Makers Meet & Eat 2022

When3 September 2022 LocationDe Havenloods, Nijverheidsweg 6, Utrecht Price€5,- including first drink, excluding dinner TicketsCCU Stager

Are you an art lover, culture vulture, maker, creative person or just interested in the recent developments in the field of (digital) art, culture and design? Join us on September 3rd for the Makers Meet & Eat to see great presentations by young Utrecht and Dutch makers.

During the Meet & Eat, a variety of makers will talk about their working methods and research in the field of (digital) art, culture and design. An afternoon for meeting people, sharing knowledge, tricks of the trade and a look behind the scenes. With the sun on your face we conclude the programme with music, a (vegetarian/vegan) BBQ & drinks.

Everyone is welcome to delve into the developments and share their opinion. Besides the 20 invited speakers, this year it is possible to start a conversation yourself at our new 'wildcard table'. The event is open to Dutch and English speakers. The main language is English.

GARDENING Exhibition

When2 June - 31 July 2022 LocationAmelisweerd, Utrecht Tickets ccu.stager.nl/gardening/tickets

Humans and nature are inseparably linked, it’s an ecosystem. Or rather: your ecosystem! All works in the exhibition are carefully selected and together form one ecosystem. Do you want to know how the ecosystem works? Take one of the punch cards with you through the exhibition. At each artwork you are invited to punch a hole along one of the axes: art-analysis and culture-technology. Will your ecosystem be in balance? At the end of the exhibition you can fill in your points at the installation. Together with fellow visitors we are looking for the balance between everyone’s ecosystem.

Visit Gardening.nu for more info.

GARDENING Amelisweerd

When2 June - 31 July 2022 LocationAmelisweerd, Utrecht Tickets ccu.stager.nl/gardening/tickets

GARDENING Amelisweerd has opened! Starting today until July 31st you can visit the exhibition about nature and technology in Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd (Wed - Sun 11:00 - 17:00). Upcoming weekend we will celebrate the opening with extra artworks and activities by Kunstmatig de Podcast, Kop in 't Zand, and FOREST5x5 by @elzii.berzii. Visit Gardening.nu for more info.

Cultivating a new relationship with nature 🌱

DateSummer 2022 LocationAmelisweerd, Utrecht, The Netherlands WebsiteGardening.nu

In the summer of 2022, out of the beautiful forest of Amelisweerd emerges the interactive exhibition GARDENING. Between its trees, ponds, and flowers hide artworks and sensory experiences, emphasizing the contrasts and parallels between nature and technology. Enter the mansion Oud Amelisweerd and wander around its estate to discover the symbiosis between the digital and the natural.   What does nature mean when we look at it through the eyes of an artificially intelligent system? What happens when we no longer focus on people and also give voices and rights to non-humans? GARDENING explores these questions by making our changing relationship with nature tangible through art and design.

We will gradually present the activities featured within the programme, unfolding like a flower, its buds reaching full growth. During the year you can expect meetups, talkshows, performances, tours, and more, leading up to the denouement that is the interactive exhibition.

GARDENING presents new artworks by:

• Driessens & Verstappen (NL)
• Theun Karelse & Sjef van Gaalen (NL)
• Cream on Chrome (CH/DE/NL)
• Raumklang (NL)
• Otherwise Collective
• Carolien Teunisse (NL)

- with more artists to be announced. Stay tuned to @gardening.nu and @creativecodingutrecht to witness the upgrowth of the exhibition as the seasons pass by.
The exhibition is made possible by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Mondriaan Fonds, Pauwhof Fonds, Fentener van Vlissingenfonds, Niemeier Fonds, Carel Nengerman Fonds, and Stokroos Fonds.

GARDENING OPENING WEEKEND

When4, 5 & 6 June 2022 LocationLandhuis Oud Amelisweerd Pricepay-what-you-like Website gardening.nu

During Whitsun weekend of June 4, 5 and 6, Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd will open its doors from 11:00 to 17:00 for the opening weekend of gardening.nu. During this weekend you can enjoy live music generated from the underwater world by paddling in a kayak, listen to artificial bird sounds (if you hold very still, they might come closer), and see what the estate during the opposite season looks like through your phone screen.   More info gardening.nu, instagram.com/gardening.nu  

ReCoding Mouchette

When20 May 2022 LocationTBA, Utrecht Tickets ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111181039
Talk€7,50/€10,00/€12,50 Talk + Soup & Drinks€17,50/€20,00/22,50

The internet is broken! What can we learn from the pioneers of media art to take back the internet? For this new edition of ReCoding we are inspired by Mouchette, one of the online persona’s created by Martine Neddam back in 1996, far before the establishment of social media. Net-art researcher Annet Dekker will lead the conversation and give us insights into context and ideologies of early net-artists. Then we’ll focus on Mouchette and Martine Neddam’s work to learn more about how storytelling, personas, and web functions are closely intertwined. It is possible to sign up for dinner, drinks, and networking - taking place prior to the talks. We will be serving soup. Please note: when you buy a Dinner ticket and you are welcome at 18:15 instead of 20:00.   More info & tickets: full event & lineup description  

DE HAVENLOODS CULTURE FESTIVAL

When13 & 14 May 2022 Location De Havenloods PriceFree! Online De Havenloods Cultuurfestival

Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of May all artists and creatives of the artistic breading ground De Havenloods are hosting their own culturefestival. And we are part of it! Our home, De Havenloods, will give space to a program filled with a diverse array of artists, makers, genres, disciples, and styles, in which the makers of De Havenloods get the leading role.   More info De Havenloods Utrecht website  

Upcoming: Behind The Screens Season III Kickoff

When17 March 2022 Article Behind The Screens on Medium

Upcoming Thursday, Kate Sicchio will be kicking off Behind The Screens season 3 with a live coded dance performance called "Terpsicode". Do you want to learn more about her practice and how dance and code go hand in hand?   👉 Read her personal interview on Medium  

Math Ex Workshop: How to Mint & Tax NFTs?

When4 March 2022 WhereNAR Café der kunsten, Nijverheidsweg 6, Utrecht Price€10,- regular / €7,50 student Tickets ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111161908

In this workshop you’ll get a masterclass in minting NFTs of your artwork. The workshop is supervised by Saskia Freeke and will demonstrate a variety of methods and platforms. We'll conclude the programme with a session on the topic of taxation. In this part of the session we’ll review a bundle of text put forth by the Dutch Tax Institution, stating their perspective on how to deal with crypto assets. Together we’ll see if we can make sense of it.  

MATH EXPRESSIONISM EXPO

When3 - 6 March 2022 WhereNAR Café der kunsten, Nijverheidsweg 6, Utrecht PricePay What You Like ~
Income will be donated to the CCU Education Programme Link https://[...]/event/mathex
FundsCreative Industry Fund, Gemeente Utrecht & TheElephantNL

CCU turns 5 and to celebrate we organize Math Expressionism at the brand new venue NAR Café der kunsten!   Math Expressionism (Math Ex) is an exhibition showcasing the work of artists from the (inter)national community of creative coders. The programme dives into the field of generative art and presents the makers and their tools, the communities they are part of, and the creative processes that shape their work. We will keep the artist line up a secret for now, but stay tuned for more information!   Math Ex is also an experiment with Non Fungible Token’s (NFT’s). Through workshops and discussions we offer both makers and collectors hands-on opportunities to develop their own perspective on this controversial field. Makers will share their experiences of being part of NFT communities such as Hic et Nunc and Artblocks. We’ll discuss the controversies and the interesting developments that have emerged. Of course all of this is embedded in a festive programme where all senses will be triggered by means of art, food, drinks and music  

LIVE CODING MEETUP

Date17 February Time20:00 - 22:00 LocationDe Havenloods, Utrecht Price€5,- regular / €3,50 student Ticketsccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111154008

February 17th we’re hosting a meetup together with Sounds Like Touch. Branimir Štivić and The Twin Stranger will present their work (in progress) while they are doing residencies in, respectively, Utrecht and The Hague.   As an artist, Branimir works with pneumatic systems, microcontrollers, breath sensors, live coding environment, and music creation software. Jude Cowan Montague and Riitta Hakkarainen, together as The Twin Stranger, will develop ‘Mefite Goddess of the Volcano’: a new site based theatre piece on the theme of volcanology and volcano lore, this project incorporates multiple live coders working with various data streams We welcome all coders, creatives, musicians, artists, visualists and anyone else who is interested or harbours curiousity towards the field of Live Coding to join us in De Havenloods.

Workshop: AIR RHYTHM MACHINE

Date18 February Time19:00 - 22:00 LocationVoormalig Pieter Baan Centrum, Gansstraat 162, 3582 EP Utrecht Price€30,- regular / €15,- student Ticketsccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111154058

In the workshop “AIR RHYTHM MACHINE” Branimir Štivić will guide you through his new media artistic process using practical examples to introduce you to live coding, physical computing and MIDI sequencing. As an artist, Branimir works with pneumatic systems, microcontrollers, breath sensors, live coding environment, and music creation software. Pneumatics is the science and technology of pressurized air—using piped, compressed air to transmit force and energy. With his guidance, you will learn how to control air to produce music through DIY use of industrial automation components and everyday objects.    With a simple practical example of making a compressed air drum machine we will go through the basics of pneumatic systems, flow control with electromagnetic pneumatic valves, percussion with pneumatic cylinders, force transmission, air pressure, compressors, Helmholtz resonators and principle of air resonance in cavities. NO CODING OR SOLDERING SKILL REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE!!! Bringing your laptop/computer for active participation is desirable but not mandatory.  Materials from the workshop will be published on GitHub.

Encoding the Apocalypse

Date20 February Time19:00 - 22:00 Locationiii workspace, Willem Dreespark 312, The Hague Ticketsinstrumentinventors.org/…/encoding-the-apocalypse
CollaborationThe Twin Stranger Residency is a collaboration between iii and CCU

Encoding the Apocalypse features works by The Twin Stranger and Lazarus Chan who are presenting the outcome of their residencies at iii. Using data visualisation and performance they explore the theme of apocalypse as a force of nature and as an aspect of human nature    ‘Mefite Goddess of the Volcano’ is an original, new site based theatre piece on the theme of volcanology and volcano lore by The Twin Stranger, Jude Cowan Montague and Riitta Hakkarainen. The piece incorporates multiple live coders working with various data streams, such as seismic data, ground deformation, earthquakes and volcanic emissions. The theatershow will be accompanied by a live coded performance by Rafaele M. Andrade and eerieear. More info: instrumentinventors.org/agenda/encoding-the-apocalypse
Tickets: instrumentinventors.org/…/encoding-the-apocalypse

REGISTERS OF CODE ~ The humxn machine as an organist of the 21st century

Date12 February LocationOrgelpark, Gerard Brandtstraat 28, 1054 JK Amsterdam Price€17,50 regular / €10,00 student Ticketsticketunie.com/widgets/…/OrderActvity/100154
ArtistsEerieEar (NL), Branimir Štivić (HR), Rachel Devorah Roma (US) PartnersOn The Fly [Creative Coding Utrecht + Zentrum Fúr Kunst and Medien Karlsruhe + Hangar Barcelona, Ljudmila Lublijana], Orgelpark SponsorsCreative Europe & Fonds Podiumkunsten, Stimulerignsfonds Creatieve Industrie

Registers of Code is a concert night where the world of software development unites with that of organ music. Historically known as a musical tradition evolved from improvisation, organ music shares more similarities to the art of software development than one might expect. With its roots in improvisation, programming can be used to produce audio visual artworks in real-time. During the concert, the relationship between the two practices will be highlighted, not by contrasting them but by fusing them into one.   Through three different performances, we will explore how digital artists enrich the organ. From applying artificial intelligence to create new compositions to using the body as an instrument through sensors, the power of improvisation will be central to the course of the evening. Visit the concert on the 12th of February and experience the masterful balance between the elements of surprise and recognition More info: https://www.orgelpark.nl/ (in Dutch)
Tickets: ticketunie.com/widgets/…/OrderActvity/100154

Co-creating alternative 'zero-waste' urban imaginaries: Sharing experiences & practices

TypeOnline colloquium DateDecember 17, 13:00 - 15:00 CET LocationOnline

Breaking away from damaging fossil-fuelled practices and transitioning towards urban sustainability has never been more pressing. Yet, in the rush to transition, sustainability related issues, such as waste, are often treated as objective and somewhat isolated challenges that can be addressed through top-down technological solutions. This fails to address what `waste’ means to people on the ground and how they might imagine potential ‘zero-waste’ futures, which may prevent more sustainable futures to come about. Instead, seeing waste as an inherently cultural aspect of our cities, and, in Donna Haraway’s words, “staying with the trouble” this might cause, can support the inclusion of multiple perspectives when (re)imagining 'zero-waste', circular urban futures.

• If you would like to join, please send a message to Corelia Baibarac-Duignan, c.baibarac-duignan@uu.nl. Corelia will send the meeting link after registration

ITERATIONS: Creative Coding Symposium

TypeWorkshops / Hybrid talks / Interviews Date26 – 27 November 2021 LocationOnline +
Veemvloer, Van Diemenstraat 410, Amsterdam Websiteiterations.online
Price One day€15,- regular / €7,50 student Two days€25,- regular / €10,- student We highly value inclusivity and accessibility, for this reason, these prices are adjustable. Please contact us if you feel held back by these prices.
Ticketsccu.stager.nl/ITERATIONS/tickets

How do recent technological developments empower makers to generate new creative avenues? How is the creative coding landscape going to evolve in the coming few years? These questions will be explored during the creative coding symposium ITERATIONS organised by Vera van de Seyp in collaboration with Creative Coding Utrecht. With a focus on inclusivity, we invited an international group of makers from different niches within the field to talk about their practice. In the form of presentations, interactive sessions, and workshops we will discuss four general themes: web tools, machine learning, world building, and creative education. Sponsored by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie and Pictoright Fund More info: https://iterations.online
Tickets: ccu.stager.nl/ITERATIONS/tickets

Workshop: Reshape Photographs Through Code

TypeWorkshop DateNovember 20, 13:00 - 16:00 CEST
PriceIncluded in the ticket to visit the pop-up museum on Nov. 20th Ticketsuncloud.stager.nl/Uncloud2021Exhibition/tickets

With code, we have the possibility to reshape photographs. The photograph tells a story on its own. By reshaping it through code we can emphasize that story or tell something different. In this workshop, you will code your own programs to reshape photographs. We will look into how to load images, static and generative. What we can do with filters, and how we are able to reshape elements of the photograph. During the workshop, you will collect your own photographs on site. Wilbert is in the last year of his Art & Research study at the St. Joost Academy of Art. In his practice, he explores the balance with photography between the old and the new. Recently he started researching the digital through programming, exploring what the possibilities are of transforming images without photoshop.

• NO prerequisite knowledge of coding and or Processing is necessary. You can download Processing for free online, great to do this in advance. Processing version 3.5.4 (processing.org/download)
• Participants are required to bring their own laptop.
• Your registration is not completed until you confirm your participation by purchasing a ticket for Uncloud on Nov. 20th 👉 uncloud.stager.nl/Uncloud2021Exhibition/tickets

Meetup Yin-Gemis; A meetup about women in tech, and the lack thereof

Date12 October Time20:00 LocationHof van Cartesius, Vlampijpstraat 94, 3534 AR Utrecht Eventhttps://fb.me/e/10e6W3t9x Price€5,- regular / €3,50 student Ticketsccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111117329

As of 2021, the tech industry continues to be a highly male-dominated environment. Although more and more women are employed in the industry, there’s still only a small portion of tech-related jobs performed by women. This significant lack of diversity in the industry can lead to products and services that are not inclusive for society. In the meetup on October 12th, we will be giving the floor to artists and researchers investigating this problem and turning their insights into impactful experiences and art projects to achieve a more diverse and inclusive tech-industry. The meetup borrows its name from one of these projects. More info: https://fb.me/e/10e6W3t9x
Tickets: ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111117329

Programme: Yin-Gemis Meetup Speakers

Talk "Yin-Gemis" by Julia Luteijn and Rhied Al-Othmani About The project Yin-Gemis is a collaboration between artist Julia Luteijn and researcher and lecturer Rhied Al-Othmani, bringing attention to the gender gap and bias in the tech industry by presenting an AI-generated, universal narrative of women’s experiences and stories. The narrative will be visualized using virtual reality, in which you get to experience the highlights of the interviews. During the meetup, Julia and Rhied will be sharing their insights and taking feedback to enrichen the project.
Talk "The Sexist Radio" by Esther Bouma About The second project presented during the meet-up will be The Sexist Radio by Esther Bouma. Inspired by her own personal experience, Esther collected an abundance of sexist comments that she received for being a woman working with technology. The comments repeated by the radio verbalize the prejudice people have of a woman’s competence in the tech-industry.

Gaudeamus

Dates11 + 12 September LocationDe Nijverheid PartnersGaudeamus, Creative Coding Utrecht and NL_CLd SponsorsCreative Europe, the Dutch Performing Arts Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

Gaudeamus, Creative Coding Utrecht and NL_CL present ALG0MA5: a concert in which you see digital creativity enriching the practice of composers, instrument builders and musicians with new possibilities. Brazilian composer and hardware hacker Rafaele Andrade shows the versatility of her hybrid instrument KNURL; a hybrid cello with 16 strings made of durable material and built-in electronic components. Thanks to the electronics the audience can influence the sounds of the instrument live during the concert. Musicians and artists Jonathan Reus, Sabrina Verhage and Anne Veinberg & Felipe Ignacio Noriega on the CodeKlavier will give a demonstration of this. The programme is framed by three performances by live coders from Barcelona, ​​Karlsruhe and Ljublijana who belong to the European collaborative project On-The-Fly.

LIVE CODING MEETUP & JAM

Date28 September Time20:00 - 22:30 LocationDe Havenloods, Utrecht Eventfacebook.com/events/239399068119315 Price€5,- regular / €3,50 student Ticketsccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111111641

September 28th we’re hosting a meet-up with On-The-Fly and NL_CL. We welcome all coders, creatives, musicians, artists, visualists and anyone else who is interested or curious in the field of Live Coding to join us in De Havenloods for talks about coding, show work-in-progress and to explore the live coding practice. We’ll be closing the evening with an open code jam and drinks. Bring your laptop and join the jam session, no matter your expertise we’d love to see you perform. Jamming is open for anyone, but if you already know you’d like to join you can email us.

MAKERS MEET & EAT 2021

Date19 September Time12:00 - 20:00 LocationRAUM, Berlijnplein, Utrecht Price€12,50 incl. BBQ + 2 drinks Ticketshttps://raum.stager.nl/web/tickets/111066200

10 tables, 4 rounds, 40 short talks by 20 makers, 1 inspiring keynote, 1 XXL vegan meal, 100+ makers and like-minded people. These are the ingredients of the second Makers Meet & Eat organised by Creative Coding Utrecht, IMPAKT, RAUM, and SETUP on Sunday 19th of September from 12:00 - 20:00 at RAUM on Berlijnplein. During the Meet & Eat you will get around the table with various makers to get to know their ways-of-working and research in the field of digital art, culture and design. An afternoon for meeting, sharing knowledge, tricks of the trade and a look behind the scenes. The day will end with a BBQ hosted by Venster, during which we will chat whilst enjoying a good bite, drink and (hopefully) the sun.

MAKERS MEET & EAT 2021 SPEAKERS

Speakers 155, Ahnjili Zhuparris & Tim van Ommeren, Cream on Chrome, Diogo Carriço, Driessens & Verstappen, Ebru Aydin, Fleur van der Linden, Jeroen van Loon, Joes + Manon, Johan Rijpma, Marc Tuters, Minem Sezgin, Nicky Liebregts, Nienke Huitenga & James Bryan Graves, Rosa Wevers, SMELT (Dorian Kingma), Theun Karelse and William Knies. Info raumutrecht.nl/event/meet-up-makers-meet-eat

Gaudeamus

Dates11 + 12 September LocationDe Nijverheid PartnersGaudeamus, Creative Coding Utrecht and NL_CLd SponsorsCreative Europe, the Dutch Performing Arts Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

Gaudeamus, Creative Coding Utrecht and NL_CL present ALG0MA5: a concert in which you see digital creativity enriching the practice of composers, instrument builders and musicians with new possibilities. Brazilian composer and hardware hacker Rafaele Andrade shows the versatility of her hybrid instrument KNURL; a hybrid cello with 16 strings made of durable material and built-in electronic components. Thanks to the electronics the audience can influence the sounds of the instrument live during the concert. Musicians and artists Jonathan Reus, Sabrina Verhage and Anne Veinberg & Felipe Ignacio Noriega on the CodeKlavier will give a demonstration of this. The programme is framed by three performances by live coders from Barcelona, ​​Karlsruhe and Ljublijana who belong to the European collaborative project On-The-Fly.

Cultuurterras Weekender w. Uncloud, Modulation. & CCU

Dates4 + 5 September LocationDe Nijverheid PartnersUncloud,Modulation, CCU, De Nijverheid SponsorsGemeente Utrecht, Pictoright Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

The first weekend of September, Uncloud Festival, Modulation., and CCU join forces for a two day programme filled with electronic music and immersive performances at Cultuurterras De Nijverheid. On Saturday September 4th, we will have a selection of amazing artists performing experimental electronic music mixed with theatre and audio-visual performances by Bakah, Bodyscan 223, Diogo Carriço, Timo Hoogland, and Skander Jaïbi & Jaco Schilp. On Sunday afternoon, there will be a live painting in creation while we enjoy the chill- and spacy vibes of Ambient and Drone music by Dubberdink & Cathy Daniëls, Allert Aalderes, and Skander Jaïbi, priming us for a Modulation concert at night with Jerome Mardga, Dennis Weijers, and Mieke van Dam. So join us during Cultuurterras #8 for immersive performances and mesmerizing mellow tunes! Tickets will be sold at the door.

AI HACKING: Adversarial Attacks - Meetup & Workshop

Dates26 + 27 august LocationDe Havenloods, Ruimte31 - de Tussenruimte Partners€7,50 / €5,- student Meetup€7,50 / €5,- student Meetup + workshop€10,- / €6,- student Ticketsdrive.creativecodingutrecht.nl/.../

August 26 and 27, CCU organizes a meet-up and workshop about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its weakness to ‘Adversarial Attacks’. During an adversarial attack, the AI vision is misled by adding visual noise to images, leading to malfunctions in the system. During the meet-up, we will be joined by experts in the field to talk aboutt. During the workshop led by Javier Lloret Pardo, we will have an introduction to Adversarial Attacks applied to images and we will explore code examples that implement different adversarial techniques. This workshop will also propose a space for dialogue and discussion around the subject.

We’re very excited to introduce you to our exhibition Rainbows End 🌈🌈🌈, where we strive to give a platform to underrepresented makers (femme, poc & queer) who use art and virtual worlds as an artistic medium. The exhibition takes place from April 22 until May 2 at De Havenloods and De Nijverheid and is curated by HERVISIONS. The next few months, we’ll be announcing many great events like workshops, hackathons, tours, all leading up to this exhibition. Stay tuned for updates!