pace. "Certain circles" explores the path from serenity to discontentment, the modern sonic landscape as a linear narration of interpersonal relationships. Echoes of a city, texts, and computer-generated sounds turn into mechanical sound gestures, struggling to fit into given spacetime. Inspired by Delia Derbyshire's "Inventions for Radio", this 8-channel piece seeks a conversation with the contemporary perspective of time and information.
It was presented at John Rylands Library and Research Institute- University of Manchester, memorial to Delia Darbishire.
Proximity | by Penelope Bekiari & Mari Lesteberg, for voices & live electronics (Super Collider / Pure Data, loopstation)
The nature and language of two different countries are expressed and blended together to tell a story about communication. The words of two poems are used to learn how to talk together and to explore the importance of silence, sound and proximity. Poems expressed in the piece: Gunvor Hofmo - Dette er Våren, "Πληγωμένη Άνοιξη [Wounded Spring]"- Miltos Sachtouris
It was presented at the Ultima Music Festival.
