Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms
The trope of the fraudulent or occult alchemist, prevalent since the mediaeval period of alchemy’s introduction into European thought, belies the endeavour of practitioners from ancient Egypt onwards. Alchemists used observation, experimentation, and drew conclusions to understand the world around t...
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| author | De Roure, David Wilcox, Pip Chamberlain, Alan |
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| description | The trope of the fraudulent or occult alchemist, prevalent since the mediaeval period of alchemy’s introduction into European thought, belies the endeavour of practitioners from ancient Egypt onwards. Alchemists used observation, experimentation, and drew conclusions to understand the world around them. Notions of interconnectedness, harmoniousness and codification pervade the alchemical pursuit—and alchemy interconnects literature, art, mathematics, and music....One of our tools is "numbers into notes", a web app for algorithmic composition based on early mathematics, in which the role of the human is to parameterize the algorithm and map number ranges to musical notes |
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| spelling | nottingham-411072020-05-04T18:36:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41107/ Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms De Roure, David Wilcox, Pip Chamberlain, Alan The trope of the fraudulent or occult alchemist, prevalent since the mediaeval period of alchemy’s introduction into European thought, belies the endeavour of practitioners from ancient Egypt onwards. Alchemists used observation, experimentation, and drew conclusions to understand the world around them. Notions of interconnectedness, harmoniousness and codification pervade the alchemical pursuit—and alchemy interconnects literature, art, mathematics, and music....One of our tools is "numbers into notes", a web app for algorithmic composition based on early mathematics, in which the role of the human is to parameterize the algorithm and map number ranges to musical notes 2017-03-03 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed De Roure, David, Wilcox, Pip and Chamberlain, Alan (2017) Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms. In: Listen to the Voice of Fire: Alchemy in Sound Art, 3 March 2017, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Algorithm Creativity Music Alchemy Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Algorithm Creativity Music Alchemy Humanities De Roure, David Wilcox, Pip Chamberlain, Alan Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| title | Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| title_full | Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| title_fullStr | Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| title_short | Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| title_sort | interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms |
| topic | Algorithm Creativity Music Alchemy Humanities |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41107/ |