I
will be working in Dusseldorf from 25 – 28 January on the Weaving Codes |
Coding Weaves project along with Alex Mclean, Ellen Harlizius-Klück, Dave
Griffiths and Julian Rohrhuber.
The AHRC project Weaving Codes – Coding Weaves (Alex
McLean, Ellen Harlizius-Klück, Dave Griffiths, Emma Cocker) will have their
second residency at the IMM, presenting an overview of the project so far and
exploring the connection of weaves and codes with the students. We want to
explore (tablet-)weaving and live coding together, considering both looms and
computers as algorithmic environments for creative work with pattern. The
connection between computing and the Jacquard loom is well explored, but we
want to go deeper to investigate traditional weaving for its digital nature,
including the genesis of discrete mathematics in ancient textile technologies.
Thus we like to connect to an alternative account of computer programming with
its roots in arts and craft.
As part of this mini-workshop/residency I will be
developing ideas for a series of research articles exploring Live Coding in
relation to ideas of kairos (opportune timing) and mêtis (cunning or wily
intelligence), as well as reflecting on the specific temporalities of live
coding.