Lindenmeyer systems and the harmony of fractals

Pedro Pestana*

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Abstract

An interactive musical application is developed for realtime improvisation with a machine based on Lindenmeyer-systems. This has been used on an installation whose goal is to draw the attention of unexperienced users to the wealth of realtime applications in computer music. Issues on human computer interaction and improvisation grammars had to be dealt with, as well as probabilistic strategies for musical variation. The choice of L-systems as a basis for machine composition is a consequence of their ability to create results that easily have aesthetic appeal, both in the realms of sound and image.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHAOS 2011 - 4th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Proceedings
Publishercmsim.org
Pages449-456
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event4th International Conference on Chaotic Modeling and Simulation, CHAOS 2011 - Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
Duration: 31 May 20113 Jun 2011

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Chaotic Modeling and Simulation, CHAOS 2011
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAgios Nikolaos, Crete
Period31/05/113/06/11

Keywords

  • Computer music
  • Fractals in algorithmic music composition
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Improvisation
  • Interactive composition
  • L-systems

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