R. Luke DuBois describes Hard Data, “a data-mining, sonification, and visualization project that uses statistics from the American military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq as source material for an interactive audiovisual composition based around an open-source “score” of events.”

RiTa† is an easy-to-use natural language library that provides simple tools for experimenting with generative literature. The philosophy behind the API is to be as simple and intuitive as possible, while still providing adequate flexibility for more advanced users. The download comes in two flavors: 1) the ‘core’ package, containing the jar files and documentation, and 2) the ‘TTS’ package that adds text-to-speech support. Additionally, statistical models for tagging, chunking, and parsing are available for more advanced users (see ‘Stat-Models’). RiTa optionally integrates with Processing and is both free and open-source. Continue reading

Radius Episode 16: My Hard Drive Is Experiencing Some Strange Noises (33:35) — by Gregory Chatonsky — is the sound of a defective hard drive disk picked up by a contact microphone. The acoustic wave is instantly processed by software that repeats and amplifies the sounds creating a resounding echo. It will be transmitted for three consecutive days: November 17, 18, and 19 and one single day on November 30 at 3:00 pm CST.

Gregory Chatonsky (b. Paris, living in Montreal and Paris) holds a multimedia advanced degree from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and a Masters in philosophy from the Sorbonne. Continue reading

Augmented Structures v1.1: Acoustic Formation by Refik Anadol and Alper Derinboğaz :: until November 13, 2011 :: Yapı Kredi Cultural Centre, Istiklal Street, 161, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. Continue reading

Third Hand Plays: “automatype” by Daniel C. Howe by Brian Stefans:

Daniel C. Howe, like joerg piringer and Erik Loyer, can be described as both an artist and a researcher. His homepage lists a number of projects, many in progress, some merely sketches, bu he doesn’t make any clear division between research and art, not surprising given his array of degrees and residencies. An early project involved developing a series of 3D fonts, which puts him in a tradition of experimental font makers including the previously mentioned Paul Chan, who replaced individual letters with words, scribbles, or abstract shapes, Peter Cho with his Letterscapes, and Just van Rossum and Erik van Blokland, who created the first “RandomFonts,” which resemble conventional letters but with visual variations — added noise, slight warps in the lines and points — with each click of the key.” More >>

LAb[au] is presenting: Particle Synthesis @ Experience Space a group exhibition with Aram Bartholl, Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignnoneau, John F. Simon, Lynn Hershman Leeson, LAb[au], Marius Watz, Evan Roth, Nicole Nickel :: September 20 - December 11, 2011 :: [DAM]Berlin gallery, Neue-Jakob-Str. 6/7, D-10179 Berlin, Germany.

Particle synthesis is an installation based on an autonomous, self-standing, audio-visual setting. Consequently the core of the work focuses on programmed, generative, processes within sound creation and music composition as to visualize, notate, these processes in real-time. Continue reading

Turbulence Spotlight: Aleph Null by Jim Andrews:

Aleph Null is a generative, interactive, open source work written in JavaScript using the HTML5 canvas tag. No plugin required. Aleph Null is color music. No audio. It takes practice to tease the really good stuff out of it. It’s like an instrument that way. Or a game in which the goal is to experience color music and create visuals you like. It’s like hunting the Snark, beauty or butterflies. Unlike most instruments, Aleph Null will play something whether a person is playing or not. But it benefits immensely by a human player. It knoweth not beauty, is but the instrument of thine own incandesence. Continue reading

Morgan Packard: Dihedral Product — Generative Crowd-Sourced Sculpture with Music Performances :: August 6-14, 2011 :: PERFORMANCES: Construction begins August 6. Public invited to participate :: OPENING: August 12; 7:00 -10:00 pm :: Devotion Gallery, 54 Maujer St. at Lorimer. L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan.

Sol LeWitt knew that artists of many diverse types use simple forms to their own ends. Musician and multimedia artist, Morgan Packard believes that simple rules, when allowed to unfold, create the splendor of the world. In Euclidean geometry the simplest non-curved flat shape is the triangle, and the simplest non-curved three-dimensional shape is four triangles connected by their edges — the tetrahedron. Continue reading

Marius Watz’ ElectroPlastique #1 - Preview 720p

Generator Everything by Bruce Sterling: “Marx said that men make their own history — but men don’t get to select the circumstances in which history is made. That’s what it’s like to be a “generative artist” — you have the productive capacity to generate incredible profusions of artistic material. Continue reading

Tales from space — by Chiara Passa — is a generative video-installation based on the theory of the quantum mechanics. Continue reading