Live coding : a user's manual

• Main Authors: Blackwell, Alan F, Cocker, Emma, Cox, Geoff, McLean, Alex, Magnusson, Thor
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022; MIT Press
• Edition: 1
• Series: Software Studies
• Subjects: Agile software development; Algorithms > Psychological aspects; Computational Culture; Computer Music; Computer programming > Philosophy; Computing and Information Technology; Contemporary Arts and Sciences; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Critical Computing; Cultural and media studies; Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects; Digital, video and new media arts; Human-Computer Interaction; Information technology: general topics; JBCT3 Media studies: advertising and society; Live Coding; Media Arts; Media studies; Non-graphic and electronic art forms; Performance Studies; Psychology of Programming; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Software Studies; The Arts; The Arts: art forms
• ISBN: 0262544814; 9780262544818; 0262372630; 9780262372633; 9780262372626; 0262372622
• DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13770.001.0001

The first comprehensive introduction to the origins, aspirations, and evolution of live coding. Performative, improvised, on the fly: live coding is about how people interact with the world and each other via code. In the last few decades, live coding has emerged as a dynamic creative practice, gaining attention across cultural and technical fields—from music and the visual arts to computer science. Live Coding: A User's Manual is the first comprehensive introduction to the practice and a broader cultural commentary on the potential for live coding to open up deeper questions about contemporary cultural production and computational culture. This multiauthored book—by artists and musicians, software designers, and researchers—provides a practice-focused account of the origins, aspirations, and evolution of live coding, including expositions from a wide range of live coding practitioners. In a more conceptual register, the authors consider liveness, temporality, and knowledge in relation to live coding, alongside speculating on the practice's future forms. To freely download and read ebook (mobi, epub) and PDF files, please visit the resources tab. This book is open access and can be freely downloaded, shared and (if you wish) edited, subject to a CC-BY-SA license.