I was happy to meet linguist Wataru Uegaki at a research ‘crucible’ event connected with my fellowship (we are both … More
Author: Alex McLean
Exploring 8 shaft weaving
After a bit of time off from weaving after the PENELOPE project, it was great to visit Kristina Andersen, Pei-Ying … More
Alpaca Festival and Conference
The Alpaca 2025 festival and conference on algorithmic patterns in the creative arts is happening this September 2025. Please see … More
Algorithmic Pattern call for talks, performances and workshops now open
The Algorithmic Pattern 2025 call for talks has been open for a while, and the call is now open for … More
Pre-announcement: Algorithmic Pattern 2025
We’re excited to pre-announce the first edition of a conference/festival Algorithmic Pattern 2025. It will take place in September 2025, … More
Research visit: Wearable Senses Lab
I was happy to visit Kristina Andersen, Pei-Ying Lin, Femke Vorselen and colleagues for two weeks at the Wearable Senses … More
From Konnakol to Live Coding
Konnakol is a South Indian, Carnatic musical practice involving the recitation of syllables while clapping the underlying tala. Here is … More
Modulating time
I’m just back from a productive week working with Mika Satomi and Lizzie Wilson on a mini project ‘Modulating Time’ … More
Tangible pattern notation
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado, Dave Griffiths and myself Alex McLean have been talking about making an tangible algorithmic pattern … More
The Meaning of Live
Live coding is a creative practice centering on live interaction via programming languages, often in performance in music, choreography, video … More