Performance/talk: Embodying algorithmic music
I’m off to the RMA study day on “Embodied Research Methods in Music& Sound” in Liverpool on Tues 18th May. … More
Alex McLean
Making music with text[ure]
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Good old internet
I stopped using ‘social media’ for a while now for the usual reasons — it’s an inhumane way of interacting … More
Textile dimensions
Lately I’ve been exploring 8-shaft weaving trying some things inspired by Laura Devendorf, focussing on ‘crackle weave’ using the AdaCAD … More
Order and tension
After my previous warping catastrophe, I started again with some fresh yarn (I’m not sure if I’ll be able to … More
Warping catastrophe
I’ve made the below crackle weave design in AdaCAD, but have run out of ‘warp’ threads on my loom, and … More
Ecclesall road co-op freezers
A story about how some nice sounding freezers in Sheffield hit international news.
More crackle weave
I’ve been having fun trying to understand crackle weave more, after weaving one of Ralph Griswold’s algorithmically generated patterns. It’s … More
We love repetition
I’ve used some samples of different speech synth voices saying “algorave generation, we love repetition” for a while. It’s a … More
Bitfield weaving
Continuing the weaving theme I was happy to see that Laura Devendorf has not only included the ‘bitfield’ feature I … More
Exploring 8 shaft weaving
After a bit of time off from weaving after the PENELOPE project, it was great to visit Kristina Andersen, Pei-Ying … More