I have composed a piece of chamber music, based on Conway's "Game of Life".
In search of a pattern that develops over a manageable area and shows activity for only a few hundred generations, my choice fell on the lettering ‘Conway’. With the exception of two gliders fleeing into eternity, everything takes place in a manageable area of around 90 x 40 cells. After 388 generations, only 3 blinkers still show activity. This made it possible to realise the music by hand, no part of the composition process had to be computerised.
The composition was released on 2024-06-16 on the album "Homo ludens" [https://www.satke.ws/?Werk___Audio#Homo_ludens].
Since a few days the corresponding video is online [https://youtu.be/Ef7wuDN_68I].
Enjoy!
