Reflections On Live Coding Collaboration
Alex McLean · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2015
rough my practice as a live coder of music, I have enjoyed varied collaborations with percussionists, live artists, performance artists, dancers and choreographers, as well as other live coders. In the following short paper I will reflect on a number of these collaborations, including with/within algorave, live Jazz improv, performance art and choreography practice. Some focus will be on the role of time and language, as core themes embedded in “live coding”, but I will also consider wider cultural issues, and of the role of collaboration in making live coding meaningful. I conclude by considering how technology could beer support close collaboration in the future. roughout, informal reports by collaborators and audience members are drawn from, as well as reflections as a live coding performer. is is not intended as a research output, or practice-led research, but as reflections on practice which could inform later research hypotheses.