SV: [eu-gene] Music generated from pictures

[Thomas Petersen]

Yeah, on the page there should be a downloadable zip file containing a
swf.

T

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[mailto:eu-gene-bounces at generative.net] På vegne af Lauri Grohn
Sendt: 1. februar 2005 07:08
Til: generative art
Emne: Re: [eu-gene] Music generated from pictures

At 19:26 31.1.2005, you wrote:
> > Computers store two dimensional images in a one dimensional file, it
> > seems a trap to always use the computer's one dimensional view of an
> > image to transform it into sound, as humans don't view the images in
> > that way.
>
>It would be interesting to employ eye-tracking data in this way. Wasn't
>somebody doing something with eye tracking derived from famous
paintings?
>Can't remember...

The problem with interactive use of videos or sensors for generation of
music is that what you get is a kind of improvisation and almost never
very interesting. At least I haven't found any good examples.

Yours,
LG 

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