Stir bugs
Gerard Roma
Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
- Year: 2023
- Article Number: 1262
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Abstract:
Stir bugs is an exploration of live algorithmic control in corpus-based performance. A community of computational agents confined to a two-dimensional square prison cell is live-coded into collective madness. Agents are controlled by simple code functions that define navigation in a terrain made of a collection of electronic noise samples. Each agent is also associated with a sound playback/synthesis function. The performance embraces the complexity emerging from quickly coding a multiplicity of behaviours in a shared sonic space.
Citation:
Gerard Roma. 2023. Stir bugs. Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI:BibTeX Entry:
@article{nime23-music-1262, abstract = {Stir bugs is an exploration of live algorithmic control in corpus-based performance. A community of computational agents confined to a two-dimensional square prison cell is live-coded into collective madness. Agents are controlled by simple code functions that define navigation in a terrain made of a collection of electronic noise samples. Each agent is also associated with a sound playback/synthesis function. The performance embraces the complexity emerging from quickly coding a multiplicity of behaviours in a shared sonic space.}, articleno = {1262}, author = {Gerard Roma}, booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression}, editor = {Rob Hamilton}, month = {May}, note = {Online Presentation}, title = {Stir bugs}, url = {https://www.nime2023.org/program/online-in-person-concerts}, year = {2023} }