​We’re bringing together creative coders, Node based algorithmic artists, and anyone fascinated by the beauty of code-driven art. Think Touchdesigner, Processing, p5.js, shaders, creative coding frameworks, generative art made by human logic, loops, and a whole lot of curiosity.

​We've set aside time for a project show-and-tell! Sign up in person to share your work before the start of the event. To keep things focused, we'll select projects that best match tonight's themes and learning goals.

​Speakers

​Talk Title: ELITE.tox - video game-style installations in TouchDesigner

​Benjamin Lappalainen is a Toronto-based creative technologist, artist, and educator. His practice uses interactive installations, kinetic sculpture, and creative code to demonstrate the inner workings of technologies that are usually dressed up in minimal interfaces or running quietly behind the scenes, encouraging audiences to make informed decisions about the systems they participate in. He has taught and exhibited at institutions including InterAccess, OCAD University, and the Centre For Art Tapes, and currently serves as XR Development Lead with UKAI Projects and co-lead of soft_launch.

​"I enjoy using tools to do things that they're not meant to do, or at least not ideal for. While this may seem inconvenient, I think that engaging with an output medium through a different input tool opens up interesting perspectives that you only get through cross-disciplinary interaction. It's also a great way to develop expertise in tools you already use! I've been ideating on a video game-like spaceflight experience within TouchDesigner and will be sharing some techniques and components that I've developed throughout the creation process, as well as their applicability outside of the video game context."

​Talk Title: Do You P5.js? - An Intro to Creative Coding

​Rubiat Fusigboye is a Nigerian new media artist, designer, and creative technologist based in Toronto, ON. Her interdisciplinary practice explores interactivity and community through a lens of connection and shared realities, the pains and experiences we hold in common, and through the framework of Afrofuturism. Using creative coding, she builds colourful, online interactive graphics that invite audiences into playful, participatory experiences.

​"Creative coding can feel intimidating from the outside, but it's really just another way to play, make, and express yourself. In this talk, I'll walk through what creative coding actually is and how anyone, regardless of technical background, can start experimenting with it. Using P5.js, I'll cover the fundamentals of interaction in a simple, welcoming environment and show off some of the cool things you can create. My hope is that you'll leave seeing coding less as something reserved for programmers, and more as a creative medium waiting for your ideas."

​Facilitated by Rubiat Fusigboye

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