[eu-gene] Music generated from pictures

[Dave Griffiths]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:07:55 +0200, Lauri Grohn wrote
> 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.

It wouldn't be interactive - I was thinking you could use how humans view
pictures as a factor in generating the music. ie the path your eye takes
around a picture when you see it for the first time - rather than a linear
path through a picture, as the computer stores it.

This is the best example I've found:
http://www.sol.lu.se/humlab/eyetracking/

Of course it seems it's been done already:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=771832.771906

dave