New Articles on Medium

Alexis has published two new articles on Medium: Can the Quantum Computing Speed-up Help the Arts? and: My Quantum Computer Wrote a Podcast: Podcasts about Quantum Computing  

New Quantum Computing and Arts Podcast

Alexis hosts and produces a new podcast “My Quantum Computing Wrote a Podcast” and talks about quantum computing, AI and the entertainment business, with the occasional co-host of a quantum computer. My Quantum Computer Wrote a Podcast #1 – “Schrodinger’s Brexit“ – Quantum Computing / AI / Entertainment A podcast hosted by Dr Dr Alexis …

Sonic Journalism Examples

UK Immigration from Syria during War The above example is an orchestral music piece of sonic journalism. The deep rising string sound underneath is generated by the death toll due to the Syrian War between 2012 and 2016. The higher up-and-down violins are generated using the total number of Syrian refugees in millions over the …

Algoshorts 2018 Programme

Algoshorts 2018 Festival Director – Alexis Kirke This is the second edition of Algoshorts, the first being in 2013. Both editions have been part of the PACMF festival. Algoshorts is the world’s first public festival of short fiction films on the topic of algorithms. Having had 400 submissions to consider, we will be presenting a …

“Come Together” gets national radio attention

Alexis’ composition that sonifies the emotions of the lyrics in Lennon and McCartney through a duet for a mezzo soprano and tenor, has been receiving lots of radio media attention. Click below to listen / read about it: BBC Radio 3 – The Verb BBC Radio 4 – Inside Science BBC Radio 3 – Music …

Celebrating 60 years since McCartney met Lennon – Sonification “Come Together”

Link to musical excerpts: https://soundcloud.com/alexiskirke/sets/sonification-of-mccartney-lennon-come-together From the Creators Project: “Lennon and McCartney: One of the most famous songwriting partnerships in pop music history, and this year on July 6th, it will be 60 years since the two first met at a church fete in Liverpool, England, back in 1957. John Lennon was 16 Paul McCartney, …