SPLICE Festival VI 2025 Workshop 1

Friday January 24, 2025
4:00-5:30pm EDT
Dalton Lecture Hall D1110, Western Michigan University

Rachel Devorah Rome

Live Coding in Tidal Cycles' or 'Live Coding in Strudel'

Live coding is an approach to performance wherein a creative coder demonstrably writes and rewrites art-making protocol in real-time. Strudel is a web-based environment for live coding visuals in Hydra and music in Tidal Cycles. This workshop will cover the basics of live audio-visual coding performance using Strudel. No previous experience or software needed other than a web-browser (like Firefox or Chrome).

Bio

I am a sonic artist, technologist, educator, and labor organizer.

I'm interested in superhuman prolongation, opaque complexity, the re-signification of archaic tools and materials, and parallels between the physical properties and social meanings of spaces. I practice improvisation with bespoke electronics and with the French horn, my mother tongue.

I value machines for their patience.

My work has received support from the Adrian Piper Foundation (Berlin), EMS (Stockholm), INA/GRM (Paris), MassMoCA [U.S.], the New Museum (New York), New Music USA, and STEIM (Amsterdam).

I am employed as an Assistant Professor of Electronic Production and Design | Creative Coding at the Berklee College of Music, and Councilor with MS1140 AFT Massachusetts.