[spectre] V2_ | Announcement: Test_Lab: Live_Coding. December 13th, 2007, 20:00h, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam.

[Michel van Dartel]

*Test_Lab: Live_Coding*

//Code as an interface for improvisation and networked performances.//

December 13^th , 2007, 20:00h, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, 
Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012XL, Rotterdam.

This event will be streamed live at http://live.v2.nl/livecoding.ram

//Featuring: Powerbooks_Unplugged (D/NL), Florian Cramer (Piet Zwart 
Institute, D/NL), Carla Mulder (Lange Poten Theatre Group, NL), Susie 
Jae (aka. Jean Van Sloan, US/NL), and V2_Lab.//

A relatively new programming paradigm called Live Coding is redefining 
the way in which software can be applied in live performances. While 
improvisation has a long history in the arts, the traditional edit › 
compile › run programming model limits software use to predetermined 
procedures running alongside a performance; allowing a programmer very 
limited improvisation, live alteration, or adjustment of the software 
during runtime. In contrast with this traditional model, Live Coding/ 
/provides expressive control over software code during runtime, which 
allows for live (artistic) improvisation by programmers.

In Live Coding, programmers no longer technically assist performers; 
they /ar/e (co-)performers, using code as an interface to improvise with 
either different types of performers (ranging from dancers to DJs) or in 
networks with other live coders.

/Test_Lab: Live_Coding/ will feature debates and presentations on Live 
Coding, a networked code jamming performance, live coded music, 
introductions and hands-on experiences in Live Coding programming 
languages for code improvisation, and a live coded Augmented Reality 
experience.