Date: 20th December
Place: https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/j/99132530349?pwd=TU1rQlcxL0k3S0lGTnlUdnhra25DZz09
Topic: Source code, Algorithms, and ML as Creative Material
Preliminary Schedule:
Online Symposium: Source code, Algorithms, and ML as Creative Material
17:00 – Welcome, Introduction
Albrecht Schmidt, Florian Müller
17:05 – Keynote: Manifesto “The Matter of Code”
Wiesław Bartkowski
17:40 – Panel 1: Teaching Challenges
Wiesław Bartkowski, Alexander Wiethoff, Karin Guminski, Eva Hornecker, Andreas Muxel, Andrzej Nowak
18:20 – Panel 2: Research Challenges (doing a PhD)
Linda Hirsch, Beat Rossmy, Tanja Döring.
18:50 – Examples from Sketching with Hardware, Creative Coding and projects at LMU
Linda Hirsch, Sebastian Feger, Luke Haliburton.
19:10 – Wrap up and Closing
Albrecht Schmidt, Florian Müller
19:15 – End
Keynote: Manifesto The Matter of Code

Look at the code — the source text of any program, as a type of material.
See the effects of the code as a material manifestation.
The Matter of Code is a story about the practice that eliminates the polarisation of code and matter. From this perspective, you can see the code as a type of “material” that can be master through experience — in the same way as a sculptor learning to shape wood, stone or clay. That “material” has unique properties, a combination of physical and digital matter that does not produce a simple sum. Its emergent properties allow the creation of a unique experience, something that to designers and artists is otherwise unattainable.
The Matter of Code crosses the boundaries between art, design and science. Further emphasising its presence in many areas of creation. The Matter of Code practice is a call to start thinking in an anti-disciplinary way, to forget about the stereotypical divisions between the humanistic and scientific mind and change the passive recipients of technology into its active creators.
At the heart of The Matter of Code approach is the permission to create something that is not needed. Accidental wandering and openness to error leads to a wonderful surprise and a creative discovery. This approach gives the chance to create something groundbreaking. Hack the way technology is used, find unexplored areas of code usage and explore seemingly impossible connections at the junction of the physical and digital world.
During the meeting, I will present the idea and the manifesto „The Matter of Code” by showing a number of works exploring the idea from diverse perspectives by numerous artists and designers from Poland and abroad. I will also share my experience in implementing presented manifesto in my works and teachings as well in works of my students.
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