On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 04:05:51PM +0200, alln4tural-list_at_gmx.net wrote:
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> would that still be live coding?
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I seem to remember that last time this topic was covered we ended up
with a focus on "public reasoning".
So; we could imagine a typed performance in SC that were so obfuscated
and pre-prepared that it'd disqualify on both counts. We could also
imagine somebody scripting a mp3 player (not sure whether iTunes in
particular permits for that) based on some sort of input from the
audience to somehow express something about track selection in DJ-sets
based on audience feedback that we might count. I expect a disaster in
that last case as that task is exceptionally hard even for people, and
so I suspect algorithms written on the spot will fail, but that need
not be a issue here.
To me the term "livecoding" is not founded on how fluently the
performances goes any more than playing the violin badly turns it into
a guitar.
Admittedly that perspective has a lot of very vague areas and
potentially leaves lot up to the performer and audience; I think that
need not be a bad thing at all.
Yours,
Kas.
Received on Tue Aug 13 2013 - 01:18:35 BST