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ICFP 2019
Sun 18 - Fri 23 August 2019 Berlin, Germany
Fri 23 Aug 2019 16:00 - 16:30 at Stockholm - Live-Coding Chair(s): Donya Quick

Can lambda calculus be transformed to an artistic expression and if so, what could it sound like? This paper discusses the CodeKlavier’s Ckalcuλator: an arithmetic calculator for the piano following lambda calculus principles. The Ckalcuλator is the fourth sub-system of the CodeKlavier project whose goal is to become a performative programming language with the piano as interface. Lambda calculus, as a well understood formalisation of computation, can be an important foundation to any system desiring to become a computer language and the Ckalcuλator is the result of this formalisation in the CodeKlavier’s development journey. Performing lambda calculus with the piano adds a conceptual, creative and performative dimension to otherwise simple arithmetic operations. This paper gives a brief introduction to the project, discusses the motivation, the system, and its artistic application before reflecting on the project’s future.

Fri 23 Aug

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15:20 - 16:30
Live-CodingFARM at Stockholm
Chair(s): Donya Quick Stevens Institute of Technology
15:30
30m
Demonstration
Demo: Functors and Music
FARM
Heinrich Apfelmus independent
DOI
16:00
30m
Talk
The sound of lambda
FARM
Felipe Ignacio Noriega Robot Theater Electronics, Anne Veinberg anne veinberg