<div dir="ltr"><b>AlgoMech Festival</b><br><div><a href="https://algomech.com/2019/">https://algomech.com/2019/</a><br></div>17-19 May 2019<br>Central venues, Sheffield UK - DINA, Site, Sidney+Matilda, Winter Garden, Pinball Park<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://algomech.com/">Algomech</a> is a festival of algorithmic and mechanical arts. Taking place over one
weekend in May, the packed programme explores the creative potential
of both code and machines.</div><div>
<p>The theme for the festival's third edition is <i>interlace</i> – taking a
look at unlikely and unusual inter-weavings of different art practices.
As well as the usual algorithmic rave, there'll be handmade dancing robots making braids on a maypole,
make-your-own-mechanical-techno, algorithmic Siberian trance,
interactive textiles, invented mystical instruments, live pop music made
from code, and much more.</p></div><div>Events include:<br></div><br><a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/mesh/"><b>Algo/Mesh club night with Algorave + Friends</b></a> [17 May, 8pm-2am]<br>An
algorithmic rave, Sheffield style. Algorave and friends come together
in a packed line-up of top-notch "live coders", with one room for
algorithmic dance floor bangers and another for chill-out experiments.
Featuring Leafcutter John, ALGOBABEZ, CCAI, Graham Dunning, Deerful,
TYPE, UDAGAN, Linux Lewis and loads more..<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/sonicpattern2019/"><b>Sonic Pattern</b></a> [18 May, 7pm-9pm]<br>A
contemplative concert of handmade, mechanical music. Thereminist and
inventor Sarah Angliss
will create dreamlike music, featuring folk-horror robotics, theremin,
percussion, electronics and the rare Latvian clavisimbalum. Ryoko Akama
will perform a live sound work with small, fragile machines. Simon
Blackmore will collaborate with two drummers to explore rhythm as a form
of code.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Plus!</b> Symposium on "<a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/symposium2019/">Dancing and Braiding</a>", workshops on <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/etextiles-workshop/">e-textiles</a>, <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/playground-rituals/">music improvisation</a>, <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/musical-ai/">musical AI</a>, and live coding with <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/tidal-workshop/">TidalCycles</a> and <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/orca/">Orca</a>, <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/opening/">exhibition opening</a>, and <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/timetable/">much more</a>, including a <a href="https://algomech.com/2019/events/closing-party/">closing party</a> with special guests still to be announced..<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Full info and tickets:</b><br></div><div><b><a href="https://algomech.com/2019/">https://algomech.com/2019/</a></b></div><div><br></div></div>