The Awesome Machinery of Nature: We are all connected (2021)

2021. HD Video. Duration: 7:05. Technique: Custom software, openFrameworks/C++, Houdini/VEX/Python

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“The Awesome Machinery Of Nature: We are all connected” is an abstract film, an experimental simulation and computational composition that celebrates the interconnectedness of all living and non-living things across many scales of time and space – from the interactions of sub-atomic particles and oscillations in the quantum fields that permeate space-time; to the formation of matter and stars; to the emergence and evolution of life from inanimate matter, and the cosmic webs that connect us all.

The work is an evolution of my “Simple Harmonic Motion” series – a series of works that investigate the emergence of complex behaviour through the interaction of fundamental entities driven by very simple rules. This new work, builds upon this to celebrate The Awesome Machinery of Nature.

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A 45 minute presentation and 30 minute Q&A about the work can be viewed at https://youtu.be/PuhnU4a_Q9E

Direct link to Q&A: https://youtu.be/PuhnU4a_Q9E?t=3626

Acknowledgements

Commissioned by the Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music (PRiSM) at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).

The work premiered at the Future Music #3 Festival (16-17 June 2021).

Animal (and other organism) 3D models from (with modifications) Everything Library © David OReilly (CC BY 4.0)

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