timo hoogland
liber abaci
A livecoded audiovisual performance. During the performance mathematical concepts are explored through sonic textures, patterns and structures. Mathematicians and philosophers have attempted and succeeded to capture the beauty of nature with the help of mathematics in sequences, recursive patterns and algorithms. The Fibonacci sequence converges to the golden ratio, the Pell numbers converge to the silver ratio, the remainders after division by an integer number results in the existence of periodic functions called Pisano periods. Many more lists of numbers are catalogued in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. With total serialism techniques in livecoding the patterns in these sequences are explored and discovered musically. These sequences are used to generate melodies, harmonies and rhythms. A semi-improvised algorithmic composition as an ode to Leonardo of Pisa (posthumously known as Fibonacci), who introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, the concept of Ziphirum (zero) and the fibonacci sequence in his book Liber Abaci in 1202.
bio
Timo Hoogland is a computational artist, live coder, music technologist and educator from the Netherlands. He livecodes experimental electronic dance music and develops generative audiovisualcompositions, installations and performances. Timo graduated from the Masters of Music Design at the HKU University of Arts Utrecht in 2019, where he developed the livecoding environment Mercuryto help research and develop algorithmic composition-techniques and generative visuals in livecoded audiovisual performances.He has an active role in organizing livecoding meetups and Algoraves together with Creative Coding Utrechtand the
Netherlands Coding Live community. Furthermore he performed at various events and festivals such as Uncloud Festival 2020, Vonk Festival 2021,November Music, Rewire Festival 2021, ICLC, ADE, Gogbot, Tec-Art, Ars Electronica Garden, Droidcon Turin, React Amsterdam and DA Z Zurich. As an educator he teaches creative systemand sound design at the HKU Bachelor of Music Technology.
timo hoogland
liber abaci
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Friday | SEPtember 30, 2022 | 21:00
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