A more perfect union is an experiment in participatory real-time composing, where the audience chooses the outcome of the work by evaluating the sounds they hear. The longer a person listens to a melody the more likely an aspect of that melody persist in future generations. The work is based on an evolutionary algorithm, in which the fittest sound of a group passes on its genes, combines with another fit sound, and creates a new one with the best of both. The piece ends when an emergent sound is found that should hopefully satisfy the audience.
For more details about the work see the paper I presented at Web Audio Conference 2018.
Try it: https://sparkling-sun-445.fly.dev/
note: Use the link for demo purposes only. If you would like to perform the work contact me and I can setup a unique server for your performance.
This work started as a performance then transformed into an installation. This showing history reflects that history.
Exhibitions
- National Student Electronic Music Event, University of Virginia, February 8-9, 2019
- Web Audio Conference, Technical University of Berlin; Berlin, Germany, September 20,
2018
Performances
- LSU Museum of Art, March 4, 2018
- Surreal Salon Soiree, Baton Rouge Gallery, January 27, 2018
- Louisiana State University School of Music Recital Hall, November 27, 2017
- Louisiana State University School of Music Recital Hall, November 6, 2017