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A-Life, Amergent music, Current works, Research
Sound Garden
03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments OffAsynchronous improvisation by me, you + others. Following Perturb, Sound Garden is the second work in a series of musical installations that explore the relationship of people, location, and audio relative to technology. Sound Garden was composed for Arts Week 2007 at Indiana University, Bloomington. The project originally ran from 21 February to 7 March, [...]
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A-Life, Amergent music, Current works, Research
Perturb
03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments OffAn asynchronous improvisation by me, you + others at the SoFA gallery in Bloomington, IN. Sound material is to be provided by those who vist the piece. Join in the performance with your own short recordings, samples, soundscapes, and found sonic objects.
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A-Life, Collaborations, Generative music, Past works, Research
A(rt) Life 2.0
03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments OffA(rt)Life 2.0 is an installation of music, sound, and projected animation. It uses a flocking behavior to reveal the possibilities of sound in Artificial Life systems. A(rt)Life 2.0 examines the relationship of music and emergence by exploring how self-organizing behavior can extend music endlessly in time.
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A-Life, Collaborations, Generative music, Past works
AUTOMATIC BODY
03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments OffAutomatic 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.
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A-Life, Generative music, Past works
Particle Swarm Optimization [2]
03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments OffComplexity 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.”
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Experiments, Generative music, Past works
Word is Virus
03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments OffThis 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 [...]
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A-Life, Experiments, Generative music, Past works
Particle Swarm Optimization [1]
03.10.09 | Permalink | Comments OffPSO[1] is my first composition that used the particle swarm algorithm of Kennedy and Eberhart to perform music.
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Experiments, Generative music, Past works
Tonal Clusters
03.10.09 | Permalink | Comments OffThis 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.
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Collaborations, Generative music, Past works
Molly Z Illustration
03.09.09 | Permalink | Comments OffMolly Z is an independent illustrator and graphic designer. For this project I did all of the programming, music, and sound.
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Generative music, Past works
Vox Novus 60×60
03.09.09 | Permalink | Comments OffA version of my generative piece “Trak News Agency” was accepted to be part of the 2003 Vox Novus 60×60 concert and CD.
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