We're excited to present Composition, an event for talks, performances, and demos that intertwine art modalities, mathematics, and code. We hope to see you there!
2pm-5pm, 5/24/2026
Lineup
Professor Michael Wehar (http://www.michaelwehar.com/) - AlgoArt (https://algoart.org/) (talk + demo): Presenting our web-based platform that brings together coding and visual arts. Images are generated step-by-step in real-time. Furthermore, we showcase our generated designs on fabrics and clothing. Finally, we perform a soundification of the image generation process.
Matthew Kaney (https://www.instagram.com/archaic.tech/) - Composing Patterns: The Pure Functional Core of Tidal, Strudel, and other Uzulangs. A hybrid talk/live code performance explaining the theory underlying "uzulangs", the family of live code pattern tools based on TidalCycles and Strudel. Starting with a simple representation of musical patterns as functions of time, we’ll build a series of strategies for joining patterns and combine them into an evolving musical composition.
Professor Matt Zucker (https://mzucker.github.io/swarthmore/) - Computer-Assisted Quilting: Discussion and presentation of three quilts based on mathematical tessellations, along with the software and fabrication techniques used to produce them. Documentation for two of the projects is available online at https://mzucker.github.io/2022/11/13/penrose-tiling-quilt.html and https://mzucker.github.io/2022/11/17/pentagonal-tiling-pillowcase.html.
arjun (https://arjunmakesthings.github.io/) - drawings on a cartesian plane: i was intrigued by the idea of taking an elementary concept, and stretching it as far as i could to generate complexity. so, i worked on a series of algorithmic drawings that are all made on the cartesian plane. the final outcome of each exploration is the drawing, as well as the algorithm that produced it.
Nick Romano (https://nicolasromano.up.railway.app/) - Techno-juggling: An angled TV platform where camera-tracking of colored balls provides audiovisual accompaniment to a juggling performance. Discover how communities of technologists have shaped the practice of juggling through juggling machines, a mathematical pattern language called siteswap, and in geometric visualizations.
Admission is FREE. Donations encouraged