Memory and musical form
- memory and the performer ;
- optimizing memory in classical forms ;
- the "disassembled" musical object;
- spiral form, Combinatorics form.
Marvin Minsky's theory of memory
elementary notions
- "agents and agencies, frames, K-lines and connectivity;
- "nemes" and "nomes".
some comparisons
- frames" and the notion of perspective
- analysis of the basic material of Répons and Dialogue de l'ombre double
- the gaze of Jean-Pierre Changeux
- frame manipulation: mental objects
- connectivity: neuronal Darwinism
- structuring: pre-formation or epigenesis
impact of Marvin Minsky's theory on machine and software architecture
- von Neumann architecture ;
- the Connection Machine ;
- object languages.
"...Exploding-Fixed..."
- the idea of the canon in the history of music
- analysis of the organizing principles of "...Explosante-Fixe..."
- organization of material by register
- scanning
- computer implementation of machine/performer dialogue