On “A Psychedelic Becoming” confronts recursion and its openness to the necessity of
contingency. The work follows that of philosopher Yuk Hui, who outlines these notions in his
book Recursivity and Contingency (2019). The compositional framework involves modal
amplification, spatial diffusion and processual (dis)organisation.
The sound intervention by Hugo Esquinca might reach high levels of amplification.
Commissioned by Sonic Acts as part of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe
programme of the European Union.
Process of this work's creation and its premiere at this year's Sonic Acts Academy has been done in close and ongoing collaboration with Yuk Hui.
Hugo Esquinca (MX/DE)
Hugo Esquinca is a sound artist whose research as intervention / intervention as research in
sound explores different degrees of exposure to thresholds of indeterminacy, spectral de-
gradation, erratic processing techniques and excessive levels of amplification.
Contact: https://www.dekj.org
Yuk Hui (HK)
studied Computer Engineering and Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong and
Goldsmiths, University of London, with a focus on philosophy of technology. He currently
teaches at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. He is initiator of the Research Network for
Philosophy and Technology, an international network which facilitates researches and
collaborations on philosophy and technology.2
Contact: http://www.digitalmilieu.net/yuk/
