What is the workshop about?
In this workshop, digital performance artist Naoto Hieda gives an introduction to the practice of live coding using the software Hydra. Hydra is a creative coding environment developed by Olivia Jack to create and publish visualizations in real time, especially in the web browser. Hydra is ideal for beginners and allows for the development of interactive visuals with little or no coding experience. Participants will learn how to generate glitchy images and how to use code to create their own generative aesthetic. Finally, we will create a small multimedia real-time performance in which visuals interactively respond to sound, code and to our bodies. You will learn how to create online live performances or how to present your artwork on the manifold displays at display!
Who is the workshop for?
- anyone interested
- artists, designers, curious people
- students in “multimedia” related studies
- type or graphic designers
- people afraid of coding 🙂 or
- creative coders who’re up for learning something new
- architects and designers who are interested in interactivity
- the lazy ones who want to get things done without too much fuzz
What do you need to bring?
- a laptop (Mac / Windows / Linux)
- the workshop will be held in English


