PECKHAM DIGITAL - Live Coding Visuals with Hydra

This workshop, led by visual artist Antonio Roberts https://hellocatfood.com/ aka hellocatfood, will introduce you to the basics of Hydra, focusing on how image sources can be transformed, modulated, and composited by chaining together different functions.

Hydra is a platform for live coding visuals, inspired by analogue modular synthesis. It is built in javascript by Olivia Jack https://ojack.xyz/ and be extended through the use of custom image textures, videos and web cam inputs.

This workshop, led by visual artist Antonio Roberts https://hellocatfood.com/ aka hellocatfood, will introduce you to the basics of Hydra, focusing on how image sources can be transformed, modulated, and composited by chaining together different functions.

By the end of the workshop you will learn the skills needed to perform using Hydra. If you've ever been curious about using code to make visuals and have aspirations to perform at live coding events and Algoraves then this workshop is perfect for you.

No coding experience is necessary.

Please note: Visitors are required to bring their own laptop (with a webcam) with google chrome or Firefox browser installed - Safari has caused issues in the past

Antonio Roberts 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.

His work has been featured at galleries and festivals including, Furtherfield, Tate Britain, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago, Birmingham Open Media, Jerwood Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art, Green Man Festival, Barbican, Victoria and Albert Museum, Czurles Nelson Gallery, and New Art Exchange.

He is an Artist Advisor for Jerwood Arts and from 2014 - 2019 he was Curator at Vivid Projects where he produced the Black Hole Club artist development programme. In 2021 he co-founded the (Algo|Afro) Futures programme for early career Black artists to learn about live coding and creative coding.

As a live coder and performing artist he has performed at events and venues including SXSW, Barbican, Green Man Festival, Supersonic Festival, British Library, BlueDot Fetsival, Cafe Oto, ICLC, Corsica Studios and more.

See more of his work at

Website: https://hellocatfood.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/hellocatfood

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hellocatfood

Peckham Digital is a chance to experience some exciting and interactive artwork, create your own, learn from great artists, meet like-minded people, soak up some good vibes and make the world that little bit more creative.

We want to introduce people to the wonderfully diverse new forms of creativity being produced using technology and to give a platform for emerging artists who push these boundaries whilst connecting with people in an engaging and accessible way.

Peckham Digital CIC is a registered not-for-profit Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee.

https://www.peckhamdigital.org/about/

Staffordshire St

Staffordshire St is an independent project space in Peckham, South East London. The venue facilitates arts and cultural events and provides affordable studios for artists, makers and designers. ​

The venue was recently established as an art gallery, before then it was for many years a community centre and originally it was built as a Methodist Hall. Staffordshire St will build on the established record of these histories, opening up again to the neighbourhood and developing a welcoming interdisciplinary arts space.

More information on upcoming events at : info@staffordshirest.com or @staffordshirest

Accessibility: There is step-free access to the gallery via the door to the left hand side of the main entrance. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet. The event will be taking place in the exhibition space, which will be in darkness.