Processing Community Catalog Reading Hosted by Creative Code Berlin - with special guest Casey Reas

Join us for an exciting in-person event at Prachtsaal Studio, Jonasstraße 22, 12053 Berlin, Germany. We are thrilled to have Casey Reas as our special guest for a special reading of the 20th Anniversary Processing Community Catalog, a celebration of the art+tech community. This nearly 1000-page book celebrates the achievements and creativity of the Processing community, featuring open-call submissions from those who've explored the potential of Processing, p5.js, and beyond.

We're honored to have Casey Reas joining us for this reading. With Ben Fry, Reas launched Processing in 2001. Processing is an open-source programming language and environment for the visual arts. Processing is widely used by thousands of artists and designers worldwide and by educators teaching programming fundamentals in art and design schools.

Attendees, especially those who have contributed to the catalog, are warmly invited to read a selected page during the event; if you'd like to locate a specific page beforehand, please refer to the online version of the catalog on archive.org.

This event is organized by Creative Code Berlin, an initiative promoting collaboration between artists and coders via two monthly meetups. Find out more about our regularly scheduled events at creativecode.berlin.

Many thanks to Kazik Pogoda, Xemantic collective, and the Prachtsaal cooperative for making their space available to us.

Looking forward to a night of inspiration, connection, and celebration of the Creative Coding community in Berlin. See you there!

Event Details:

Venue Limitation: Prachtsaal is a fairly intimate venue, so we have a limited capacity of 30 attendees for this event. We kindly ask that you please sign up only if you are confident of attending.

RSVP: Although we are promoting the event on various platforms including Meetup, we request you to RSVP on Eventbrite so we can get an accurate count. Tickets for the event are free.

Accessibility: The venue has limited wheelchair accessibility and the bathroom is not wheelchair accessible.

Entry: Enter through the left side of the gate. If the gate is closed, contact us at ‭+31 (0) 6 39 31 57 76‬

Schedule:

18:30 - Doors Open: Arrive, settle in, and mingle with fellow attendees.

19:00 - Event Begins: A brief introduction to the Processing Community Catalog.

19:30 - Readings Begin: Contributors, including Casey Reas, will take turns sharing chosen excerpts from the book. Attendees are encouraged to come and read a passage of their choosing.

21:00 - Networking & Interaction: An opportunity to discuss the readings, share experiences, and perhaps spark new collaborations.

22:00 - Event Concludes.

A note on diversity

We do our best to create a welcoming environment for everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. People from groups generally underrepresented in open-source, art, and technology fields are warmly encouraged to attend.

Safe space policy

We support the Berlin Code of Conduct: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/

We kindly ask you to read it and make sure you agree with its content.