Re: [livecode] Wtf is live coding?

From: Tristan Strange <tristan.strange_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:02:09 +0000

Dave,

On 25 December 2015 at 14:00, David Griffiths <dave_at_pawfal.org> wrote:
> While music may or may not be a good application of livecoding 'as a
> tool' - it even might be the case that computation *is* music, and by
> experiencing it's construction by a performer, we may be able to learn
> something about the algorithmic world we live in.

I could dig that if I dropped enough acid.

> In a similar way, livecoding also has potential to expose clearly a
> secret aspect of technology - the way it's pursued in a fumbling, zigzag
> approach with many restarts - rather than the smooth, planned series of
> 'innovations' that people who want us to invest in their companies would
> like us to believe.

I think the above is one of the reasons I might want to study live
coding. Thank you for stringing those words together.

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