Quantum GestART: identifying and applying correlations between mathematics, art, and perceptual organization

DOI10.1080/17459737.2020.1726691zbMATH Open1472.00045arXiv2001.00001OpenAlexW3102639046MaRDI QIDQ5152280FDOQ5152280

Authors: Maria Mannone, Federico Favali, Balandino di Donato, Luca Turchet 

Publication date: 17 September 2021

Published in: Journal of Mathematics and Music (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Mathematics can help analyze the arts and inspire new artwork. Mathematics can also help make transformations from one artistic medium to another, considering exceptions and choices, as well as artists' individual and unique contributions. We propose a method based on diagrammatic thinking and quantum formalism. We exploit decompositions of complex forms into a set of simple shapes, discretization of complex images, and Dirac notation, imagining a world of "prototypes" that can be connected to obtain a fine or coarse-graining approximation of a given visual image. Visual prototypes are exchanged with auditory ones, and the information (position, size) characterizing visual prototypes is connected with the information (onset, duration, loudness, pitch range) characterizing auditory prototypes. The topic is contextualized within a philosophical debate (discreteness and comparison of apparently unrelated objects), it develops through mathematical formalism, and it leads to programming, to spark interdisciplinary thinking and ignite creativity within STEAM.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.00001

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zbMATH Keywords

gestaltdiagramsDirac notationsonificationgestural similarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Mathematics and visual arts (00A66) Mathematics and music (00A65)

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• Some mathematical and computational relations between timbre and color
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Uses Software

• TensorFlow
• PyDenseCRF

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