Treffer: Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms

Title:
Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms
Authors:
De Roure, David, Wilcox, Pip, Chamberlain, Alan
Document Type:
E-Ressource Electronic Resource
Index Terms:
Algorithm, Creativity, Music, Alchemy, Humanities, Conference or Workshop Item, PeerReviewed
URL:
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41107/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41107
Availability:
Open access content. Open access content
Other Numbers:
UVN oai:eprints.nottingham.ac.uk:41107
De Roure, David, Wilcox, Pip and Chamberlain, Alan (2017) Interconnected alchemy: an apparatus for alchemical algorithms. In: Listen to the Voice of Fire: Alchemy in Sound Art, 3 March 2017, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
1358469642
Contributing Source:
UNIV OF NOTTINGHAM
From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
Accession Number:
edsoai.on1358469642
Database:
OAIster

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The trope of the fraudulent or occult alchemist, prevalent since the mediaeval period of alchemy’s introduction into European thought, belies the endeavour of practitioners from ancient Egypt onwards. Alchemists used observation, experimentation, and drew conclusions to understand the world around them. Notions of interconnectedness, harmoniousness and codification pervade the alchemical pursuit—and alchemy interconnects literature, art, mathematics, and music....One of our tools is "numbers into notes", a web app for algorithmic composition based on early mathematics, in which the role of the human is to parameterize the algorithm and map number ranges to musical notes