Opera by Michael Webster, 2025.
“Return to Tomorrow” is an opera based on a Star Trek episode written in the SuperCollider programming language, every note entered by hand. All sounds are synthesized, including the singing. Still images from the original 1968 TV show are seen fading into and out of the code that is being interpreted: a mashup of live-coding and classic TV. A voice emanates from a dead planet. Aliens who have lost their bodies seek to build humanoid robots to house their consciousnesses. Drama ensues…
Video
The Software Behind Return to Tomorrow
Proposed Installation
Screenings & Presentations
- 2025 — Seoul AI Film Festival (excerpt)
- 2025 — SuperCollider Symposium, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. (work in progress)