Meta-Xenakis: New Perspectives on Iannis
Xenakis’s Life, Work, and Legacies - Edited by Sharon Kanach and Peter
Nelson for Open Book Publishers
Meta-Xenakis offers readers a comprehensive collection of insights
into the history, works and legacy of Iannis Xenakis, one of the
twentieth century
’s most significant creative figures. It presents a
transcontinental engagement with his life and output, focusing as
much on the impact of the questions he posed as on the
accomplishments of his body of work.
This volume evolved out of the multi-modal, international MetaXenakis Consortium’s artistic and scholarly events commemorating
his centenary. Informative and comprehensive, contributions span
subjects including music composition, creative pedagogy, aesthetics,
game theory, architecture, and the social and political contexts in
which Xenakis operated. The book is organized in eight sections,
centered on different facets of Xenakis’s work and reception. It
includes a digital archive of audio and visual media from the events
staged throughout 2022, as well as computer software.
Bringing into conversation the diverse perspectives and insights of
researchers, musicians and artists, this volume serves as a
foundational resource for future research on the life and work of
Xenakis. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners
across a range of disciplines including music, architecture,
cybernetics and computation, and the digital arts.
