Hi Vilson,
Sounds like an interesting talk. When you say "The laptop is turned
into a tool.", might I suggest you instead say the laptop is turned
into an instrument. See the argument here:
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/6212/
Cheers,
Andrew
On 20 July 2010 14:58, Vilson Vieira <vilson_at_void.cc> wrote:
> Fellows,
>
> at Tuesday I'll give a short talk about Live Coding FLOSS technologies at
> the 11th FISL:
> http://verdi.softwarelivre.org/papers_ng/activity/view?activity_id=521
>
> I wish to demonstrate topd, a simple library I'm working on to interface
> Python (and maybe Scheme on a near future) with Pure Data and to talk more
> about all you guys awesome projects.
>
> The translated application is here:
>
> "Live coding: composing live music with algorithms
>
> Summary
>
> Electronic music is generally conceived within studios, through specific
> software and hardware synthesizers. The interpretation of music to the
> public is to find and mix sequences of pre-defined sample files. The Live
> Coding movement searchs for an alternative model: all music is created live
> by writing algorithms. In this presentation some free programming languages
> that allow this practice will be demonstrated.
>
> Proposal
>
> The figure of the artist can no longer see the source code as a product, but
> also as a means, adapting it to the feelings of the public. The mind, the
> thoughts, the feelings of the performer are exposed. The source code is
> designed to the public. The laptop is turned into a tool. Amplifying human
> capabilities to express themselves.
>
> Live coding is not only related to music. In fact, we can define Live Coding
> as the activity of writing parts of a program while it is running [1]. Yet
> it is in the field of arts activity that finds its most striking
> application. Through programs written on-the-fly ', we can handle audio and
> video, in front of the audience, making the performance naked, open, free.
>
> The purpose of the presentation is to show free programming languages,
> reporting the author's experience in research and development in its use.
> Domain-specific languages such as Fluxus [2], Scheme Bricks [3] Chuck [4],
> designed specifically for the practice of Live coding, and others like Pure
> Data [5] Super Collider [6] and Python [7], generic languages used for the
> development of dialects that make this practice easier. Will be presented as
> part of the author's research, the library topd [8], which becomes an
> interface layer between the languages Python and Scheme [9] with Pure Data,
> facilitating the handling of audiovisual synthesis programs.
>
> [1] http://toplap.org/index.php/Read_me_paper
> [2] http://www.pawfal.org/fluxus/
> [3] http://www.pawfal.org/dave/index.cgi?Projects/Scheme%20Bricks
> [4] http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/
> [5] http://puredata.info
> [6] http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/
> [7] http://python.org
> [8] http://automata.cc/wiki/Main/ToPD
> [9] http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/"
>
> Any suggestion?
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Vilson Vieira
>
> vilson_at_void.cc
>
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>
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>
Received on Tue Jul 20 2010 - 23:07:32 BST