Happy new year! In the UK, 2012 was the year of the Raspberry Pi, a cheap hardware contribution to … More
Author: Alex McLean
Seasons greetings
It turns out that the festive season is here. To mark this occasion the Cybernetic Orchestra have live coded something for … More
Six Live Coding Works for Ensemble by Click Nilson
There are surprisingly few precedents for live coding in experimental music literature. By this we mean that before computers and … More
Holly Herndon interview on Dummy
Holly Herndon is an artist based in San Franciso, known for pretty incredible performances with her voice and laptop. Pitchfork … More
/* vivo */ live coding festival – wow
The third international live coding event was a total blast, difficult to know how to describe it.. Dave has managed … More
Computer Music Journal – deadline nears
Back in April we announced a call for articles for a special issue of Computer Music Journal on Live Coding. … More
/* vivo */ Simposio Internacional de Música y Código 2012
The /* vivo */ international symposium is now underway in Mexico City, featuring workshops, talks and performances by local and … More
Psychology of Programming Interest Group, 21-23rd November 2012
The Psychology of Programming Interest Group is an international group of researchers interested in the Psychology of Programming. This much … More
TOPLAP interview #1 – Benoît and the Mandelbrots
Benoît and the Mandelbrots are a four-piece laptop band spanning the live coding, network group and maybe algorave traditions. They’re based in Karlsruhe in … More
The People Vs. The Machine
The People VS The Machine took place on Saturday 3rd November at Fixxion Warehouse Project in Wolverhampton (UK) as part … More
Algoravers
The concept of the algorave first popped up as a pre-party for the 2012 supercollider festival, and is now growing legs. … More
Acme – the text editor from Plan 9
Acme is a programmers’ text editor from the Plan 9 operating system. It was developed in the early 1990s by … More
Codeface
With each performance practice, there are certain stereotypical poses that have photographers grabbing for their cameras. It’s difficult to photograph … More
Live Notation Unit
Live Notation: Transforming Matters of Performance was a six month research development cycle, funded by the AHRC, under their Digital … More
Temporal recursion now in Fluxus
Programmers working in the functional style often like to avoid writing functions which have any side-effects beyond returning a value. … More
Live Coding in Mexico City
Felicitaciones to Centro Multimedia in Mexico City, who are preparing for their 20th live coding event on the 25th October. … More