Alex McLean
Wed 24th Feb, 17:00 – 18:00 (GMT)
Alex is a musician, software artist and researcher based between
Sheffield and Munich. He is active across the digital arts,
co-founding the Algorave and TOPLAP live coding movements, and the
AlgoMech festival for algorithmic and mechanical movement. He created
the popular free/open source TidalCycles live coding environment for
music, performing with it at festivals around the world including
Sonar, Glastonbury, STRP, Vivo, Transmediale, Ars Electronica and No
Bounds. As a researcher he works part time as part of the PENELOPE
project, investigating the structures of ancient weaves, and
re-inserting weaving in the history of science and technology.
Sheffield and Munich. He is active across the digital arts,
co-founding the Algorave and TOPLAP live coding movements, and the
AlgoMech festival for algorithmic and mechanical movement. He created
the popular free/open source TidalCycles live coding environment for
music, performing with it at festivals around the world including
Sonar, Glastonbury, STRP, Vivo, Transmediale, Ars Electronica and No
Bounds. As a researcher he works part time as part of the PENELOPE
project, investigating the structures of ancient weaves, and
re-inserting weaving in the history of science and technology.
Websites:
slab.org
tidalcycles.org
post.lurk.org/@yaxu
YouTube: yaxu
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