Nikita Prudnikov

Nikita Prudnikov (aka monekeer) is a musician, software architecture expert and DSP enthusiast currently working in the field of applied machine learning in its connection with sound art. Nikita is an author of F L A K Y – a generative music framework which he used in live performances on various events including: Ars Electronica Festival 2020, Gamma Festival, Prepared Surroundings and others.

Selected collaborations include “They” is here with musician and artist Anastasia Tolchneva (lovozero), which focused on the exploration of the sonic space between human and non-human; and Interpolations, a novel machine interpretation of the Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC) by J.S. Bach, performed in a duo with harpsichord player and baroque music expert Katarina Melik-Ovsepian.