Check Out Our Fall 2023 Program Line Up for LIVE! ART && CODE
Individual event details including venues and times are forthcoming
The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry is producing LIVE! ART && CODE a series of free and open to the public workshops and events that bring together media artists, performers, and teachers working at the intersection of performance, real-time visuals, live coding and nightlife.
This public-serving and highly interdisciplinary series is dedicated to skill sharing and community building in and around Pittsburgh nightlife and live performance. Taking place at CMU’s Pittsburgh campus and local venues, the program will feature artist-led workshops, performances, panel discussions and participant-driven exhibitions.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry has been approved for a $25,000 Grant for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support ART&&CODE. The STUDIO’s project is among 1,130 projects across the country, totaling more than $31 million, that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2023 funding.
LIVE! Art&&Code is also made possible by support from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and the Oakland Business Improvement District.
All LIVE! Art&&Code events will be documented, please approach a STUDIO staff member when attending to indicate that you would not like to be seen in photos and video.
Beginning in October and extending into early December. Each weekend is dedicated to a unique group of instructors who are passionate about sharing their practices, workflows, and techniques for creating compelling live visuals.
The STUDIO along with co-producers Jules Malice "Malzof" and Cornelius Henke III will host a VJ Meetup and VDMX workshop taught by its creator, David Lublin.
The STUDIO will host artist talks and a 2-day TouchDesigner Workshop from Zoe Sandoval and Matthew Ragan, the co-creators of TouchDesigner's curriculum and the creative production force behind SudoMagic.
The STUDIO will host artist talks, a 1-day workshop in Live Coding, and a closing party featuring projections by our visiting instructors Olivia Jack, Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo, Dr. Kate Sicchio, and STUDIO Alum Char Stiles!
David Lublin an artist, programmer, performer, and occasional mathematician based in Brooklyn, NY. For the last 10+ years he has primarily been part of a small software company called VIDVOX that makes tools for video artists. VIDVOX helps him connect his love of playing with fun technology, being creative, and getting to work alongside lots of other talented people around the world.
Jules Malice “Malzof” is a multimedia artist, community leader and DJ. Cultivating a 15-year long creative practice in video production, live visuals, painting and installation art, their practice has expanded to include DJing and audio production to create truly audiovisual experiences. Across mediums, they are inspired by the synesthetic connection between seeing, hearing and feeling; natural and industrial elements; and exploring community histories of liberation and joy. They utilize playfulness, maximalism, and imagined environments as critical elements in their work. Malice has exhibited, performed and curated art at The Andy Warhol Museum, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Coaxial Arts Foundation, PhilaMOCA, MOCA Cleveland, Baby's All Right, The Silent Barn, Fringe Arts, Allied Media Conference and now co-organize Sweet Abyss, an event centering trans/queer folks playing a wide variety of fun, strange, rhythmic sounds to dance or move their minds to with visuals to match.
Cornelius Henke III, also known as ProjectileObjects, is a multi-talented creative with a passion for video production and performance art. His work spans across various mediums, including music videos, motion graphics, live events, and interactive installations. As a former fellow and artist in residence at the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, Cornelius has had the opportunity to showcase his talent in prestigious venues such as the 9:30 Club, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. In addition to his impressive performances, he has also participated in residencies at MANCC, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, The Yard Martha’s Vineyard, and Catskill Mountain Foundation. Cornelius is a contributing writer for VIDVOX, the makers of VDMX, and has contributed to the forums with tutorials and blog posts. He is also an activist and partner at Merging Media, a boutique digital media production company based in Pittsburgh, PA.
Zoe is a Mexican-Venezuelan experience designer and producer who specializes in interactive installations, immersive experiences, and documentary production. Her work spans live entertainment, performance, virtual production, AR/XR/MR, and the development of emerging technologies. Zoe has produced and developed activations for Google Research, T-Mobile, Meta, Disney, and California State Parks among others. Previously, Zoe worked as a project manager at the UCLA Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP), and a lecturer at the University of California Santa Cruz in the Art & Design: Games & Playable Media program. Zoe received her MFA from UC Santa Cruz in Digital Arts + New Media.
Matthew has worked as an educator, engineer and media maker for over 20 years. He has a robust archive of teaching resources for the creative-coding community, and specializes in creating interactive systems for digital activations. Matthew has developed experiences for MSG, MGM, Apple, Facebook, and Art on theMart, the largest permanent projection mapping in the world. Previously, Matthew worked as the Director of Software for Real Time Content Creation at the Madison Square Garden Company, as the Associate Director of Software at Obscura Digital, and as an interactive engineer. He received his MFA from Arizona State University in Interdisciplinary Digital Media and Performance.
Olivia Jack is a programmer, artist, and educator who works frequently with open-source software, cartography, live coding, and experimental interfaces. She is the developer of browser-based creative tools including Hydra (live-codable video synthesizer), PIXELSYNTH, and LiveLab (peer-to-peer media router). She enjoys creating audiovisual instruments, and often collaborates with musicians and dancers to create live performances. She has shared her work internationally, giving talks, workshops, and performances at venues such Planetario de Bogotá (Colombia), Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City), Hangar (Barcelona), CTM Festival (Berlin), Oscillation Festival (Belgium), among others. Originally from San Francisco, California, she is currently based in Berlin, Germany.
Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo is an artist and programmer, focusing on videos made with code and synths, preferably involving artifacts and improvisation. Computers are not the boss of her. She lives in Berlin.
Char Stiles is an artist, educator and programmer based in Brooklyn, NY. She works creatively in the lower levels of computational systems to bring to light how computers work. Char works and collaborates across mediums such as interactive installation, video, performance and web. She is a part of the Livecode.nyc collective, where she organizes shows, and livecodes music and visuals.
Dr. Kate Sicchio is a choreographer, media artist and performer whose work explores the interface between choreography and technology. Her work includes performances, installations, web and video projects. Her doctoral research focused on the use of real-time video systems within live choreography and coining the conceptual framework of ‘choreotopolgy.’
Please direct questions to studio-info@andrew.cmu.edu.
