Weaving to understand the cosmos

One of the goals of the Algorithmic Pattern project is to apply algorithmic knowledge in craft to new scientific or mathematical purposes. One of the people we met when we were working with Geraldine Jones during her residency on the project was Charlo…

Alpaca Festival and Conference

The Alpaca 2025 festival and conference on algorithmic patterns in the creative arts is happening this September 2025. Please see…

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…

Modulating time

I’m just back from a productive week working with Mika Satomi and Lizzie Wilson on a mini project ‘Modulating Time’…

Tangible pattern notation

Paola Torres Núñez del Prado, Dave Griffiths and myself Alex McLean have been talking about making an tangible algorithmic pattern…

The Meaning of Live

Live coding is a creative practice centering on live interaction via programming languages, often in performance in music, choreography, video…