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The ISEA 95 colloquim proceedings include 82 essays presenting the electronic arts in terms of a ... more The ISEA 95 colloquim proceedings include 82 essays presenting the electronic arts in terms of a new aesthetic environment shaping both body and mind. The authors discuss virtual reality, hypertext, interactivity, and computer-generated images. Untranslated texts. Circa 350 bibl. ref.

As a consequence of the Human Genome Project, there has been an explosion of primary DNA sequenci... more As a consequence of the Human Genome Project, there has been an explosion of primary DNA sequencing data available on the internet. Five years ago, we envisioned a type of computer-generated music that would take cues for its musical parameters directly from the physiological ones present in DNA. The first paper, Musical Synthesis of DNA Sequences, was presented and published at the Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art, 1995 in Montreal; and XI Colloquio di Informatica Musicale, 1995 in Bologna. This updates our recent work.

Notes, 1984

Read more and get great! That's what the book enPDFd a john cage reader in celebration of his... more Read more and get great! That's what the book enPDFd a john cage reader in celebration of his 70th birthday will give for every reader to read this book. This is an on-line book provided in this website. Even this book becomes a choice of someone to read, many in the world also loves it so much. As what we talk, when you read more every page of this a john cage reader in celebration of his 70th birthday, what you will obtain is something great.

Computer games and virtual worlds are “traditionally” visually orientated, and their audio dimens... more Computer games and virtual worlds are “traditionally” visually orientated, and their audio dimension often secondary. In this paper we will describe New Atlantis a virtual world that aims to put sound first. We will describe the motivation, the history and the development of this Franco-American project and the serendipitous use made of the distance between partner structures. We explain the overall architecture of the world and discuss the reasons for certain key structural choices. New Atlantis’ first aim is to provide a platform for audio-graphic design and practice, for students as well as artists and researchers, engaged in higher education art or media curricula. We describe the integration of student’s productions through workshops and exchanges and discuss and the first public presentations of NA that took place from January 2016. Finally we will unfold perspectives for future research and the further uses of New Atlantis.

AI & SOCIETY, 2012

Numbers have been identified with symbolic data forever. The profound association of both with ac... more Numbers have been identified with symbolic data forever. The profound association of both with acoustics, music, and sonic art from Pythagoras to current work is beyond reproach. Recently, sonification looks for ways to realize symbolic data (representing results or measurements) as well as ''raw'' data (signals, impulses, images, etc.) into compositions. In the strictest sense, everything in a computer is symbolic, that is, represented by 0s and 1s. In the arts, the digital age has broadened and enhanced the conceptual landscape not simply through its servitude to the creative process, but as its partner. However, there is a rich history of the use of data that no doubt has paved the way for many of today's experiments including my own. Keywords Music Á Sonic art Á Music history Á Algorithmic composition Á DNA music 1 The sound of music La parole indéfinie, c'est le son.-F. Chopin Music is abstract to begin with. This must be distinctly understood or what follows will make little sense. Throughout history, much music was inextricably attached to text or used as an extension of language to give it meaning, as in the Ubantu (the talking drums of Ghana)literally a musical telegraph. The songs of the Inuit throat singers, though wordless, are filled with narrative. In the Western common practice, the rise of ''pure'' music freed of text matured in the nineteenth century through the ideals of romanticism. E. T. A. Hoffmann saw instrumental music, particularly Beethoven's, as the sole purveyor of genuine expression to music's specific nature (its abstraction). He goes on to say that:

The ISEA 95 colloquim proceedings include 82 essays presenting the electronic arts in terms of a ... more The ISEA 95 colloquim proceedings include 82 essays presenting the electronic arts in terms of a new aesthetic environment shaping both body and mind. The authors discuss virtual reality, hypertext, interactivity, and computer-generated images. Untranslated texts. Circa 350 bibl. ref.

As a consequence of the Human Genome Project, there has been an explosion of primary DNA sequenci... more As a consequence of the Human Genome Project, there has been an explosion of primary DNA sequencing data available on the internet. Five years ago, we envisioned a type of computer-generated music that would take cues for its musical parameters directly from the physiological ones present in DNA. The first paper, Musical Synthesis of DNA Sequences, was presented and published at the Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art, 1995 in Montreal; and XI Colloquio di Informatica Musicale, 1995 in Bologna. This updates our recent work.

Notes, 1984

Read more and get great! That's what the book enPDFd a john cage reader in celebration of his... more Read more and get great! That's what the book enPDFd a john cage reader in celebration of his 70th birthday will give for every reader to read this book. This is an on-line book provided in this website. Even this book becomes a choice of someone to read, many in the world also loves it so much. As what we talk, when you read more every page of this a john cage reader in celebration of his 70th birthday, what you will obtain is something great.

Computer games and virtual worlds are “traditionally” visually orientated, and their audio dimens... more Computer games and virtual worlds are “traditionally” visually orientated, and their audio dimension often secondary. In this paper we will describe New Atlantis a virtual world that aims to put sound first. We will describe the motivation, the history and the development of this Franco-American project and the serendipitous use made of the distance between partner structures. We explain the overall architecture of the world and discuss the reasons for certain key structural choices. New Atlantis’ first aim is to provide a platform for audio-graphic design and practice, for students as well as artists and researchers, engaged in higher education art or media curricula. We describe the integration of student’s productions through workshops and exchanges and discuss and the first public presentations of NA that took place from January 2016. Finally we will unfold perspectives for future research and the further uses of New Atlantis.

AI & SOCIETY, 2012

Numbers have been identified with symbolic data forever. The profound association of both with ac... more Numbers have been identified with symbolic data forever. The profound association of both with acoustics, music, and sonic art from Pythagoras to current work is beyond reproach. Recently, sonification looks for ways to realize symbolic data (representing results or measurements) as well as ''raw'' data (signals, impulses, images, etc.) into compositions. In the strictest sense, everything in a computer is symbolic, that is, represented by 0s and 1s. In the arts, the digital age has broadened and enhanced the conceptual landscape not simply through its servitude to the creative process, but as its partner. However, there is a rich history of the use of data that no doubt has paved the way for many of today's experiments including my own. Keywords Music Á Sonic art Á Music history Á Algorithmic composition Á DNA music 1 The sound of music La parole indéfinie, c'est le son.-F. Chopin Music is abstract to begin with. This must be distinctly understood or what follows will make little sense. Throughout history, much music was inextricably attached to text or used as an extension of language to give it meaning, as in the Ubantu (the talking drums of Ghana)literally a musical telegraph. The songs of the Inuit throat singers, though wordless, are filled with narrative. In the Western common practice, the rise of ''pure'' music freed of text matured in the nineteenth century through the ideals of romanticism. E. T. A. Hoffmann saw instrumental music, particularly Beethoven's, as the sole purveyor of genuine expression to music's specific nature (its abstraction). He goes on to say that: