A(rt)Life 2.0 @ SoFA Gallery
A(rt)Life 2.0 is an installation at the SoFA Gallery at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The installation was open to the public 24 January - 4 February 2006.
A(rt)Life 2.0
Larry Yaeger, School of Informatics
Norbert Herber, Department of Telecommunications
Indiana University, Bloomington
A(rt)Life 2.0 explores the possibilities of music and sound in Artificial Life (A-Life) systems. In an A-Life system, virtual organisms called agents cohabitate. They live, die, eat, and mate much like organisms in our physical world. As we find in our physical world, their interactions lead to emergence. The simple act of living gives way to extraordinarily complex patterns of self-organization in and across communities. Emergence, and the patterns it creates, can be found in all strata of carbon-based life, from ant colonies to global economies. These patterns are a predominant characteristic of the silicon-based A-Life systems. A(rt)Life 2.0 is an installation that reveals the emergent dynamics of these systems through digital animation and music.
Emergence creates structure in the relationship between agents, one that is in a constant state of refinement and revision. This piece considers that structure from a musical perspective to create a sonic experience that leads to surprise, wonder, and introspection. It examines the relationship of music and emergence by exploring how self-organizing behavior can extend music endlessly in time. By creating an environment where the listener can engage sound directly, perceptions can be freed from conventional assumptions of music. A(rt)Life 2.0 unfolds organically to yield a unique experience where the act of listening involves both reflection and discovery.
Dear visitors,
Welcome. Please enter through the curtains and proceed into the room. We ask that you kindly remove your shoes and make yourself comfortable on the carpet and pillows. Feel free to stretch out and lay on your back. If you're tired have a nap. There are chairs for those who prefer to sit.
A(rt)Life 2.0
Larry Yaeger, School of Informatics
Norbert Herber, Department of Telecommunications
Indiana University, Bloomington
A(rt)Life 2.0 explores the possibilities of music and sound in Artificial Life (A-Life) systems. In an A-Life system, virtual organisms called agents cohabitate. They live, die, eat, and mate much like organisms in our physical world. As we find in our physical world, their interactions lead to emergence. The simple act of living gives way to extraordinarily complex patterns of self-organization in and across communities. Emergence, and the patterns it creates, can be found in all strata of carbon-based life, from ant colonies to global economies. These patterns are a predominant characteristic of the silicon-based A-Life systems. A(rt)Life 2.0 is an installation that reveals the emergent dynamics of these systems through digital animation and music.
Emergence creates structure in the relationship between agents, one that is in a constant state of refinement and revision. This piece considers that structure from a musical perspective to create a sonic experience that leads to surprise, wonder, and introspection. It examines the relationship of music and emergence by exploring how self-organizing behavior can extend music endlessly in time. By creating an environment where the listener can engage sound directly, perceptions can be freed from conventional assumptions of music. A(rt)Life 2.0 unfolds organically to yield a unique experience where the act of listening involves both reflection and discovery.
Dear visitors,
Welcome. Please enter through the curtains and proceed into the room. We ask that you kindly remove your shoes and make yourself comfortable on the carpet and pillows. Feel free to stretch out and lay on your back. If you're tired have a nap. There are chairs for those who prefer to sit.
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