Author: yaxu

  • Research resident: V Buckenham

    Research resident: V Buckenham

    We’re happy to collaborate with Digital Gardens festival in hosting v buckenham for a research residency, developing a new live coding interface to explore patterning of letter forms. The outcome will be showcased in a workshop and exhibition at the festival in Huddersfield, which runs over the weekend 1st-3rd September 2023. v buckenham is an…

  • Open Call: Algorithmic Pattern research residency

    Open Call: Algorithmic Pattern research residency

    Open call: algorithmic pattern research resident Deadline: 31st August, 2023 BST(the form will close at midnight) We (Then Try This) would like to host a paid resident to explore algorithmic patterns. Residencies are a chance to step away from your usual situation, working in new surroundings, on a new topic, for a short period of…

  • Open call: Algorithmic Pattern Salon

    Open call: Algorithmic Pattern Salon

    Algorithmic Patterns in Creative Arts, Craft and Code Salon dates: 23/24th November 2023Deadline for submissions: 22nd September 2023https://alpaca.pubpub.org/2023 We are happy to announce the open call for contributions for the first Algorithmic Pattern Salon, taking place online (with potential local gatherings) 23/24th November. The salon will be interdisciplinary and open access. For full details of…

  • Research resident: Antonio Roberts

    Research resident: Antonio Roberts

    Antonio Roberts will be the third Algorithmic Pattern resident, taking a week out to explore ideas around patterns in their practice here in Sheffield. Antonio is an artist, musician, live coder and curator based in Birmingham UK. He is critically engaged with the themes surrounding network culture and in his practice explores how technology continues…

  • Strudel: Live Coding Patterns on the Web

    Strudel: Live Coding Patterns on the Web

    I’ve been working on the TidalCycles live coding environment well over a decade now, and still am (exciting rewrite in the works!). It’s designed for live coding music with code, based on ideas of patterns inspired by systems like the Bol Processor. By now it has a vibrant, worldwide community of practitioners and contributors behind…

  • Summer contributor: Saachi Kaup on Mandala patterns

    Summer contributor: Saachi Kaup on Mandala patterns

    The Summer of Haskell is a programme funded via the Haskell Foundation, supporting students and other newcomers with a stipend and mentorship to make their first open source contributions to the Haskell ecosystem. Haskell is a pure functional programming language, which I have enjoyed working with for many years, including making the TidalCycles language for…

  • Collaboration: Patterns In Between Intelligences

    Collaboration: Patterns In Between Intelligences

    It’s been a privilege to be collaborating as part of the Patterns In Between Intelligences project with fellow live coder Lizzie Wilson, e-textile designer Mika Satomi, and choreographers/performers Deva Schubert and Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez. The following video shows an early prototype and describes the motivation behind the work. The funding source via the LINK…

  • London Pattern Club

    London Pattern Club

    The good people of London are independently setting up their own Pattern Club! They’ll be meeting every Wednesday at SET Social in Peckham, to “explore topics such as live coding, weaving, and algorithmic art through hands-on projects, talks and demonstrations.” You can find more details over on the SET Social website. If you’re interested in…

  • Research resident: Kate Sicchio

    Research resident: Kate Sicchio

    We’re excited to host Kate Sicchio as our second Algorithmic Pattern resident in the Then Try This Sheffield studio during April 2023. Kate is a choreographer and technologist, well known for her work in algorithmic choreography and live coding, through a wide range of interdisciplinary collaborations. She will be joining us from Richmond US, where…

  • Research resident: Paola Torres Núñez del Prado

    Research resident: Paola Torres Núñez del Prado

    We’re excited to welcome textile/sound artist, technologist and doctoral researcher Paola Torres Núñez del Prado as the first resident in our lab in Sheffield next week, exploring patterns in Andean culture including the Khipu, and its potential for/as contemporary technology. While visiting she’ll give a free public talk/performance as part of the local Sheffield Pattern…