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The Cookery 2026 : Live coding patternes and tangles - Alex McLean + Agathe Herrou

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The first masterclass of The Cookery 2026 pairs together livecoders : Alex co-founded the TOPLAP live coding and Algorave algorithmic dance movements, and instigated the TidalCycles and Strudel live coding environments. Agathe, known musically as th4, is a livecoder, developer, mathematician and a proficient knitter, who has been working on bridging this practice with live-coding.

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Patterns are the original code, as systematic ways of thinking about textiles and music, with a long history starting thousands of years before our current ​‘digital age’. Over the past 25 years, ​‘live coding’ practice has emerged as a human-centric way to explore patterns in music using code-based notation, in a way similar to knitting and other heritage patterns. In this workshop we will get deep into ​‘pattern thinking’, and how it can ground contemporary creative technology in ancient arts and crafts.

To do this we’ll be working with glue guns, motors, lollypop sticks and code examples, to explore how complex patterns of sound and movement can be made from simple parts.

We will introduce the free, web-based strudel software for this, exploring its possibilities for live coding music, while connecting it with other pattern-based codes like knitting and weaving patterns. No experience with code, music, or textiles necessary!

Practical info

This 2-days masterclass takes place on Saturday 30 + Sunday 31.05.2026, from 10:00 to 18:00

Languages: EN/FR

Bring your own laptop and headphone