Designing for Emergent Behavior: a John Cage realization
Christopher G. Burns · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2004
A new software realization of John Cage's Electronic Music for Piano is described.Inspired by dedicatee David Tudor's work with feedback circuits in live electronic music, the principal audio component of the software is an audio feedback network with a number of chance-determined, time-varying parameters.The behavior of this feedback system is unpredictable, so the software interface is organized around higher-level, statistically-oriented controls.The result is an instrument which displays emergent behavior, guided but not controlled by its audio inputs and its operator.