This note lists some works that discuss formal systems or exhibit formal systems (especially in the arts). Some are quite specialized, but many may be accessible to non-specialists.
- Bök, Christian. Crystallography. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2003.
- Bök, Christian. The Xenotext: Book 1. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2015.
- Gardner, Alexandra. “Andrew Norman: Empowering Performance.” NewMusicBox. February 1, 2014. resource here.
- Hofstadter, Douglas R. Gödel, Escher, Bach- An Eternal Golden BraidGödel, Escher, Bach- An Eternal Golden Braid
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Background
I first encountered this book by Douglas Hofstadter in.... New York: Vintage Books, 1980. - James, Alison. Constraining Chance: Georges Perec and the Oulipo. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2009.
- Lewanski, Michael. “Hans Abrahamsen: Schnee.” Michael Lewanski, Conductor. July 5, 2014, resource here.
- Motte, Warren F., Jr. Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
- Perec, Georges. A Void. Translated from the French by Gilbert Adair. Boston: Godine, 2005.
- Perec, Georges. Life a User’s Manual. Translated from the French by David Bellos. Boston: Godine, 2009.
- Phillips, Tom. A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel. London: Thames & Hudson Press, 2012.
- Queneau, Raymond. Exercises in Style. Translated from the French by Barbara Wright. New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1981.
- Reich, Steve. “Music as a Gradual Process (1968).” In Writings on Music 1965-2000, edited by Paul Hillier. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. resource here
- Suber, Peter. “Nomic: A Game of Self-Amendment.” Last updated in 2003. resource here
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