Listen: Gliding 2nd version
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Gliding is an algorithmic piece generated in Mathematica, Wolfram Research Inc., by the 3-color Cellular Automaton 6148201356997. The evolutionary property of this CA is a uniform, repetitive background with discrete streams of irregular cell distribution, called gliders. The random initial conditions, 100 cells wide, generate gliders which increase and decrease in an unpredictable way until they eventually settle, forming cyclic behavior; repetition of a simple pattern. The electronic section comes from two simultaneous processes of settling which generate the form of the piece, as well as pitch, rhythm and register placement. The percussion part is based on improvisation, giving reference points in time and forming metric grouping. The only sustained sound in the piece, produced by a scratched cymbal, creates an additional layer, hovering over the structure of the piece as a kind of an echo of a hidden melody.
Past Events
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First Night
Saturday, December 31
Hines Convention Center
9 - 11pm
An installation of algorithmic music exploring sound and visual mapping different classes of cellular automata, by Katarina Miljkovic.
GO for sho, piccolo, flute, Eb clarinet and six percussionists
Saturday, November 12
Brown Hall, 8pm
New England Conservatory of Music
Fractal Design in Japanese and Gagaku music and its transformation to new musical form.
Friday, November 11
8pm, Pierce Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Branch and Bench
Sunday, November 06
8pm, Brown Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Upcoming Events
Festival Together
Yes, Oui, Si
8pm
Katarina Miljkovic&Christopher Watford
Phill Niblock
8pm Brown Hall, New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington, 02115 Boston
EMMA and Non Event present works of Phill Niblock
An evening of multimedia: installation by Benjamin Nelson, and Katarina Miljkovic, performance by John Mallia, Eli Keszler and Ashley Paul.
Entanglement: Video
This music is generated by a single cellular automaton: Rule 109 from A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram. It explores evolutions of the Rule under various initial conditions. Superimposition of the resulting sound structures vary from simple, static layers to repetitive modules and random distribution of sounds. The piece begins with a simple melodic material slowly growing from the texture of the Rule and, at the end, revealing a dance character of sound. Video for this piece is available on the videos page.
Contact Information
email: katarinamiljkovic@me.com
Katarina Miljkovic
New England Conservatory
290 Gainsborough St.
Boston, MA 02115-5018
Update
New CD, Disarray, for electronics and drums, in collaboration with Peter Negroponte is in preparation. Look for the release date and promotional concerts.
I am honored to announce the release of my composition, Threads, in interpretation of the pianist Branko Pencic, on the series Identities of Serbian Music in XX-XXI Century. The series is issued by the Musicology Institute of Serbian Academy of Science and Art. Many thinks to Melita Stefanovic for making this release possible.
CD, Reflections by violinist Ana Milosavljevic, featuring my piece, White City, as well as works by Ana Milosavljevic, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Eve Beglarian, Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy, and Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols, is released on Innova Recordings on October 26th. Innova
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Cellular Automata
The following pieces are result of my ongoing research on mapping cellular automata to music. Generative sound is always coupled with live performance of some kind, often improvisation, to contrast and enrich the mechanical aspects of electronic part. All of the chosen cellular automata are from the book A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram. Support from Wolfram Research team and Stephen Wolfram himself have been invaluable contribution to this enterprise.
For a complete list of cellular automata pieces, click here.