Digital Mantras: the Languages of Abstract & Virtual Worlds – CD: The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worlds

Holtzman, S R

ISBN 10: 0262581396 ISBN 13: 9780262581394

Publisher: MIT Press, 1994

Synopsis

This disk synthesizes ideas from a number of different disciplines to arrive at a philosophy of creativity for the digital age. Drawing ideas from music, computing, art and philosophy, it explores the integration of computers into the creative process. It shows how computers could change the way we create. The disk accompanies a book which looks at the use of structure in the development of human languages, in the philosophy of Buddhist monk Nagarjuna and linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, in the music of Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, in the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, and the grammars of Panini and Noam Chomsky. It then turns to the use of computers for building abstract and virtual worlds in language, music, art and virtual reality, and surveys the work of AI pioneer Terry Winograd, composers Gottfried Michael Koenig and Iannis Xenakis, and artist Harold Cohen. The conclusion discusses the aesthetic implications of these new worlds and introduces the concept of digital expression.

About this title

About the Author

Holtzman is President and CEO of Perspecta, Inc., and an advisor to The Motion Factory and other Internet software companies.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262581396
• ISBN 13: 9780262581394
• Binding: Audio CD