Adam Łukawski

I am a music composer and computer programmer researching and innovating at the nexus of computer-assisted music composition and posthuman artistic research. My work, deeply engaged with aleatoric and generative methods, explores the integration of AI and blockchain technologies for creating novel compositional frameworks and enhancing musical interactivity.

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC Advanced Grant Posthuman Music (PI: Paulo de Assis) at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent. I received my PhD from Leiden University (supervised by Richard Barrett), for which I developed the conceptual framework of the Decentralised Creative Network, a compositional infrastructure for collective performative intelligence where humans and AI agents can transparently build upon each other's interoperable creative contributions using Performative Transactions—blockchain-encoded compositional processes that operate within this network to transform artistic material while recording conditions and provenance for future reuse.

As a lecturer, I participate in numerous international scientific and artistic events. My course Posthuman Creativity Labs: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Music has now been successfully taught in various forms at several music institutions, including Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Iceland University of the Arts, and others. Recently, I co-edited (with Paulo de Assis) a new book Decentralized Music: Exploring Blockchain for Artistic Research (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis) and co-convened (with Martin Zeilinger) a conference Decentralised Creativity and Agential Systems in Music.

As a composer, I wrote works for ensembles including Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, Ensemble Modelo62, Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, Marmen Quartet, Score Collective, Maat Saxophone Quartet, often write for various MIDI-controlled acoustic instruments, experiment with digital formats (such as generative music NFTs, or web-based artworks) and collaborate in interdisciplinary contexts. Some of my works are published by Donemus Publishing in The Hague. I studied Music Composition at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (with Richard Ayres, Willem Jeths and Julian Anderson).

As a computer programmer, I gained experience working for several start-ups and at the Polish Information Processing Society. As a co-founder (with programmer Michał Skarzyński) and CEO, I am working on developing two artistic platforms: decentralised.art (open-source implementation of the Decentralised Creative Network) and hypermusic.ai (a platform for building a collective performative intelligence where humans and AI agents can build on top of each other's contributions).