Daniel John Jones

Meet ‘A1’. Inspired by the work of @bletchleyparkuk ‘s own Alan Turing, A1 is the AI-driven heart of the Hello Bletchley project. It’s a specially developed ‘field recorder’ designed to ask you questions. Every anonymous response it gathers is fed into an algorithm, allowing the final sculpture to grow dynamically, shaped directly by the town’s collective voice. It’s where cutting-edge technology meets your very own thoughts… Follow @hellobletchley to find out how you can add yours. #HelloBletchley #AlanTuring #PublicArt #ArtandTechnology #BletchleyPark

Home for the next three weeks at @banffcentre , developing some new work in residency under the multidisciplinary Leighton Artist Studios programme. At 1400m altitude in the Rocky Mountains, it’s an indescribably beautiful place, teeming with wildlife despite the thick snow and -15° temperatures.

After years of attending Interesting, the annual DIY conference in which presenters speak about something they find interesting, I’m thrilled to be speaking at this year’s edition. I’ll be talking about my long-time collaboration with @sebemina , delving into the infra-ordinary: breakfast, tugboats, pinball, and postponed ping-pong matches. It’s at Conway Hall tonight, and I think a final few tickets are available. (Second image from Clarice Lispector, Too Much Of Life)

Photos from a transcendental two-week residency in the mountains with @lauraemisch @gregwht , collaborating on new sounds, geological scores, waterfall hikes, and systems of elemental co-creation. Thanks to the wonderful @camp_fr team, and too many new friends and collaborators to list! 📸: @mistersundin (#4), @site.nonsite (#7) 🎨: @carinefigueras

Running Longplayer on a Raspberry Pi? Yes, it’s possible, thanks to the efforts of Jem Finer (@longplayer ) and Daniel Jones (@ideoforms ). Longplayer’s score exists in many forms, from graphic representations to computer code. A Python version, specifically designed with the Raspberry Pi in mind, is now available on Longplayer’s GitHub page. Creating a composition designed to play continuously for 1,000 years demands careful thought and planning across multiple dimensions. For the Longplayer Trust, a critical focus is ensuring the piece is as accessible, communicable, and sustainable as possible. Since Longplayer is largely performed by computers, digital longevity and accessibility are also key concerns. When it first began playing at the turn of the millennium, it was powered by SuperCollider code running on a Mac. Now, thanks to Daniel Jones and Jem Finer, the Longplayer algorithm has been reimagined in Python. This makes it accessible to anyone interested in setting up their own listening station or engaging with the algorithm directly. The Python code is open-source and available on Longplayer’s GitHub: /TheLongplayerTrust In the version shown in this video, the timing is synced via a network connection. Alternatively, it can be synchronized using real-time GPS, eliminating the need for WiFi or a network. #jemfiner #raspberrypi #raspberrypiprojects #pythonprogramming #python #experimentalmusic

00:00:00 1 January 2025 at the International Date Line marks 25 years since the beginning of Longplayer (@_longplayer_ ), a thousand-year long composition by Jem Finer. The core of the piece is a set of instructions that generate slowly-changing phase relationships between six musical layers, finally returning to their original alignment at the end of 2999. The piece plays continuously in the lighthouse at @trinitybuoywharf , in London’s Docklands. Given that the duration of the piece spans way beyond our lifetimes, it creates questions around long-term sustainability and “deep time”. How is stewardship of the work passed along into the future? How can we create human structures of care that endure over many generations? It also raises questions of digital longevity. I’ve been working with Jem and the Longplayer Trust in considering the long-term future lifespan of the project, and how it can be technically implemented to maximise its sustainability and transmissibility to future generations. One of the outcomes is a new open-source implementation of the Longplayer algorithm, written in Python and running on the open @raspberrypi platform. It uses GPS synchronisation to obtain a time signal to sub-microsecond accuracy, for accurate long-term timekeeping even in remote locations where internet time servers are not available. Accompanying this is an instruction score and lexicon for the piece, inviting new implementations of technical or non-technical natures. Both are available on The Longplayer Trust GitHub: /thelongplayertrust The Longplayer listening post at @trinitybuoywharf itself has been re-curated and refitted for its 25th birthday by Jem, James Bulley and the Longplayer Trust team, produced by @imogenfree , with a permanent new 6-channel spatial installation architected by @simonchendry , technical production by @richard_hards and @dont.bother222 . It was lovely to see the whole team gather there at noon today to mark the new year with a reflection on the longer-term future.

Wave field synthesis is a spatial audio rendering technique that uses high-density loudspeaker arrays to reproduce the pressure fronts of spatially-distributed sound sources, creating realistic three-dimensional landscapes of sound. Created with electronics wizard and creative technologist @mldhunter , Open Wave Field Synthesis is a modular wave field synthesis system with open-source hardware schematics and software stack, designed for experimentation and prototyping new approaches to working with spatial audio. OpenWFS debuted at Electromagnetic Field 2024 with “On The Surface Of The Ocean” (2024), a new spatial piece composed for the system. Thanks to @jonathanhogg , @dont.bother222 , @samvaliant , Chris Baines and James Stevenson for technical production at EMF; Tom Cecil for CNC design and manufacture; Eagle Wu for the open-source 3D Source Viewer visualisation library; and 📸 Ilford slide photograph by @tef.jpeg .

Recording environmental data at the Fagradalsfjall volcanic area; geothermal activity, Krýsuvík (July 2024)

Some belated photos from my July residency at @intelligentinstruments lab, Reykjavík, prototyping new tools and instruments for some upcoming projects. Thanks to @jdkarmitage @victorrileys @thor.magnusson @halldorophone @miguelcrozzoli for the stimulating conversations, collaborations, hikes, and geothermal swims. 🏊

Infraordinary FM is a radio station that delivers real-time news about everyday events from around the world. Tides, bird sightings, weather conditions, shipping movements, pinball scores, sunsets, lost and found items, and other quotidian happenings are gathered live from over 150 countries, and reported by a pair of state-of-the-art synthetic voices. Created with @sebemina , Infraordinary FM is part of Five Radio Stations, an exhibition commissioned by @laboratoire_artistique_bel and curated by @silviaguerra4 . Tune in live at fiveradiostations.com until September 2024. With thanks to Eleven Labs (@elevenlabsio ), Nathan Bergey (Open Notify), Cornell Lab of Ornithology (@cornellbirds ) Charlie Robin Jones, Casey Milstead (Visible Planets), Pinball Map, and Y7.

Ashdown Forest, Sussex

poison dart frog. very small, very poisonous.