I’ve been really fascinated with the geometry of Carnatic (South Indian) rhythms for some years now. Here’s a talk/performance I … More
Author: Alex McLean
Weaving with Laura Devendorf
After collaborating with experimental weaver, design researcher and technologist Laura Devendorf on many on-line events (including the algorithmic pattern salon … More
Alpaca 2027 – call for proposals
The dates for our next Alpaca festival on Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts are now set for 6-9th May … More
Homo Textor: weaving as a (technical) mode of existence
Homo Textor is published! It follows the PENELOPE project lead by Ellen-Harlizius Klück, which prefigured the Algorithmic Pattern project – … More
Textile Intersections – a paper on live coding weaves (and a pre-algorave)
I’m just back from the Textiles Intersections conference in London, where we presented our work so far on live coding … More
Performance/talk: Embodying algorithmic music
Reposted from Alex McLean. I’m off to the RMA study day on “Embodied Research Methods in Music & Sound” in … More
(un)weaving workshop, April 2026
We had a lot of fun running an unweaving, aka “reverse drafting” workshop in Sheffield last Tuesday! This was inspired … More
Knitting
I’m drawn back to Sanquhar knitting again!
A guide to the patterns
Videos from May MacCormick on knitting – knitting class introduction, part one, part two
I also found the seemingly less well-known tradition from the Yorkshire Dales of “Dales Glove…
Short film: Pattern Club Winter School
Last winter, we ran a winter school as part of the Algorithmic Pattern project, in collaboration with Ray Morrison and Lucy Cheesman. With participants with diverse practices brought together via an open call, we explored patterns in origami, dance, mu…
Upcoming research workshop: Natural Language as Heritage Code
I was happy to meet linguist Wataru Uegaki at a research ‘crucible’ event connected with my fellowship (we are both … More