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• Collaborations, Current works, Generative music

  Sound Art at Waveforms

  10.21.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  The gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter (Norbert Herber & Rowland Ricketts, 2011) can be seen & heard as part of Waveforms, “an exhibition of interdisciplinary art works showcasing sound as the principle component. This exhibition explores, through an examination of creative and artistic practices, the interface of sound and new media technologies. The [...]

• Amergent music, Collaborations, Past works, Research, Writing

  ‘Pac-Man Pop Music’ Chapter Available as PDF

  01.04.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  My chapter ‘The Composition-Instrument: emergence, improvisation and interaction in games and new media’ appeared in the book From Pac-Man to Pop Music: interactive audio in games and new media, edited by Karen Collins in 2007. This chapter is now available by permission of the Publishers of ‘The Composition-Instrument: emergence, improvisation and interaction in games and new [...]

• Amergent music, Collaborations, Generative music, Research, Writing

  Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio

  01.04.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Call for Papers: The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio Deadline for Proposals: 1 April 2011 The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio is under contract at Oxford University Press. Through a collection of chapters on interactivity in music and sound, the book is meant to offer a new set of analytical tools for the growing field [...]

• Amergent music, Current works, Research, Writing

  Technoetic Arts 7.1

  11.03.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  (originally published July 2009) I wrote a paper “Dérive en Mille Sons” for the 2009 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts. It has just been re-published as “Dérive entre Mille Sons: a psychogeographic approach to mobile music and mediated interaction” in Technoetic Arts: a journal of speculative research. Much thanks to journal editor Roy [...]

• Research

  Roy Ascott Retrospective

  03.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Syncretic Sense 4 April – 24 May 2009 Plymouth Arts Centre The first UK retrospective exhibition of the pioneering cybernetic artist Roy Ascott, curated in collaboration with i-DAT (Institute for Digital Art and Technology, University of Plymouth). Long before email and the internet, Roy Ascott started using online computer networks as an art medium [...]

• Current works

  x-tet.com redesign

  03.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Look Mom! WordPress! This represents the first major design overhaul of x-tet.com since 2003. Sure, I still like Japanese action figures, but a revised look and structure for this site was long overdue… Thank you Upstart Blogger for the very cool Minim theme—it’s just what I wanted. Converting an existing web site to a blog [...]

• Amergent music, Current works, Experiments, Generative music, Research

  Composition-Instrument Studies

  03.11.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  A musical exploration of space, with reference to Henri Bergson, Guy Debord, Kevin Lynch, and Henri Lefebvre. These studies require the arrow keys of a standard computer keyboard and the Flash player. Launch first study: Dérive Launch second study: Mazes This research has taken me to some unexpected and very interesting places. “Psychogeography” in the [...]

• Experiments, Past works

  “Clapping Music” Variation

  03.10.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  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 [...]

• Experiments, Generative music, Past works

  Tonal Clusters

  03.10.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  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

• Collaborations, Generative music, Past works

  Molly Z Illustration

  03.09.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Molly Z is an independent illustrator and graphic designer. For this project I did all of the programming and music. The site has since been changed, but below there is a link to the demo interface that generates music as you navigate from section to section. Launch MollyZ music interface (click the colored buttons on [...]

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