Alpaca interweaves code and pattern, from music to textile to dance

The history of computation is connected to textiles. And in everything from choreographic gestures to weaving, one event makes patterns sing in music and materials and bodies. Across Sheffield, Berlin, Barcelona, Linz, and online, the latest Alpaca Conference is entering its second weekend, following an in-person festival the first weekend.

cables.gl, free visual programming: now open source, offline

cables.gl is a wonderful creative environment for everything the browser can do visually – interaction, motion, and 3D. And now it sports a full open source MIT license and a version you can download and use offline.

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2024

Imagine clubbing, space odyssey-style, with this pandemic-proof suit concept

If you can’t be rid of the pandemic, why not transform the clubber? A speculative project has you suiting up like you’re going to encounter Alien or ask to open the pod bay doors – but its futuristic features are all real and doable, right now.

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2020

Don’t miss Chagall’s mesmerizing live glove performances, new video

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2017

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