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LIWOLI 2010
Workshop
Speakers: IOhannes m zmölnig
PD/GEM
GEM stands for Graphics Environment for Multimedia and is an external (plugin) for the computer-music software Pure Data (PD)
GEM is now maintained at the IEM by IOhannes m zmölnig. Future developments will be aimed at Linux, OS-X and Win32 platforms.
GEM is open source software, it is free for any use and can be downloaded from the internet. GEM runs on LINUX, OSX, Win32 and IRIX platforms.
GEM follows the programming paradigm of PD.
We will have about 8 PC-stations running with PD/Gem.
For those who want to join with their own laptop its essential to have a running Linux distribtution with Pure Data and Gem preinstalled. Its also possible to borrow or buy a Puredyne Stick (a live Linux distribution running from an USB Stick)
Version Pure Data: 0.42 (if possible and doable not the extended version)
Version Gem gem: 0.92
Performance: do sinusoids dream of electric sweeps?
Speakers: IOhannes m zmölnig
"do sinusoids dream of electric sweeps" is a live-coding performance done in pure-data. it relies heavily on self-modifying Pd-patches that interact in an agent-like fashion.
- move around
- find out about other agents in their neighbourhood
- connect to their neighbours
- exchange data with their neighbours
the human has to do the chores:
- create new agents
- tell agents to make good music by writing their generative code
- tell agents to behave properly by changing their interaction code
- hook up individual agents up with other agents by bringing them into physical proximity
- dissolve (political?) assemblies of the agents by moving them further apart and in extreme cases by eradicating individual agents
the acoustic output is somehwat limited to sine-waves. the visual output is a Pd-patch going crazy.
http://umlaeute.mur.at/Members/zmoelnig/projects/sinusoiddreams/