Artur Matuck and his generative system for creating new words, under the close scrutiny of Finland's Tapio Makela, appeared as a Joycean excursion into the creation of new words via algorithmic fiddling. A delightful adjunct to the plethora of musical generative systems. As someone commented during the session, a generative system might be banal or elegant, and the material produced will reflect both the skill of the designer and the cleverness of the user. An 11thC Cathedral, adorned with a simple slide show of interpretative images - close ups of candles, rice, incense, and some forgotten aural accompaniment. The dark wooden recesses are deeply soothing.
People sit, stand or wander, whispering.
I feel the wonder, not of the old world, but of the colonial in the old world. I talk to the reticent priest about the cathedral's origin. The planar topography of the Manchester leg was preceded by 3 days in Liverpool. By contrast this delightful, classically influenced city centre drapes itself obligingly over gentle hills which fall away to the Merseyside. No getting lost here.