Generative Sound Art as Poeitic Poetry for an Information Society
Alice Eldridge · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2012
Recent conversation in both the sonic and generative art communities envision a practice which engages with both formal and cultural or conceptual concerns.At the same time there is a sense amongst practitioners in the generative arts community that there is room to develop the methods of the practice.This paper sketches a simple, practical approach to generative sound art which draws from philosophical observations of the emerging information society and implements a sound-based generative scheme as a simple, literal illustration of a practice which looks outward to society and inward at the materials of its practice.It is suggested that a digital sound art of this nature has potential as a discourse for contemporary society, a poietic playground for coming to terms with the implications and challenges of the information age.