Hi Andrew
you wrote:
> think your premise that competition generates interest, see reality TV
> idol shows, is reasonable but from my experience it is not typical nor
> optimal as a live coding format.
>
I'm not really going for an optimal format here, just a different flavour.
And it would be a crying shame if my format became typical for live coding,
because it lacks so much of what is really cool about the whole live coding
concept! I am simply suggesting an alternative which has worked for me over
here in this tiny village of Utrecht.
the audience responded mostly to either witty text comments or ChucK's 3D
> graphic tricks.
>
thanks for reminding me of this - I had forgotten about that. That was
indeed something which the audience loved. But as the performance progressed
those comments became less frequent.
Another element which was unfortunate is that the people standing closer to
the back of the room couldn't read any code except things that were in a
huge font. So as the screens became filled people who couldn't read what was
being displayed started to lose interest (_my_ observation, from about 3/4
of the distance from the stage and to the right. I also had difficulty
reading the code because of the combination of poor lighting, small fonts
and a weak beamer).
These are my impression in any case, so I expect any version of the concert
> you end up with can triangulate these various views.
>
I'm starting to see the danger of bringing up this performance at all, since
there are so many different perspectives on what went on that night...
Marcel
Received on Mon Feb 25 2008 - 10:15:34 GMT