fungal music
jacques & fran soddell

we produce music from L-systems models of fungal growth

fran can be contacted at fran@cajid.com
jacques can be contacted at jacques@cajid.com

 

information

music, L-systems and microbes
this web site features an introduction to l-systems
and an an extensive discussion, with examples, of our earlier work
find it here

recent data
this web site features our more recent work with the fungus Geotrichum
find it here

papers

Soddell FB. & Soddell JA. (2000). Microbes and Music. The Sixth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI200). Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series. Springer-Verlag. Not on web.

Using Lindenmayer Systems to Investigate How Filamentous Fungi May Produce Round Colonies
by Fran Soddell, Robert Seviour & Jacques Soddell. In Complexity International 2
find it here

cd

music of the mycelium
jacques and fran soddell. generating music from
l-systems models of fungal growth.
music and data cdr released april 2002.

 

installations

fungus!
video/sound/3D installation at allan's walk artist run space, bendigo, march 2007

plant:fungus - sonic iteration
part of art house at Bendigo Conservatory, Rosalind Park, March 2005
mp3s: plant fungus

music from microbes
installation presented at castlemaine fringe festival
march 23- april 1, 2001

autonomousAudio
we contributed to a web based sound installation (with six others) at artspace gallery in sydney.
presented at the gallery in october 2000, and still available on web.
find it here

 

the media

microbes and music - mary keilly, abc local radio (nov 2000)
microbes and music - abc science website couple make music with fungus (10 nov, 2000)
microbes and music
- bendigo advertiser (oct 2000)