theoneandthemany takes its point of departure from The Conscience of a Hacker (1986) by Loyd Blankenship, a manifesto that articulated the voice of the early digital underground. The work reimagines this text as a sonic structure rather than a spoken declaration, exploring the shifting relation between individuality and collectivity within technological systems.

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The performance is driven by a motion sensor connected to a table, transforming the surface into a tactile interface, a tap machine that activates and modulates fragments of the manifesto. Through gesture and proximity, text becomes rhythm, data becomes pulse, and language turns into mechanical resonance.

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theoneandthemany unfolds as a distributed monologue in which performer, machine and code share the act of speaking. Authorship dissolves into repetition and distortion, tracing how the voice of one merges into the hum of many, and how conscience reverberates within the architectures of control.

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Fabrizio Di Salvo: Concept, Music, Electronics

Stanislas Pili: Performance, Music

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displayed at Hochschule der Künste Bern​​ (CH), IRCAM, Paris (FR)