By Associate Professor Oliver Bown

Conference Papers

Pasquier P; Eigenfeldt A; Bown O, 2014, 'Preface', in AAAI Workshop - Technical Report, pp. vii

Eigenfeldt A; Bown O; Pasquier P; Martin A, 2013, 'Reflections on the First Musical Metacreation Weekend', in Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13) workshops, Boston, MA, October 14-15th, 2013., Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE), Boston, MA, presented at Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE), Boston, MA, 14 October 2013 - 14 October 2013

Bown O; Britton S, 2013, 'Methods for the Flexible Parameterisation of Musical Material in Ableton Live', in Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13) workshops, Boston, MA, October 14-15th, 2013., Boston, MA, pp. 24 - 26, presented at Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE), Boston, MA, 13 October 2013 - 14 October 2013

Bown O; Eigenfeldt A; Martin A; Carey B; Pasquier P, 2013, 'The Musical Metacreation Weekend: Challenges arising from the live presentation of musically metacreative systems', in Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13) workshops, Boston, MA, October 14-15th, 2013., Boston, MA, presented at Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE), Boston, MA, 13 October 2013 - 14 October 2013

Bown O; Saunders R, 2013, 'Multi-feature visualisations of phenotypic behaviour for creative interactive evolution', in GECCO 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, pp. 49 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2464576.2464602

Bown O; Young MM; Johnson S, 2013, 'A Java-based Remote Live Coding System for Controlling Multiple Raspberry PI Units', in Hope C; Vickery L (ed.), ICMC 2013 Proceedings, [International Computer Music Association], [2013], [San Francisco], pp. 31 - 38, presented at International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Australia, 07 August 2013 - 17 August 2013, https://www.dropbox.com/s/qf3vd4crhgrcrjw/1216_TNM_ICMC_Proceedings_screen.pdf

Bown O; Martin A, 2013, 'Backgammon: Process-based musical explorations using the Agent Designer', in C and C 2013 - Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2013: 'Intersections and Interactions', pp. 390 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2466627.2481236

Hespanhol L; Bown O; Cao J; Tomitsch M, 2013, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of audio-visual cues in immersive user interfaces', in Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013, pp. 569 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2541016.2541094

Martin A; Bown O, 2013, 'The Agent Designer Toolkit', in C and C 2013 - Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2013: 'Intersections and Interactions', pp. 386 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2466627.2481211

Mark MC; Bown O, 2013, 'Towards a creativity support tool in processing: Understanding the needs of creative coders', in Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013, pp. 143 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2541016.2541096

Eigenfeldt A; Bown O; Pasquier P; Martin A, 2013, 'Towards a taxonomy of musical metacreation: Reflections on the first musical metacreation weekend', in AAAI Workshop - Technical Report, pp. 40 - 47

Pasquier P; Eigenfeldt A; Bown O, 2012, 'AAAI Workshop - Technical Report: Preface', in AAAI Workshop - Technical Report

Bown O; Martin A, 2012, 'Autonomy in music-generating systems', in AAAI Workshop - Technical Report, pp. 8 - 13

Martin A; Jin CT; Carey B; Bown O, 2012, 'Creative experiments using a system for learning high-level performance structure in Ableton live', in Proceedings of the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2012

Bown O; Jones D; Britton S, 2012, 'Surface as structure: The multi-touch controller as map of musical state space', in Proceedings of the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2012

Martin A; Jin CT; Bown O, 2011, 'A toolkit for designing interactive musical agents', in Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011, pp. 194 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2071536.2071567

Bown O; McCormack J; Kowaliw T, 2011, 'Ecosystemic methods for creative domains: Niche construction and boundary formation', in IEEE SSCI 2011 - Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - IEEE ALIFE 2011: 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, pp. 132 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ALIFE.2011.5954651

Bown O; McCormack J, 2011, 'Creative agency: A clearer goal for artificial life in the arts', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 254 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_32

Young M; Bown O, 2010, 'Clap-along: A negotiation strategy for creative musical interaction with computational systems', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC-10, pp. 215 - 222

McCormack J; Bown O, 2009, 'Life's what you make: Niche construction and evolutionary art', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 528 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01129-0_59

Bown O, 2009, 'A framework for ecosystem-based generative music', in Proceedings of the 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2009, pp. 195 - 200

Bown O, 2009, 'Against Individual Creativity', in Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings

Bown O; McCormack J, 2009, 'Creative Agency: A Clearer Goal for Artificial Life in the Arts', in Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings

Bown O, 2009, 'Ecosystem models for real-time generative music: A methodology and framework', in Proceedings of the 2009 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2009, pp. 537 - 540

Jones D; Bown O; McCormack J; Pachet F; Young M; Berry R; Asaf I; Porter B, 2009, 'Stimulating creative flow through computational feedback', in Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings

Bown O; Wiggins GA, 2007, 'On the meaning of life (in artificial life approaches to music)', in Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Workshop on Computational Creativity, pp. 65 - 71

Bown O; Lexer S, 2006, 'Continuous-time recurrent neural networks for generative and interactive musical performance', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 652 - 663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11732242_62

Conference Posters

Gillespie S; Bown O, 2017, 'Directing Geometrical Musical Representations with Curve-Based Metaparameters', Adelaide, presented at Australasian Computer Music Conference, Adelaide, 28 September 2017 - 01 October 2017

Software / Code

Fraietta A; Bown O, 2019, HappyBrackets V4.5, Open source platform for coding audio and media programs on remote devices, Published: 01 October 2019, Software / Code, https://github.com/orsjb/HappyBrackets

Bown O; Fraietta A; Ferguson S; Gillespie S, 2018, HappyBrackets V2, Open source platform for coding audio and media programs on remote devices, Published: 13 February 2018, Software / Code

Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)

Bown O, 2023, Publication: Tangents Timeslips & Chimeras album tour, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)

Bown O; Loke L; Fraietta A; Bray L; Ferguson S; Packham K, 2018, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia, Publication: So Predictable!?, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wZrVDUnoVE

Bown O; Lim-Klumpes A; Hollo P; Dorrian E; Ahmad S, 2018, 2018 dates: WED 28 MAR Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC; SUN 1 APR Leadbelly, Newtown, NSW; SAT 14 – SUN 15 JULY Bello Winter Music, Bellingen, NSW; THURS 19 JULY The Gasometer, Melbourne, VIC; FRI 20 JULY The Gasometer, Melbourne, VIC; SAT 21 JULY Hotel Metro, Adelaide, SA; SUN 22 JULY The Rosemount, Perth, WA; WED 25 JULY Doo Bop Jazz Bar, Brisbane, QLD; SAT 28 JULY Venue 505, Sydney, NSW; FRI 3 AUG The Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT; SAT 4 AUG Rad Bar, Wollongong, NSW; SAT 1 SEPT The Metropole, Katoomba, NSW, Publication: Tangents - New Bodies album live improvised performances, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), http://aaabackstage.com/tangents-new-bodies-tour/

Bown O; Hayward C, 2017, Publication: Performance with Zamyatin (software) and Charles Hayward (drummer), special studio session for BBC Radio 3 Late Junction., Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m4ty7

Bown O; Redgate C, 2017, Tempo Reale, Florence, Publication: Performance with Zamyatin (by proxy) at Tempo Reale, Florence, Italy, with Chris Redgate., Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), http://www.temporeale.it/programma-2017/christopher-redgate-craig-vear-oboe.html, http://www.temporeale.it/programma-2017/christopher-redgate-craig-vear-oboe.html

Bown O; Lim-Klumpes A; Ahmad S; Hollo P; Dorian E, 2017, Stateless album live improvised performances 2016-2017, Rhythmic Seed Festival, Byron Bay; Music By the Sea Festival, Brisbane; The Golden Age Cinema, Sydney; The Factory Theatre, Sydney; Womadelaide, Adelade; City Recital Hall, Sydney; Waywards; Sydney., Stateless album live improvised performances 2016-2017, Publication: Tangents - Stateless album live improvised performances 2016-2017, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://archive.womadelaide.com.au/2017/program.html, https://archive.womadelaide.com.au/2017/program.html

Bown O; Nichols J; Van Gelder P; Priest G; Altman L; Smith T; Whillas A, 2015, Seymour Centre, Vivid Festival, Sydney, Publication: Infosthetic Orchestra, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)

Music Compositions

Bown O, 2021, Timeslips and Chimeras, publication category: Music Compositions

Shave J; Hill C; Wright B; Uitdengebord S; Pegram C; Bown O, 2020, Beautiful the World, publication category: Music Compositions, https://www.vprobroadcast.com/titles/ai-songcontest/articles/australia-wins-ai-song-contest.html

Bown O; Antony R; Liam B; Garth P, 2019, Murmuration, publication category: Music Compositions, https://smoca.org/exhibition/murmuration/

Rowe A; Bown O; Klein E, 2018, Wave, publication category: Music Compositions, http://www.oceanoflight.net/blog/portfolio/wave/

Curatorial Outputs

Flanagan P; Miller B; Bown O, 2019, MOVE Symposium, exhibited at: UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, 09 March 2019 - 09 March 2019

Bown O; Lawler-Dormer D; Mcdonald D, 2019, The Mechanical Music Factory, exhibited at: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 02 February 2019 - 01 January 2020, https://maas.museum/event/spiral-and-the-mechanical-music-factory/

Eigenfeldt A; Bown OLIVER, 2017, Musical Metacreation Concert, exhibited at: Atlanta, Georgia, 26 June 2017 - 26 June 2017, Musical Metacreation Concert

Bown O; Loke L, 2015, Musify+Gamify, exhibited at: Vivid Festival, Seymour Centre, Sydney, 22 May 2015 - 08 June 2015

Creative Written Works

Barrass S; Golding D; Rose J; Bown O; Loke L; Hope C, 2015, Musify+Gamify: Contemporary Perspectives on Gamified Music and Musified Games, Musify+Gamify: Contemporary Perspectives on Gamified Music and Musified Games, Bown O; Loke L, (ed.), http://ebook-finder.com/ebook.php?id=4GDpsgEACAAJ

Recorded / Rendered Creative Works

McGuighan M; Ledwidge M; Bown O, 2019, Tangents - Lake George (video), The music was released by the Temporary Residence Label, Brooklyn US, who also hosted the video., HD video, Published: 22 January 2019, Duration: 00:07:56, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WyIZ8N0Hrc

Rowe A; Bown O; Ferguson S; Bennewith C; Birtles L, 2016, Squidsoup Bloom, Christmas at Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens, London, 1000 arduinos, LEDs, GPS, piezo speakers, computer., Published: 14 December 2016, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://www.kew.org/about-our-organisation/press-media/press-releases/christmas-at-kew-2

Rowe A; Birtles L; Bown O; Bennewith C, 2016, Squidsoup Submergence II, SIGGRAPH, Anaheim Convention Centre, LA, Published: 23 July 2016, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://s2016.siggraph.org/content/art-gallery

Bown O; Ferguson S, 2016, The 90s Transit Van Drive-By Symphony, New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2016, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Multiple Raspberry Pi computers and recycled boom boxes., Published: 11 July 2016, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://nime2016.org/

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