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Leonardo Gallery 253 Stephen Boyer, Wanderings, glass, soap, electronics, variable dimensions (approx. 36 × 36 × 12 in), 1999. (© Stephen W. Boyer. Photo: Tom Van Endye.) Clad in a network of microprocessors wired to produce sound, the artist moves about the gallery. When he likes the musical patterns, he downloads the algorithm to a sculptural object to which he is wired. This object, which remains active throughout the exhibition , contains dozens of small light sources interwoven into a network representing relationships among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale. Disconnected from the artist, the sound-sculpture continues to modify the original sound pattern as sensors embedded in the gallery unobtrusively and randomly feed back new data to the system, increasing musical complexity. (Stephen W. Boyer, 1261 N. Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60622, U.S.A. E-mail: .) STEPHEN BOYER: WANDERINGS ...

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