ONGAKUAW

Music Theory

Below are a few documents (essays, interviews, lectures) by Ongakuaw discussing theoretical aspects of electronic/biotic music and digital sound. Feel free to download and use them.

An auto-conversation by Ongakuaw on innovation is science, art and technology, commissioned by the art magazine Greens Magazine, Cairo, Egypt

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Lecture by Ongakuaw at the University of Florence, Architecture Dept. on the concept of space/architecture in the music of Iannis Xenakis.

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Contributed talk delivered at the Workshop Brand New Languages! for the 2010 Fabbrica Europa Festival describing the concept of the Gnosis#1 project, selected for Focus on Art and Science in Performing Arts.

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Theoretical essay Temporal Hesitations commissioned by the Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS) for the exhibition As Soon As Possible.

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Performative lecture/listening 3! Playlist given at Centro Tempo Reale, Firenze, discussing generative/composing ideas and musical theory. Downloadable materials include slides and textual descriptions. Yon can also see the video of the event.

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Invited Lecture on "Body as a Biotic Instrument" given at the International Center for Semiotics and Linguistics, University of Urbino, Urbino, for the Conference The Sense of Dance: Dance Research and Transmedial Practices

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An interview discussing Biotic Music and aesthetic ideas of Ongakuaw's works. Released at CCCS.

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An extended essay on the ideas concerning Biotic Music

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Invited Colloquium on "Body as a Biotic Instrument" given at the Philosophy Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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A primer on musical acoustics theory and sound digitalization

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A talk about the concepts behind the project VIRGO MA 49–100/04