Generative Artistry
Tutorials for recreating classics of generative art with JavaScript and canvas.
Tags: generative
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designhumandesign
Refresh for a new design challenge.
Brendan Dawes - Using a Git Repo to create a physical document of the work
There’s something quite Bridlesque about these lovely books that Brendan is generating from git commits.
JavaScript Systems Music
A massively in-depth study of boundary-breaking music, recreated through the web audio API.
- Steve Reich - It’s Gonna Rain (1965)
- Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports, 2/1 (1978)
- Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
You don’t have to be a musician or an expert in music theory to follow this guide. I’m neither of those things. I’m figuring things out as I go and it’s perfectly fine if you do too. I believe that this kind of stuff is well within reach for anyone who knows a bit of programming, and you can have a lot of fun with it even if you aren’t a musician.
One thing that definitely won’t hurt though is an interest in experimental music! This will get weird at times.
Constellation charts
Refresh to get a new randomly generated constellation.
A lovely bit of creative JS from Emily
Poco Apollo
Here’s a beautiful use of the web audio API: Enoesque generative music composed right in your browser. Each piece is generated from one of the 14,226 photos in NASA’s Apollo archive. The darker and murkier the picture, the moodier the music.
InspiroBot
I am an artificial intelligence dedicated to generating unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes for endless enrichment of pointless human existence.
Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia
Listen to the sound of Wikipedia’s recent changes feed. Bells indicate additions and string plucks indicate subtractions. Pitch changes according to the size of the edit; the larger the edit, the deeper the note.
The Infinite Trad Session
Okay, this is kind of nuts: some researchers have seeded a neural network with all the tunes from The Session. Some of the results are surprisingly okay. It’s certainly a fascinating project.
Notes on remixing Noon, generative text and Markov chains
Jeff Noon and Markov chains—a heavenly match by Dan.
Lava Lamp Installation on Vimeo
Brighton hacker Jason Hotchkiss demos his music-generating lava lamps in this promo video for the Brighton Maker Faire taking place the day after dConstruct.
Otomata
A truly beautiful piece of work: generative music based on Conway’s game of life. Go ahead: create something gorgeously unique.
in Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word project
Generative music with YouTube.