Dynamic media arts programming in impromptu
Andrew R. Brown, Andrew Sorensen · 2007
Dynamic software systems for generative art have particular requirements around rapid development and manipulation of ideas and real-time computational processes. Impromptu is an innovative new programming environment created by Andrew Sorensen, and is designed to facilitate the fluid flow of creative ideas and their expression in software. It has been used for our recent projects, including a variety of Collaborative Music Jamming Systems, because it supports creative processes by leveraging the audio, graphic and video capabilities of the modern operating system within a dynamic programming environment. In our projects collaboration is supported through a synthesis of media types, numerous communication protocols, and facilities for inter-system communications and control. The demonstration will show these environments and how Impromptu supported their development.