Selective Retention: Interfacing the Past through Queries and Graphs

Bjarni Gunnarsson

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‘Selective Retention: Composing through Queries and Graphs’ reflects on composing through software systems while focusing on reinterpreting musical materials through computational methods. The exposition examines two projects that utilise software tools as temporal portals, merging algorithms with composition to create new musical contexts. It highlights the evolving relationship between these tools and their source materials, emphasising a process of iterative approaches and adaptation. The text also explores the emergent nature of creative intention and the importance of addressing local details in sound and coded data. Within the exposition, software applications are exposed, the ideas behind them are discussed, and examples of music composed with them are presented. Download Accessible PDF

type	research exposition
keywords	Computer Music, Generative Algorithms, Sound Analysis, Data-Driven Sound, Algorithmic Composition, Network Models in Music., Artistic reserach
date	28/10/2025
published	28/10/2025
last modified	28/10/2025
status	published
affiliation	Royal Conservatory Den Haag / Institute of Sonology
copyright	Bjarni Gunnarsson
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2938321/3620117
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.2938321
published in	Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	36. 36

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