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• Amergent music, Current works, Research, Writing

  Technoetic Arts 7.1

  07.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 Ascott, publishers Intellect, and [...]

• 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, music, and sound. Launch MollyZ site

• Collaborations

  Umba-Imba Player

  03.01.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  The Umba-Imba Player (1.5 MB) requires Adobe Shockwave Player: get it here. The Umba Imba player was a collaboration with Michael Caporale. Mike did all of the photography, Photoshop, design, and Umba playing; I did the audio recording, editing, and programming in Director/Lingo. Instructions: In attempting to offer you a musical experience via the computer [...]

• Writing

  Flash Savvy series

  02.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Flash 8 Savvy With the help of Sham Bhangal, Ethan Watrall and I completed a third Flash book with greater depth and more advanced topics. “Flash 8 Savvy” was published in April of 2006. Flash MX 2004 Savvy This thorough revision to the original “Flash MX Savvy” was published in December of 2003. Flash MX [...]

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