could be worthwhile to contact andreas particularly if we are
interested in proposing some sort of panel presentations. i might be up
for that as their nouveau-synesthesia theme relates to my visual
music/abstract animation background, and livecoding relates to both.
anyway, andreas was the one who set us up with the kunstlerhaus bethanian
thing a couple years ago...
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, alex wrote:
a>
a> I mailed coder at c-base, who co-organised the event there with us last
a> year. Do you think it's also worth mailing Andreas Broeckmann, Amy?
a>
a> Ultrasound was a lot of fun. Klippav rocked out, with a great big
a> projection of live webcam cut ups and dancing abstract forms next to a
a> great big projection of Nick's screen. They were big enough that we
a> audience members had to choose which to look at. Personally I chose to
a> give more of my visual attention to Fredrik's visuals than to Nick's
a> text editor which perhaps shouldn't be surprising. However I believe
a> that those less familiar with live coding might be more preoccupied with
a> the code, as a novelty.
a>
a> This seems quite unexpected, that those less technically literate have
a> reason to be more interested in the code than those who are in a better
a> position to understand it.
a>
a> Sadly tablex suffered a technical problem and our systems wouldn't stay
a> in synch, leaving Alex with a lot of work to do to hold it all
a> together... Bah! There were some nice moments, but they were mostly
a> rather fleeting because of the problems. It was a shame, because I
a> think we were well prepared...
a>
a> I'm finding lots of practice and preparation is really essential for
a> live coding improv. Part of the preparation is pre-preparing scripts to
a> use as starting points. However, the easiest thing to do is build up a
a> bulk of scripts that you then run and tweak numbers in... But as we've
a> said before, that doesn't seem better than buttons and sliders.
a>
a> The key seems to be to read through all prepared scripts hours before a
a> performance to make sure the workings are all fresh in the mind. Then
a> later it's easier to connect what you can hear with the code itself, and
a> look and listen for parts you might change or expand.
a>
a> I didn't do this preparation when we played on thursday, but did on
a> Saturday, with great difference in how much I could manipulate the code.
a>
a> Anyway, I could do with some sleep!
a>
a>
a> alex
a>
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