Evolving Instrument Based on Symbiont-Host Metaphor: a Commensal Computation

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We present a suite of tools under development for music creation and performance which combines an evolving music generation algorithm with an evolving motion-sensitive interface. The system can be used as a dance-driven musical instrument that allows an immediate physical interaction with music, because the evolutionary algorithm gen- erates live code, that evolves during the performance. The classification of the physical moves required to control the music also evolve, leading to a performance both in sound and in motion. To reach this goal we introduce commensal computation, a way of organising artificially evolv- ing system inspired by symbiotic relationships observed in biology. As a consequence the system is split in two organisms: a host which generates music from input moves; and a symbiont which simplifies the representa- tion of the input moves for the host. We describe how it allows evolution, and sketch the artistic possibilities.

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Rigotti, C., Beslon, G., Abernot, J., Peignier, S. & Hickinbotham, S., (2017) “Evolving Instrument Based on Symbiont-Host Metaphor: a Commensal Computation”, Journal of Creative Music Systems 2(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.5920/JCMS.2017.11

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Christophe Rigotti (University of Lyon)
Guillaume Beslon (INRIA)
Jonas Abernot (University of Lyon)
Sergio Peignier (University of Lyon)
Simon Hickinbotham (University of York)

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