CAC Atelier | Creative Coding
Language: English
Date: 26/05/2018
Time: 11am – 5pm
Location: Chronus Art Center (No.18 Bldg, No.50 Mo Gan Shan Rd)
Introduction
This workshop is designed for anyone interested in exploring code from a creative point of view. We will be learning what creative programming is in its most basic and simple form, from creating simple geometrical shapes, forms and colors all the way to giving life to impressive animated visual patterns.
Technical Skills to Teach
For this workshop we will be using P5.js (https://p5js.org/). It is a simple and ready-to-use framework for creative coding on the web. It is a javscript version of the famous Processing framework. But you don’t need to worry about any technicality, this workshop will teach you all the basics from scratch.
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11:00 – 13:00
Basic programming concepts
Rendering basic shapes
(Break)
14:00 – 17:00
Applying color and transforming shapes.
Basic animation of shapes, forms and color
Interaction of shapes with mouse and keyboard
General Requirements
The workshop will be instructed entirely in English. If you don’t feel comfortable with English its recommended to come with someone who helps you translate.
System Requirements
Bring your laptop and make sure you have Google Chrome Browser installed.
Resources
If you want to explore on your own please visit P5.js Official Site:
https://p5js.org/
Examples of what other people do with code:
https://www.openprocessing.org/
Fito Segrera
fito_segrera is an artist, technologist and Head of Research/Creation at Chronus Art Center, Shanghai. He studied fine arts and audiovisual/Multimedia production at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá, Colombia and completed a MFA in Design and Technology with honors at Parsons, The New School, New York while being a Fulbright Scholar from 2013 until 2015. His current research and creative practice appropriates elements from digital philosophy, artificial intelligence, monism and modern physics while using physical computing, software programming and information/telecommunication technologies to inquiry in fundamental ontological questions regarding the nature of reality and the physicality of the universe. His main exhibitions are: I Am Here To Learn: On Machinic Interpretations of the World (2018), UNREAL: The Algorithmic Present at HEK-Basel & CAC- Shanghai (2017), VIBVA Russia (2017), VARIATIONS Paris (2016), PLUNC Lisbon (2016), CAC Shanghai 2016/2015, SIGGRAPH 2014, Collision 20 & 21 at Boston Ciberarts Gallery 2014, Huston International Performance Biennale 2014, SXSW Austin TX 2014, EYEBEAM New York 2013, Agora Collective Center Berlin 2013, Dorkbot NYC 2013, Harvestworks New York 2013, Salon Regional de Artistas del Caribe, Web 2.0 Espacios alternativos 2012, Ripping mix, burn, rip 2010, Bogotá Biennale 2009.
http://fii.to