Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz Towards a Theory of Collaboration /

• Main Authors: Mazzola, Guerino B. (Author), Cherlin, Paul B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Computational Music Science,
• Subjects: Culture > Study and teaching.; Music.; Artificial intelligence.; Application software.; Multimedia systems.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; Computer mathematics.; Cultural and Media Studies.; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Media Design.

The scientific approach of this book transcends the limits of art literature in that it also develops geometric theories of gestures and distributed identities, also known as swarm intelligence. We exemplify this approach in the framework of free jazz, which is a prototypical creative and collaborat...