PROJECT CHORA : THREE THEORIES OF SPATIOTEMPORAL COMPOSITION AS APPLIED TO THE ANCIENT ROMAN AGORA SITE IN ATHENS.    A CASE STUDY IN SITE-SPECIFIC MUSIC COMPOSITION AND VIRTUAL SITE RE-COMPOSITION

Project Chora is a case study, part of my PhD research, which aims to combine the three theories under development in the subject area of music composition and architecture.  The three theories comprise a method for music composition based on a specific site, and also propose the re-composition of the site based on the music created. These theories function on three levels: the abstract, real and virtual.  Firstly,  the geometrical sketching and representation of a site is analysed based on the ideas of Kandinsky and Klee, as points, lines and planes, and consequently formalised such as to produce music gestures and structure on the meso and macro scale.  The second theory involves the concept of  space and granular sound synthesis, using textural characteristics of the site and exploring the heuristic processes that can be used to produce grains or clouds of sound, which are then used to synthesise sound on the micro and meso levels.  The third theory combines the concepts of space, and musical timbre which are explored in order to add a deeper layer to the sound synthesis and composition. The direct mapping of musical timbre to various spatial characteristics can also be a used as  a method on its own to virtually transform a site through the elements of timbre