For many years, artists and designers have developed their own computational tools to further explore the world of digital creation. Many disciplines have emerged from this work – e.g., generative art, parametric design and mapping – and the field continues to evolve with the recent, and more controversial, arrival of NFTs and image generators such as Disco Diffusion and Dall-E. However, the main ingredient of these approaches, i.e., programming, remains a mystery for many, despite myriad tutorials that can be found online.

This course offers an introduction to the basic techniques of creative coding. Drawing on the history of generative art, we will build elementary forms that will gradually be assembled into complex and evolving paintings. Through concrete and progressive exercises, participants will understand the basic logic and syntax of a programme and learn how to use it to generate a poster, an image, a book, a video installation or a scalable website.

Target audience
This course is primarily aimed at people who are familiar with the fields of art and/or design and who wish to strengthen their professional integration in fields related to emerging technologies.

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