visuals

  • Controlling Improviz Using Midi via OSC

    In 2020 I did quite a number of workshops in using the Improviz visuals live coding environment. Improviz can be thought of as a fork of Livecodelab, especially as its developer, Guy John, is one the developers of Livecodelab. However, it has some key differences that make it stand out as its own unique…

  • Improviz gifs

    Earlier this year fellow visualist and live coder Rumblesan commissioned me to make some gifs for his new live coding software, Improviz. In July he unleashed it into the world! Looking at the above videos you could easily be forgiven for thinking that it looks a bit like LiveCodeLab. He is, after all, one…

  • Livecode Festival #2 – Visualists Meetup – 1st September 2018

    On Saturday 1st September I’m organising a meetup for visualists as part of Livecode Festival #2 at Access Space in Sheffield: A session for live coding visualists (at any level) lead by Antonio Roberts (aka hellocatfood), to talk about their tools and how they perform, with focus on Algorave visuals. A core part of…

  • Thoughts on live coding visuals in Pure Data

    I took part in Algorave in Gateshead on 26th April. Apart from being incredibly awesome it was my first time live coding – or rather live patching – visuals in Pure Data from scratch. I emphasise from scratch because nearly all of my performances involve me modifying patches, but never starting with a completely…

  • Visuals for Com Truise

    On June 13th I provided visuals for Com Truise‘s gig at Bull’s Head in Moseley, Birmingham. Aside from a few technical errors (I am a glitch artist afterall 😉 ) the gig went really great! Here’s a render of some of the visuals I did set to Terminal and Air Cal from his debut…

  • Com Truise, 13th June 2012

    Com Truise will be touring Europe and I’ll be providing visuals for his set at the Bulls Head in Birmingham on June 13th More details available on Facebook or the This is Tomorrow website. Tickets are only £5! Also, I’ll be doing my usual set at BOYD on 7th June

  • BiLE at SOUNDkitchen, 17th March 2011

    On Thursday 17th March from 8pm I’ll be providing visuals for BiLE (Birmingham Laptop Ensemble) at SOUNDktichen Balkan Fusion at the Hare and Hounds BiLE are a collaborative group of composers (instrumental and electroacoustic), performers and programmers who are all active members of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre). The core group of six artists…