Poetry Expo 25
/ 14 February 2025
Telek (Winters)
an experiment with TidalCycles, poetry and AI
Poetry Expo 25
This project explores the intersection of poetry, code, and AI-generated music through TidalCycles (Tidal), a software for algorithmic pattern-based composition. Tidal provides a flexible notation for rhythmic sequences and an extensive library of functions for manipulating them, enabling the creation of complex musical patterns from simple elements.
In this experiment, AI (Claude Sonnet 3.5) was used to generate music based on a poem, as no ChatGPT model could produce proper Tidal code. The resulting AI-generated composition served as the ambient background for a reading of the poem. This process—from poetry to code, code to music, and back to poetry—became a unique co-creative dialogue between human expression and artificial intelligence.
The project is part of the subtheme Technopoetics - AI, Digital Media and the Future of Creativity.
Author
Béla Mucs
Béla Mucs (33, Hungary) is a programmer with a psychology background, merging analytical thinking with creative exploration. He has been writing poetry since age 14, often delving into themes of spirituality, existentialism, and the insufficiency of language. His poems are frequently published in the Kaleidoszkóp literary journal.
