Genetic music

By at 5:46 am Thursday, Dec 30

Genemusik is a project that "takes fragments of conventional Western melody and sequences them as DNA that is subsequently ‘bred’ and ‘mixed’ within bacterial cultures." The system is being developed by Nigel Helyer at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Western Australia. I have no idea what this will sound like, but it "sounds" interesting. From the project description:
Genemusik1 Copy DNA extracted from these cultures may then be re-sequenced, translated to musical notation and interpreted as new musical forms.It is anticipated that the first public manifestation of GeneMusiK will be a series of elegant body adornments that contain ‘musicalised’ synthetic DNA sequences. Each item will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and an audio CD of the musical sequence. Subsequent editions are envisioned that will contain DNA sequences hybridised within bacterial cultures, together with installations of living ‘musical low-life’.
Link (via Near, Near Future)

David Pescovitz

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