Jacky Tian’s LookingOutwards-10

Computer Music —— The Emerging Art of Algorithmic Music

Ville-Matias Heikkila, a Finnish artist and computer programmer, has been experimenting with algorithmic music with the help of computer programs. He proposed that we need to not only listen to the music, but also be able to visualize it to enhance the impact that music can bring to us.

Heikkila says that sometime, codes and algorithms can generate surprisingly interesting music by repeating only two or three arithmetic operations. Therefore, he is really interested in creating audio and visual artworks with simple programs but in a rather disorganized way.