"Bla Blavatar vs Jaap Blonk" is a collaboration between Jonathan Chaim Reus and Jaap Blonk that brings the vocal labor behind AI voice models to the stage. In live dataset-making performances, Blonk engages in a vocal battle with his AI-generated voice clone, the "Bla Blavatar", performed by Reus. In each performance, Blonk carefully performs "Dataset Poems" as his voice is recorded live, with each recording contributing to a training dataset intended for future public use and improving "Bla Blavatar".

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