A(rt)Life is a new project, initiated Summer 2005. This study uses the PSO algorithm and explores the connection between swarm dynamics and specific parameters of a music composition. Unlike my other PSO-related works this example is only available as an MP3. Play max.s.o.mp3

Automatic Body, done in collaboration with Yacov Sharir, is an installation driven by swarm dynamics where individual behaviors are translated into sound and dance. The media has not been optimized for the web, so please excuse the sluggish playback. Launch AUTOMATIC BODY

Complexity via simplicity: This piece uses the particle swarm algorithm of Kennedy and Eberhart to make generative music. PSO[2] was premiered at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China in conjunction with “Consciousness Reframed 2004: Qi & Complexity.” Launch PSO[2]

This project is based on the cut-up techniques used by Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. Burroughs gave a lecture where he discussed his and Gysin’s experiments with cut ups at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in April of 1976. This piece takes that lecture and cuts it into an ever-changing variety of [...]

This is a variation on “Clapping Music” by Steve Reich. I am interested in Reich’s concept of the “gradual process” and wanted to try an experiment: Could I create a performance of this piece for the web? In my variation you can assume the role of audience or performer. To be in the audience you [...]

PSO[1] is my first composition that used the particle swarm algorithm of Kennedy and Eberhart to perform music.

This project was completed in May, 2004. Music, as an element of interactive design, shares an equal significance with color palette, typography, imagery, layout, and animation. This piece explores that relationship through the use of non-linear musical composition. Launch Tonal Clusters

Molly Z is an independent illustrator and graphic designer. For this project I did all of the programming, music, and sound. Launch MollyZ site

A version of my generative piece “Trak News Agency” was accepted to be part of the 2003 Vox Novus 60×60 concert and CD. Launch my 60×60 player

The Trak News Agency is a news-writing organization from William Burroughs’ novel “The Soft Machine.” This series was composed in February and March of 2003. Given the political climate at the time, the concept of a news-writing agency seemed only too familiar. The music heard in these works is a kind of amalgamation, reflecting many [...]