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Live Coding for Performance

Workshop in creating live coded music by Antonio Roberts

A speaker wearing a red jacket presenting in front of a screen showing digital art software.

In this workshop, Antonio Roberts AKA Hellocatfood introduced us to the basics of live coding music. Live coding is a performative practice where artists and musicians use code to create live music and live visuals. A great example of live coding in action is our Algorave in March 2023.

The main software being taught in this workshop was TidalCycles: an environment for live coding music with algorithmic patterns. By the end of the workshop, we learned the skills needed to create our own performances using live coding tools.

About the artist

Antonio Roberts

Antonio Roberts AKA Hellocatfood is an artist and curator based in Birmingham, UK, working primarily with video, code, and sound. He is critically engaged with the themes surrounding network culture and in his practice explores how technology continues to shape ideas of creation, ownership, and authorship. As a performing visual artist and musician he utilises live coding techniques to demystify technology and reveal its design decisions, limitations, and creative potential.

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