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By planting ideas in the rich soil of creative possibilities, artists are infusing new energy into a hopeful future - one where we have the power to divert the course of our technologies. They are imagining the foundations for a world where there are no such things as scraps or trash, but only creative possibilities.

This summer, get ready to enrich the humus layer of your imagination. Discover the possibilities for a future where human, nature and machines can co-exist. The Composting Computers exhibition will showcase artistic explorations born amongst the opportunities posed by e-waste repurposing and creative thinking.

Workshops will be held weekly during the expo, keep an eye out for our programme coming soon! Please note that in order to join the exhibition opening on June 15 you will need a ticket for Hof der Zotheid.

Funded by Gemeente Utrecht | Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie | KF Hein Fonds | Cultuurfonds | Fentener van Vlissingenfonds

Pollinations – De Kunst van het Bestuiven


In het Pollinations programma werden vier gerenommeerde kunstenaars uit België en Nederland uitgenodigd door curator Tim Joye.

De kunstwerken van Anne Marie Maes (BE), Peter de Cupere (BE), Robin Koek (NL) en Driessens & Verstappen (NL) vragen aandacht voor bijen, bestuivers en hun leefwereld - en de uitdagingen waar ze voor voor staan.

Het Pollinations programma is een vervolg op de Bee Embassy, een werk uit 2022 dat voortvloeide uit een samenwerking tussen Zeger Reyers en Reaktor21.

De werken staan tentoongesteld in de open lucht op Stadsboerderij Steede Hoge Woerd in Utrecht de Meern en zijn te bezoeken tot en met december 2024.

Tonight our friends over at toplap Barcelona are throwing down /* VIU */ 2024!! ~~~~ Vea aquí debajo la lista de amigos familiares en algún orden!! 🎉🎉🌴👾

19.30 - 20.00 Allholy, Maia Francisco
20.05 - 20.35 Refugi Fauna Salvatge
20.40 - 21.10 loopier
21.15 - 21.45 Raphaël Bastide
21.50 - 22.20 Lil Bleep & Nikilia
22.25 - 22.55 Pondskater
23 00 - 23.30 TACHA~
23 35 - 00.05 Nau alice ahora

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https://www.youtube.com/live/zsUzQeUvDkw

Woojow; LIVE algo más! 🎉 https://www.youtube.com/live/xAdQEg-Alf8

/* VIU */ 2024 Livecoding Festival Algorave
21:00 harte echtzeit & Alfonsofonso
21:40 Nabìr & Savamala
22:20 Trblnt & XaniaH
23:00 nervousdata
23:40 Damage Such
00:20 Xiwire x Shannax
01:00 Gama Reis & visual_punk_ltd
01:40 Pikante & LXT

Refer to toplap.cat for all relevant things etc 😁🎶

This May we'll be having a special guest over in our CCU studio for an artist talk! On this night we can learn from and listen to Benjamin Gaulon, who's an artist, researcher, and educator whose work confronts the limitations of technology & consumerism.

Through techniques like hacking and recycling, he breathes new life into discarded technology, challenging conventional notions of functionality and purpose. Gaulon's talk will explore themes of planned obsolescence & nostalgia, inviting to reconsider our relationship with devices. From creating symbiotic relationships between appliances to confronting the brutal materiality of technology, Gaulon's work offers a provocative glimpse into our technological legacy and a call for more sustainable practices in the digital age.

📅 16 May 20.00 - 22.00
📍 Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 Regular €7,50 / Student €5

Join us on a night full of interesting information & presentations from a special CCU guest!

Funded by Het Nieuwe Instituut & Creative Industries Fund NL

[[ LIVE ]] Sickhouse presents the Ultimate IndieMash Game Contest featuring 12 contestants from all over the world presenting their unique indiegame concepts!

With music by Rafaele Andrade

The competing games:
- The Phaistos Discussions by Florence Smith Nichols & Younès Rabii 🗣
- Eixogen by Louisa Teichmann & Sophie Allerding
- Between by Claire Kwong ↕
- Footsy by Tim Buhrs & Jordy de Waal 👣
- [RORO] by Studio Loopntale
- A World Without You by Laura Palavecino 🔎
- Kitchen Royale by Studio Newlyz 🍳
- Yeah, I've Seen That by Studio Bolland 📽
- BADABEAM by KATPATAT 😺
- Blink and Die Replay by Sureksu Games & Team Spicy Bubble 🫧
- The Sticky Glade 3D by JB Gambier 🎲
- Hydrofuture: Whispers From a Flooded Wasteland by Katerina Korre 🌱

SICKSTREAM HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/live/aAV2xLEnCxE

This show is brought to you by Sickhouse & The Overkill Festival, with special thanks to Gemeente Enschede, Stimuleringsfonds, MadTV, Job Boots and Concordia.

We strongly advise you to cautiously but resolutely click this link https://eulerroom.com - and then take in all the priceless unfathomable info on the upcoming... TOPLAP Live Stream: ICLC Satellite

25. May 06.00 2024
through
26. May 06.00 2024

There are still slots left to claim. Think fast! 😃

👾CCU, UTwente and Katpatat would like to invite you to join our play-test this Friday for the Future Frictions interactive experience (app) at CCU Studio!

The play test will last two hours (drinks included) and the purpose is for you to create a future vision for the city you live in, focusing on a topic that is relevant to you. Future Frictions are all interactions between individuals and collective values in sustainable cities, and between our experience of the city, nature and technologies. It would be great to see you there and hear what you think about the web experience!

There’s more: since you’re giving us your data, we’re giving you a Datalek back! Disclaimer: no actual data will be leaked, that is just the name of the very limited edition beer by House of Pint, created especially for the Composting Computers exhibition and workshop programme!

📅  Friday 21 June, 17:00 - 19:00
📌 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 Free! Leave a comment to register your interest

Happening now! Finissage of Composting Computers, come for a toast to the closing of the exhibition and enjoy some sunshine ☀️🥂
Until 19:00 at the CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84

🌇 Guess what! It might be pouring down today, but next Friday we hope to be dancing in the sun to our CCU Summer Party! ✨

Join us from 16:00 onwards at CCU Studio (Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht) to celebrate this past year at our new location before our summer break 🍻

Come for a dance and a drink, stick around for surprise acts 👀

We are starting soon with our CCU summer party! Come celebrate the start of the weekend with us, grab a cold drink and dance to funky beats 🔥🔥🔥

Samen met mediakunstenaar Niki Scheijen ga je aan de slag met het maken van je eigen digitale festival visuals. Hier leer je on-the-spot spetterende beelden maken op je favoriete festival tunes. Op een makkelijke en speelse manier maak je kennis met Hydra, een speciale website waarmee je supersnel fantastische beelden maakt door het experimenteren met code.

Heb je ook al helemaal zin om met ons aan de slag te gaan? Schrijf je in en dan zien we je op 24 augustus!

👤Deze workshop is in het Nederlands en voor jongeren van 14 tot 28 jaar.
📅 24 augustus, 13:00 - 16:00
📍 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 €30 regulier | €15 studenten en onder 21: https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111438927?utm_campaign=festival-visuals&utm_source=telegram

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ICLC 2025 - CALL EXTENDED!

The ICLC 2025 Call for Proposals has been extended to allow for abstract registrations until September 22nd, allowing changes and uploads of the
completed submission templates until September 30th.
This means you can just create an empty submission ID by the first deadline to hold your spot, and then you can add and change your
materials until the second deadline!
https://iclc.toplap.org/2025/#important-dates

Abstract registration will be opening on EasyChair TOMORROW September 3!
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🗓 Upcoming CCU events:

🟦 Tomorrow! 21 September | TouchDesigner Beginners Workshop: bit.ly/4ddRndT
Learn the basics of TouchDesigner by making Bauhaus inspired visuals 🟦

🍛Tuesday 24 September | Audiovisual Potluck: https://bit.ly/3XObE5k
A workshop, a meetup of creators, a dinner, an audiovisual jam session all in one 🍛

🤖 Tuesday 8 October | Roboshow (in Dutch): https://bit.ly/3ZwmbmH
Bedenk een spectaculaire choreografie en breng deze tot leven met het animatieprogramma Bottango. Bekend van America's Got Talent 🤖

👾 Friday 11-Sunday 13 October | European PermaComputing Jam: https://itch.io/jam/europermajam
Applications closed - check out the computationally minimal games made by the jammers 👾

🪄Thursday 17 October | Esolangs Meetup
Saturday 19 October | Esolangs Workshop: Tickets available soon -
Learn more about Esoteric Programming Languages 🪄

🥤Sunday 20 October | Nintendo DS Smoothie Workshop (in Dutch): Kaartjes binnenkort beschikbaar
Breng je tekeningen tot leven in een spel en leer hoe game animaties werken 🥤

🍰 Stay tuned for more events coming up in October!🍰

This Friday Florian Weigl will give a curatorial tour trough our exhibition [UP]Loaded Bodies. The tour starts at 19:00 sharp!

As part of Kunstavond at Witte de With, admission for this evening is free. Every Friday, you'll get free entrance to WORM Rotterdam , Kunstinstituut Melly and maMa Rotterdam.

See you there! More info on [UP]Loaded Bodies here: https://lnkd.in/gGJvQqwq

Hey Creative Coders!

We have two events about Esolangs coming up 🪄 these events are for those interested in exploring unconventional, creative languages designed to challenge traditional coding norms. If traditional programming hasn’t resonated with you, this workshop offers a new perspective that might click! Both are suitable for beginners, you just need to bring your curiosity and an open mind!

In the meetup on Thursday 17 October, David Zwitser will introduce BQN and host a live demo. Afterwards, Daniel Temkin will join online from New York to present his research on programming languages that move beyond English and Western logic, incorporating languages like Arabic and Yoruba.

Tickets: click here for tickets to the meetup

If you want to expand your knowledge on BQN, you can join a the dedicated workshop on Saturday 19 October!

UPDATE: Due to circumstances we are postponing the dedicated Esolangs Workshop to a later date. If you are a ticket holder you have received an email with more information. Please stay tuned as the new date for the workshop will be announced soon!

🔮 The Esolangs Meetup is starting in 10 minutes! Not in Utrecht? You can still join with an online ticket: https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111455711?utm_campaign=esolangs+meetup&utm_source=telegram

Take a look at our upcoming events! 🍁

🍂 Use AI to create new limbs to dance with during Workshop StableBodied: AI Movement Clinic at pieceofcode.club - check out their page for more workshops for young makers!
Tickets: https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111461735

🍂 Stay tuned for a full programme on Permacomputing and Game design! Featuring Institut Français NL

🍂 We are going back to the classics with a Live Coding Meetup + Workshop! More information coming soon!

We are looking for an Education Programme Coordinator for 16 hours a week! (NL+EN fluency required)

Check out the full vacancy text here: https://creativecodingutrecht.nl/en/news/vacature-programmacoordinator-edu