This Wednesday I’m giving a presentation on live-coding OpenGL for the Web using ClojureScript, at London Creative Coding. I’ll almost certainly visit Field and Max/MSP on the way.
Details at the Meetup page here.
Networked Bodies, Watermans
Oct 18, ’14
9:45 PM
On November 8th I’m doing visuals and sound for two unrelated dance performances: Hacking Choreography 2.0 (with Kate Sicchio and Tara Baker) and Ring the Changes+ (with Chisato Minamimura and body>data>space), both as part of the Networked Bodies weekend at Watermans. Hacking was shown earlier this year in Brussels as a project supported by ICT & Art Connect; Changes was premiered at the Southbank Centre in September. The software platforms are completely different (Field vs. Quil – although both performances are Clojure-based), as are the projector rigs, so the setup/rehearsal schedule and changeover are going to be interesting. To add a bit more excitement, Kate and I will be simultaneously live-coding the same running system for Hacking during the performance (me on-stage, Kate NREPL’d in from New York).
Tickets available (for the performances, and for other events in the Networked Bodies weekend) here.
(Photos: Dann Emmons (L), Roswitha Chesher (R).)
Field in Frankfurt
Mar 20, ’14
10:39 AM
We’re presenting Field at the Node Forum in Frankfurt on April 24th. As a very brief warm-up, we’re also doing a 10-minute show-and-tell at the Live Code Research Network event tomorrow.
IJAD: In-Finite Space
Mar 9, ’14
11:09 PM
This Wednesday we’re performing algorithmic visuals for IJAD Dance‘s showing of In-Finite Space as part of the AHRC Creative Economy showcase. Twitter messages are geometrically formatted in 3D and cast into a retro-aesthetic graphical fly-through sequence to be interpreted by the dancers. Technology: Field, hybrid Python/Clojure mix.
(Edited, 2014-03-15: clearer splash image.)
Cassiel + Nina Kov, ICT & Art Connect
Feb 18, ’14
10:43 PM
In the Short Notice Department (again): I have a gig with choreographer / dancer Nina Kov at ICT & Art Connect this weekend. This is a short but completely new piece, and the paint is still a little wet on the software and control system. We’re using the usual technology mix: the animation system is built in Clojure and Field, and driven from Ableton Live via Max for Live. The live soundtrack is pretty much exclusively constructed from instruments and effects by Audio Damage. For music technology geeks, there will also be a rather rare piece of controller hardware on display.
Field at Dorkbot London
Dec 2, ’13
12:07 PM
We’re doing a short show-and-tell on Field and its application to live coding for digital artworks at Dorkbot London this Thursday. Details and tickets here.
Anarchy in the Organism: Live
Nov 14, ’13
11:00 AM
We’re in the process of doing the final software tweaks and test runs for Simeon Nelson’s Anarchy in the Organism, which embarks on a sporadic but select tour next week. Musical score is by Rob Godman, played by the Goldfield Ensemble.
More information on the Wellcome Trust web site.
Dates:
- 18th November: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
- 12th January 2014: Kings Place
Thinking with the Body
Sep 16, ’13
9:46 AM
The Wayne McGregor | Random Dance exhibit Thinking with the Body opens at the Wellcome Collection this week. The selection of exhibits includes a running installation of Becoming.
Added, 2013-09-16: there’s a promotional video on YouTube:
Becoming
Aug 29, ’13
3:50 PM
We’ve been working with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and OpenEndedGroup on Becoming, an algorithmic “virtual dancer” that grows and evolves in response to emulated mechanical constraints and to a database of film material. The “dancer” is partially controlled by a responsive web-based front end built on Backbone.js, Hiccup, Clojure and ClojureScript. (The front-end code is available on GitHub.)
Becoming is currently being used in the studio in the making of Atomos, which premieres in October. Becoming will also be shown as part of the exhibit Thinking with the Body at the Wellcome Collection, opening September 19th.
Quil and Field (EuroClojure 2012)
Aug 8, ’13
9:56 PM
This video of my presentation at EuroClojure 2012 made its way online a year ago, yet I only recently discovered it. (Coming soon: not one but two video interviews from the first two MaxMSP UK festivals.)