Algorithmic and Generative Art Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 23 Issue 2
Description: This is a collection of essays that survey and explore the role of algorithmic and generative art not solely in the landscape of new media art but in the larger framework of contemporary fine arts. They analyze conceptual themes, aesthetics, and forms which have characterized and are reshaping our understanding of aesthetic in a computer based environment and beyond.
Reference this volume: Aceti, Lanfranco, Kris Paulsen, and Meredith Hoy, eds. Algorithmic and Generative Art. Leonardo Electronic Almanac 23, no. 2 (March 15, 2019).
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Acknowledgments:With thanks to Philip Galanter for the cover image. “The piece is as much about the generative process as it is the final results, and the hope is that the interactive program will combine with the panels to deliver an experience grounded in both formalism and dynamism.” Excerpt from Philip Galanter’s artist statement.
In Poland, as queer groups and allies face a rising threat of violence and hate, the Oramics collective chose to respond with music. The result: a sprawling compilation of 121 tracks and international outpouring of support.
I definitely want to encourage you to grab the compilation, but also want to take this opportunity to give you a tour through some of the music here – including from some lesser-known and underground and Polish artists. So alongside some known international figures, like Peder Mannerfelt, Object Blue, Borusaide, Lee Gamble, Electric Indigo, and Rrose, you’ll get an excellent sampling of artists involved in Poland’s underground and queer communities. We’re fortunate that in dark and challenging times, we have music and emotion and celebratory and powerful sound, and not just, you know, the news.
A hypnotic video for this irresistible track – Bartosz Zaskórski and Rufus (animation) for Mchy i Porosty’s “not many friends.” (One of my favorites!)
This is not an abstract battle or “culture war”: in Poland as in an alarming number of places, basic rights of expression and safety are under assault, backed even by mainstream media and religious and governmental leaders. That’s put artists who I’ve worked with personally under real pressure and danger, among many others. It’s something you feel on a visceral level not only in Poland but in the fabric of the electronic music scene outside of the country, as well.
Out now, the “Total Solidarity” compilation gives sonic, musical form to a growing chorus of solidarity and protest. That network has brought together collectives, artists, curators, press, activist organizations, and concerned friends in a network inside and outside of the country. Total Solidarity demonstrates how deep that network is, and how many people have been touched by the political struggle and by these artists.
Over 100 tracks from the Polish underground and international electronic music scene come together on the digital release, available for fifty bucks on Bandcamp (or individually, by track). Poland’s Oramics collective joins Tilburg, Netherlands’ Drvg Cvltvre, who runs the label New York Haunted. The funds raised go directly to organizations battling homophobia and supporting queer communities.
“I think it is very important to show that music scene and culture will never accept hatred,” Justyna from Oramics tells us. “This was one of the main goals of this compilation – to gather people from all over the world and show support,” she says. “This symbolic support, kind of artistic / curatorial gesture of solidarity was the main goal I guess – all this which lies beyond fame, mainstream, underground and genre borders. This is the biggest success.”
Here are some highlights, and places to find more.
Justyna also shared some picks. “It was one of the goals to combine artists from literally everywhere,” she says. “Of course, it is important that we have so many amazing internationally acclaimed artists, because they are giving us all the incredible press — but how amazing it is to give some more visibility to those less known, but also super-talented.” Hell, yeah.
Here are a few of those picks – and I have to second these nominations.
I have listened to the whole compilation and love the whole thing, but to highlight even some more people, particularly those close to this scene, whose tracks really moved me:
Electric Indigo added a smartly constructed electronic opus that CDM readers shouldn’t miss – Susanne being both a legend in the scene as an artist and founder of female pressure, which has been a template for many female/femme/activist groups since:
All proceeds from the digital sales will support Polish queer organizations: Kampania Przeciw Homofobii and Mi?o?? Nie Wyklucza, who monitor homophobia, provide all kind of support for queer people and have agreed to help us redistribute the proceeds throughout LGBTQIA+ organizations in smaller cities and towns of Poland, who need them the most.
We will be in touch with Oramics to hear how these organizing efforts are going, and what else the electronic music community can do there – and worldwide – to support people’s safety. It’s expressive freedom that has brought us to music and music technology, so if that’s not what we’re in the business of supporting, I’m not sure what we are doing.
Beto O’Rourke said recently of the hate and mass shooting in his hometown that we’ve lost “any illusion that we had that progress is inevitable or that the change that we need is going to come of its own accord.” This gives us a sense of how we can choose something other than an illusion – hope, and action.
For those near Berlin – Polish-born Rey for their part will also be leading their project The Womb, with a summer symposium for female-identified, non-binary and queer creatives and entrepreneurs, on 31 August. Kudos to Rey for this epic mastering job; see Uferlos Studios for more.
For more Oramics action, here’s the latest Behind The Stage podcast, with Szkoda:
More reading:
I got to write about Oramics a couple of times before:
Black Corporation turned a lot of heads when they launched the Deckard’s Voice Eurorack module, following their Yamaha CS-inspired Deckard’s Dream flagship. Now they’ve got one more clever idea going.
And since there are indeed a lot of integrated single voice modules around, Rachael is perhaps even more worth your attention.
It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public.
Rachael (yeah, I guess Roy and Pris are on their way if this is successful) is a flexible module built around ring modulation. It can be a companion to Deckard’s Voice, but since this is the modular world, it doesn’t have to be.
The trick here is, this isn’t just an input-output ring modulation effect. There’s an onboard ADSR envelope, a reference oscillator with VCO / LFO switch, and plenty of controls and patch points.
So, you can use this different ways. You can take an external audio input and add ring modulation – either with the internal oscillator, or with a second external signal. You can use Rachael as a modulation generator for other modules. You can use it as an envelope generator, with the envelope output. And all of those scenarios are possible at once. Combined with CV input of each of the envelope stages, 1V/oct input, and CV control of the depth control, you could put Rachael at the heart of a very complex patch.
Black Corporation’s Roman Filippov says that Deckard’s Voice and Rachael will launch at the same time. Right now, though, there’s only the preorder live for Deckard’s Voice, and no pricing for Rachael.
Deckard’s Voice preorder pricing is split – you pay $199 now, then $500 when the product is ready to ship, for a total of US$699 direct before taxes/import.
That makes Deckard’s Voice, like its larger sibling, nothing if not a premium product. (You’ll see plenty of people asking about kits, since the kit version of Deckard’s Dream offers some significant savings.)
I’m a little wary of putting down a ton of money on a synth voice like that, as it does beg the question if what you really want is a desktop semi-modular with a lot of patch points.
But that means I think Rachael, by contrast, could occupy an interesting space. It gives you essentially the most out-there bit of a CS in a rack, if you want a little Deckard’s magic. And it does look like one of the more compelling ideas around a ring mod. (Maybe something like the Cwejman RM-2S is worth a look, for something focused on dialing in stereo ring modulation. There are a bunch of 1- or 2HP modules that are mostly pretty simple, beyond that.)
Rachael brings real, focused, Yamaha-style modulation and envelopes to a market that mostly seems to think of ring mod as an exotic afterthought. Now we just need someone to do a software knockoff of this for VCV Rack and call it Electric Sheep. (Wait, no, forget I said that, Roman!)
De la partin de Martin Houle, architecte MIRAC, directeur-fondateur de Kollectif et signataire de la lettre initiée par l’AAPPQ et l’AFG :
J’ai signé la première lettre l’an dernier (presqu’à la même date) et j’en suis signataire encore une fois cette année afin que le dossier de l’attribution des contrats publics aux plus bas soumissionnaires cesse. Un bâtiment public n’est pas une vulgaire dépense : c’est un investissement au profit de chacun et chacune de nous.
Comme le mentionne le fameux dicton: « Nous n’héritons pas de la terre de nos parents, nous l’empruntons à nos enfants. »
La même chose s’applique à nos installations et infrastructures publiques afin qu’elles demeurent pérennes et de qualité pour les générations à venir… Et cela commence par une conception de la meilleure qualité possible à chaque fois, à chaque contrat!
« Au cours de la dernière semaine, nous avons reçu l’appui de plus d’une vingtaine d’experts et d’organisations qui partagent nos inquiétudes face aux délais dans ce dossier et qui désirent mettre en lumière l’importance de sélectionner les architectes et les ingénieurs sur la base de la qualité et non seulement sur le plus bas prix », précise Lyne Parent, directrice générale de l’AAPPQ.
« Nous devons mettre de côté les formules qui favorisent le plus bas soumissionnaire afin d’assurer la qualité et la durabilité de nos infrastructures pour les générations actuelles et futures », insiste André Rainville, président-directeur général de l’AFG.
En août 2018, un sous-comité de travail avait été mandaté par le Conseil du trésor pour réfléchir aux meilleures modes d’octroi de contrats publics en architecture et en ingénierie. Aucune rencontre n’a cependant été tenue depuis décembre dernier. Le geste le plus récent du gouvernement a été la sélection, au printemps, d’une firme comptable pour juger de la « perception » de certains acteurs de l’industrie sur les modes d’octroi de contrats présentés dans le projet de règlement de l’an passé, et ce, malgré une étude déjà réalisée et dévoilée par les deux associations, le 11 avril 2019.
Une étude indépendante déjà réalisée
Cette étude, menée par le chercheur et économiste Martin St-Denis, de la firme MCE Conseils, visait à comprendre si les modes qualité-prix examinés par le Conseil du trésor permettent de choisir un professionnel sur la base de la qualité ou s’ils favorisaient tout simplement le plus bas soumissionnaire. Les conclusions de l’étude révèlent que les formules proposées dans le projet de règlement de 2018 accordent tellement d’importance au critère de prix qu’elles favorisent toutes le plus bas soumissionnaire.
Dans une lettre ouverte publiée ce matin, un groupe de signataires demande au gouvernement d’adopter une position en faveur de la qualité pour la sélection des professionnels en architecture et en ingénierie dans les contrats publics, et ainsi optimiser la conception et la durée de vie des ouvrages dans une perspective de développement durable. »
« OTTAWA, le 29 juillet 2019 –L’Institut royal d’architecture du Canada (IRAC) a le plaisir d’annoncer la publication de la dernière édition d’Un guide aidant à déterminer les honoraires appropriés pour les services d’un architecte.
« L’exercice de l’architecture et la prestation des services de l’architecte ont considérablement évolué », soulignent les auteurs. « Aujourd’hui, l’architecte et le client doivent s’entendre sur les multiples exigences du projet et négocier un juste échange de valeurs fondé sur les aspects particuliers à chaque projet. »
Le guide d’honoraires 2019 examine la portée des services d’architecture de base et des services additionnels, la valeur des services d’architecture, les différentes méthodes pour déterminer une structure d’honoraires et les diverses façons de calculer les honoraires pour les services d’architecture.
Élaboré à l’intention des clients, des architectes, des ingénieurs, des éducateurs et des stagiaires, le document de 62 pages est plus qu’un simple guide. Il offre une foule de renseignements sur les facteurs d’ajustement des honoraires; il compare les divers modes de réalisation des projets; il traite de l’analyse des risques et il explique la valeur des services d’architecture.
[…]
Le guide est offert exclusivement à la boutique en ligne de l’IRAC, à raic.org/fr. Les membres de l’IRAC peuvent en télécharger une version PDF non imprimable sans frais. Le coût d’une telle version est de 20 $ plus taxes pour les non-membres. Le document imprimé est offert au coût de 40 $ plus taxes, tant pour les membres que pour les non-membres, et ce montant comprend les frais d’expédition. »
« Montréal, le 23 juillet 2019 ? L’architecture, le design urbain et le design graphique seront mis de l’avant pour la programmation 2019-2020 du Centre de design de l’UQAM.
Le Centre ouvrira sa saison culturelle avec l’exposition Entre-deux : Ferrier Marchetti Studio ? une architecture de la résonance. Les commissaires Pauline Marchetti de l’agence FMS et Philippe Lupien, professeur à l’École de design de l’UQAM, veulent faire connaître une pratique exploratoire contemporaine.
En novembre, le Centre de design fait place à l’exposition Le design graphique, ça bouge!Montée dans le contexte du 50e anniversaire de l’UQAM par les commissaires Marc H. Choko, en collaboration avec Louis-Charles Lasnier, l’exposition présente plusieurs projets phare des quelques dernières années en plus d’offrir une une mise en perspective des développements les plus significatifs dans le domaine à partir d’une sélection des productions ayant marqué l’histoire du graphisme au Québec durant les cinq dernières décennies. »
« The 52nd annual Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence competition is now open for submissions.
Deadline : Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 11:59PM (PST).
The competition is open to all architects registered in Canada and to Canadian architectural graduates for buildings designed in Canada and abroad. Foreign architects are permitted to submit, provided they have partnered with a Canadian-registered architect.
Projects must be in the design stage, scheduled for construction or under construction but not substantially complete by September 12, 2019. All projects must be commissioned by a client with the intention to build the submitted proposal. All building types and concisely presented urban design schemes are eligible.
« Organisé par le Conseil du bâtiment durable du Canada – Québec, le colloque Matériaux durables aura lieu le 8 octobre prochain au Scena à Montréal. Cette journée de formation vous propose des conférences, des panels et un rapidorama qui aborderont une thématique d’actualité L’intelligence des matériaux : Les certifications ouvrent la voie.
Pour cette 4ème édition, venez en apprendre davantage sur le projet phare du Pont Champlain, véritable vitrine Montréalaise d’une gestion intelligente des matériaux de construction.
Des experts d’horizons variés seront présents le 8 octobre, c’est un rendez-vous !
« Montréal, le 7 août 2019 — Du 17 août au 27 octobre, beau temps, mauvais temps, L’Autre Montréal propose aux amoureux de Montréal 22 activités d’exploration urbaine axées sur la découverte d’un quartier sous diverses facettes : sociale, historique, culturelle, urbanistique et architecturale. Onze territoires à parcourir à pied ou en autobus pour goûter l’esprit des lieux, apprécier les beautés évidentes ou cachées, et saluer les initiatives citoyennes qui les ont rendues possibles. Des circuits qui vont au coeur des débats actuels, éclairent des zones d’ombre de l’histoire, dépoussièrent l’idée que l’on se fait de certains quartiers.
Pour la saison grand public 2019, nous offrons plusieurs parcours en primeur, ainsi que la création Pointe-Saint-Charles : changer la ville, changer la vie.
Au menu :
Des balades à pied : À Verdun, au bord du fleuve; L’autre Vieux-Montréal; Fleurs de macadam de Hochelaga-Maisonneuve; La Main, frontière ou carrefour ?; Le petit Laurier, un village en ville; Pointe-Saint-Charles : changer la ville, changer la vie et un Safari architectural au centre-ville !
Des visites en autobus : Ahuntsic-Cartierville; Montréal-Nord, mon jardin du nord; La Petite-Patrie, le petit Nord et Saint-Michel : la vie après les carrières.
Les billets sont en vente dès maintenant (achat en ligne).
Les visites ont lieu BEAU TEMPS MAUVAIS TEMPS.
Il peut y avoir des escaliers sur les parcours.
Nombre limité de places – Merci d’acheter vos billets à l’avance
« Le Conseil des arts du Canada reconnaît la contribution de praticiens émergents de l’architecture qui démontrent un potentiel exceptionnel. C’est avec fierté que nous saluons leur talent et leur excellence grâce à nos prix.
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