Re: [livecode] Projection

From: Jeffrey Brown <jeffbrown.the_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 12:46:29 -0800

The idea appears to precede me: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/tidal-vis

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Jeffrey Brown <jeffbrown.the_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> Few of the people on a dancefloor want to be reading text; they want a
> mood, a beat, and colors and flashing lights that speak the same message as
> the music. Ideally, I think, the same network of data and instructions
> that generates audio would generate visuals, so that changes in one domain
> would map naturally to the other.
>
> It is excellent that the livecoding community make their code available,
> because it lets knowledge snowball. But making the code available does not
> require making it the visual focus of a presentation.
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Julian Rohrhuber <
> julian.rohrhuber_at_musikundmedien.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 04.12.2014, at 13:04, bitrituals <hellodanhett_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm still torn on this. The openness and expressiveness of
>> shared/projected code is the element that drew me into seeking out
>> livecoded performance, and subsequently performing myself. However I still
>> feel like in some instances I'm not enhancing anything by exposing the code
>> to the audience, although I suppose it's a little different for someone
>> working just on the visual side.
>> >
>> > In some contexts it might even be a negative thing: if I'm livecoding
>> visuals at a chiptune night for example, the audience aren't expecting a
>> mash of code constantly overlaid on top of visuals, and would potentially
>> assume there's something wrong! I was asked "why" with regard to the
>> exposed code quite a few times at SuperByte recently, which was quite
>> interesting I thought.
>>
>> Part of the problem might be the one-dimensional stage structure. If you
>> have several projections in a room, you don't have to overlay code and its
>> result.
>>
>>
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