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Live coding

Live coding is the art of making sound and visuals with computer code. Videotage has invited artist Shelly Knotts to bring us 2 workshops and 1 artist talk on this fascinating and futuristic art form, as the 2016 version of our annual festival - Dorkbot.

Dorkbot 2016 will be conducted in English.
Please bring your own laptop and headphone.

Artist: Shelly Knotts

Co-Presented by: Videotage

Date: 22 May 2016 (Sunday)

Location: Cattle Depot Artist Village

WORKSHOPS

Intro to Live Coding -
This workshop takes you through the basics of live coding music in audio programming language SuperCollider. Learn how to set up a live coding session, programme basic synthesis techniques and make melodic and rhythmic loops with supercollider's pattern's library. We'll end the session with a mini music coding jam.

Collaborative Live Coding -
This workshop introduces participants to various softwares and practices for collaborative live coding. Softwares covered will include Republic, Extramuros and Gibber, and community practices including 'mexican roulette' will be explored. This is a hands on workshop which uses simple code examples to explore ways of practicing live coding in collaborative settings.

BACK

About the artist:

Shelly Knotts produces live-coded and network music performances and projects which explore aspects of code, data and collaboration. Her experimental and collaborative tendencies have seen her engage with diverse musical practices and styles ranging from electroacoustic tape music to live-coded dance music. She performs internationally, collaborating with computers and other humans.

She is studying for a PhD in Live Computer Music at Durham University. Past affiliations include BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre) and SOUNDkitchen. Her work is published on Chordpunch record label, Absence of Wax netlabel and in Leonardo Music Journal. She has received commissions and residencies from PRSF and Sound and Music.

Current projects include network laptop bands BiLE and OFFAL (Orchestra For Females And Laptops) and live coding performance [Sisesta Pealkiri] with Alo Allik.

Run-Down:

15:00 - 15:30 Artist Talk

15:45 - 17:45 Intro to Live Coding

18:15 - 20:15 Collaborative Live Coding