Algorithmic Pattern
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Sheffield Pattern Club
Local live coders/pattern enthusiasts Lucy Cheesman, Ray Morrison and I have started a monthly ‘pattern club’ in Sheffield, dedicated to a different kinds of hands-on pattern making. The first two events were about live coding music, the last one in December 2022 was about Kumihimo braiding, and the next one in January 2023 will be…
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Workshop on patterns in live coding and algorithmic music
Lizzie Wilson, Iván Paz and myself Alex McLean organised a fun algorithmic pattern workshop as part of the collect(_) festival, which was the final event of the Creative Europe on-the-fly project. It included a morning workshop on tablet weaving by Dave Griffiths, who introduced this fascinating, ancient craft as a computational artform. This lead into…
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Welcome
Welcome to the Algorithmic Pattern ‘blog! Algorithmic patterns are interesting for connecting well-established (yet still developing) cultural practices like braiding, weaving, juggling, architecture, music, etc., with burgeoning contemporary practices such as live coding and digital/generative art. The algorithmic pattern discussion forum is the main source of information, but this blog will signpost key algorithmic pattern…