As the year draws to a close and we're getting ready for the winter holidays, get a sneak peek of what is to come at CCU in the new year! Stay tuned for more info.

❄️ Create your very own BirdNet-Pi to help you observe, identify, and become more aware of the feathered friends living around you.

❄️ On National Bird's Day, we will count birds together at Cityplaza Nieuwegein and discover this shopping area as an ecosystem. https://bibliotheeknieuwegein.nl/agenda/vogelperspectief-op-cityplaza-walkshop/

❄️ Cast spells with the esoteric programming language BQN - have fun with Magical Coding! No experience required. Workshop by David Zwitser. https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111483942

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🦜On Thursday, we will be kicking off the new year by preparing for the National Birdwatching Day on January 25, 2025.

🦜With this hands-on workshop, you’ll create your very own BirdNet-Pi to help you observe and identify the feathered friends living around you!

🦜 This event is part of the Zoönomic Toolkit Series

🦜 Get your tickets here: https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111484541?utm_campaign=workshop-birdwatch&utm_source=telegram

Enter the world of MAGICAL CODING, where programming becomes a playground for the curious and creative! This is not your average workshop, it’s a place to bend the rules, experiment with ideas, and see code come alive in unexpected ways.

With David Zwitser as your guide, you’ll dive into BQN, a programming language that feels like learning a new alphabet of possibilities. Like a magician’s spell book, BQN’s glyphs and symbols open up new ways to think about programming. It’s not just about getting things done, it’s about uncovering the wonder and creativity hidden in the world of code!

Whether you’re an experienced programmer or just someone with an imagination to spark, this workshop invites you to step into the unknown and let curiosity lead the way.

📍 Vlampijpstraat 84, CCU Studio
📅 25 January
🎫 €40,- regular / €20,- student
https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111483942?utm_campaign=magical+coding+Telegram&utm_source=Telegram

Join us on Saturday for the closing of the Shapeshifters Winter school! During this open showcase you will get to check out the results of a week of experimentation and co-creation.

Get ready for an evening of freestyle dance combined with AI visualisations and futuristic fashion made of e-waste. Later on, dance to the beats of the live coding performances by Timo Hoogland and returning artists in residence Flor de Fuego and Francesco Corvi!

📍 VOGELFREI, Nijverheidsweg 6, 3531 AR Utrecht
📅 March 1st, 19:00 – 01:00
🎫 Pay as you like!

Join us in exploring microbial fuel cells (MFCs), little mud-based energy sources that turn bacteria into power generators!

In the first session, we’ll get our hands dirty building these unique cells, where bacteria naturally produce electricity as they break down organic matter. Over the next two weeks, the cells will ferment and grow into a thriving bacterial community.

When we meet again for the second session, we’ll experiment with electronics, designing circuits and repurposing old components to tap into the energy we’ve cultivated. We’ll wrap up with an open discussion on the creative and scientific possibilities of these living, electricity-producing mud cells.

This event takes place during the Week van de Circulaire Economie organised by Hof van Cartesius

📅 22 March & 4 April, 13:00 - 16:00
📍 CCU Garden, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 Tickets €75,- regular/€32,50 student for both days
🎫 Tickets €40 regular/€20 student for one session, https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111502147

Onze community member Marcel is enthousiast over de mogelijkheden van AI en heeft daarom een meeting georganiseerd.
Night of the Prompts: Let's PlAi!

Ben jij fan van AI en wil je tips, tricks en inspiratie uitwisselen met anderen? Kom dan op donderdag 27 maart van 17.00 tot 21.00 uur naar Vlampijpstraat 84 in Utrecht voor Let’s plAi!

We gaan het hebben over vragen als:

-Hoe gebruik jij AI en wat vind je het leukst om ermee te doen?

-Waar loop je tegenaan en wat wil je nog leren?

Neem je laptop mee en iets lekkers om te eten of drinken om te delen. Aanmelden is fijn, maar niet verplicht. Of je nu net begint met AI of al gevorderd bent: zolang je AI op jouw manier creatief inzet, ben je van harte welkom!

Meer info: doehetnietzelf.org/meetings/111685

Queer, coder, creative genius, you lovely human. Ready to debug outdated norms and refactor the status quo? It’s time to break free from rigid binaries and embrace the beautifully chaotic world of creative coding! So, start up your laptop and join us, because we’re about to rewrite the rules.

Creative Coding Utrecht proudly presents: the Queer Code meetup! A meetup where queer creatives and makers come together to share ideas, spark inspiration, and celebrate the art of code. Expect mind-expanding presentations, unexpected tech tangents, and a buzzing hub of creativity and tech wizardry. See you on Thursday!

📅 10 April, 20:00 – 22:00
📍 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 Regular €7,50/Student €5, https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111512232

This workshop is perfect for anyone who fidgets, stims, or just needs something to do with their hands (neurodivergent minds, we see you 👀). These DIY toys are thought to help reduce (eco-)anxiety, improve focus, and keep your phone in your pocket! During this workshop we’ll build custom fidget toys, using parts scavenged from electronic waste. Join us to keep your hands busy in a meaningful way! More info and tickets via the link in our bio 😊

📍Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
📅 24 april, 19:00-22:00
🎫 €30 regular/€17,50 student

https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111523135

Join us for an evening of live coded music by artists from the Netherlands Coding Live community (NL_CL)!

This evening is organised as a satellite event leading up to the International Conference on Live Coding (ICLC), taking place in Barcelona at the end of May. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first ICLC, it has been a decade of live coding, creative experimentation, and pushing the boundaries of what performance can be.

During the concert, the performers explore the theme of "Liveness", a celebration of improvisation, real-time creation, and the glitches and sparks that make live coding so electrifying. Come witness code come alive!

📍Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
📅 15 May, 20:00
🎫€7,50 regular/ €5 student, Tickets: https://ccu.stager.co/web/tickets/111524732

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Our friends over at https://t.me/v2unstable are hosting another edition of their renowned RLCCM aka Rotterdam Live Coders Community Meetup ~ free entrance for all!!

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https://www.v2.nl/events/rotterdam-live-coders-community-meetup-2025-vi

🍂 We are back from the summer break and ready to dive into our fall programme!

🍂 During Ground, CCU will share its research on how art and technology can help us move from climate emergency toward more grounded, practical responses.

🍂 Follow our page https://www.instagram.com/ground.ccu/ for updates on the upcoming exhibition, workshops and meetups.

Join us for an evening with Ivan Henriques; environmentalist, transdisciplinary artist and researcher. His work explores hybrids of living and non-living systems, creating installations that resonate between humans, other organisms and their environments.

In this talk, he will share grounded examples and speculative ideas on attunement between living and inorganic systems. Expect a journey into multispecies encounters, symbiosis, and possible collaborations for shared futures on a damaged planet.

📍 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
📅 Wednesday 18 September 20:00 - 22:00
🎟 Regular €7,50/Students €5 https://ccu.stager.co/shop/default/events/111567539

How can we build electronics differently? In this 2-day workshop, artists Stefanie Wuschitz and Patrícia J. Reis introduce Feminist Hardware by guiding participants in making functional circuit boards from natural clay and recycled silver. You’ll shape and fire the clay, paint conductive pathways, and solder components to create interactive microcontroller boards that connect to LEDs, sensors, speakers and more.

As feminist artists and founders of Mz Baltazar’s Laboratory in Vienna, Wuschitz and Reis challenge the extractive and gendered structures of mainstream technology. They open up space for approaches rooted in care, sustainability, and more-than-human collaboration.

The results will be presented during the Ground Exhibition from 8 to 22 November. See you there!

📍 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
📅 Sat 18 & Sun 19 October, 10:00–17:00
🎟 Regular €70/Student €40
Tickets: https://ccu.stager.co/shop/default/events/111571180?utm_campaign=feminist-hardware&utm_source=tg

What does technology look like when shaped through feminist, queer, and decolonial perspectives? During the meetup Code, Clay and Kinship, artists and researchers  Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz invite us to explore approaches that foreground care, reciprocity, and materiality in our entanglements with more-than-human life.

This meetup also serves as the theoretical framework for the workshop 'Feminist Hardware: Making Printed Circuit Boards with Natural Clay' where participants will experiment with natural materials and recycled metals to imagine new forms of hardware.

📍October 16 - 20.00-22.00
📅 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84
🎫Regular €7,50/Students €5, https://ccu.stager.co/shop/default/events/111572932

What happens when we begin to see machines not as passive tools, but as active collaborators in shaping our world?

On 14 November, CCU hosts the launch of Joost Rekveld’s new book Liberate the Machines!, an evening that combines a book launch and film screening with a conversation between Joost Rekveld and Marloes de Valk.

Joost Rekveld has long been exploring the hidden lives of technology, asking how machines can be liberated from purely functional purposes and instead become partners in artistic and ecological research. His work invites us to consider the agency of technological bodies, and how they might participate in a wider web of more-than-human relations.

Marloes de Valk is a software artist and writer in the post-despair stage of coping with the threat of global warming and being spied on by the devices surrounding her.

We reflect on the role of machines in our shared futures, as part of CCU’s wider research as a Zoöp.

📅 14 November, 19:30–22:00, doors open 19:15
📍 CCU Studio
🎫 Free!

Hi everybody!

Clay week has started at CCU, and we heard lots of you wanted to join the Feminist Hardware workshop, but it’s sold out already 🥲

If you are still craving to learn more about clay and feminist hardware, we can highly recommend you join this meetup on Thursday. Stefanie Wuschitz and Patricia Reis will discuss the theoretical background behind the weekend workshop, and much more. Hope to see you there! 🍃

❗️An additional notice for those who purchased a Klankdiner ticket in February: please check your inbox, you received an email with instructions on how to rebook your slot!

👀 Curious about a unique experience, where fine dining, sound and technology come together? Keep an eye out: tickets for the Klankdiner go live today at 16:00!