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.

WORKSHOPS

Intro to Live Coding
Date: 22 May 2016
Time: 3:45pm – 5:45pm
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
Date: 22 May 2016
Time: 6:15pm – 8:15pm
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.

ARTIST TALK

Date: 22 May 2016
Time: 3pm – 3:15pm
Venue: Unit 15, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan