PRICE
€ 840 (VAT exempt) / including lunch.FOR WHO
The workshop is for those who are familiar to data visualisation but are relatively new to creative coding. The goal is to get an better understanding how creative coding can be part of the process in making dataviz.PRACTICAL INFORMATION
6 & 7 February 2020 (9:30am – 5:00pm / 13 hours)The training will take place at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
Training Creative Coding & Data artwork in the browser
Learn to make data-driven art, interactive websites, real-time animations, and generative designs using code, algorithms, and public datasets. This workshop gently introduces you to the concepts behind creative coding, data visualization and interaction design. Learn to use p5.js, JavaScript, and the browser to make a web-based project that can be shared online.Content
The following topics will be covered:- how to set up an interactive web page with p5.js
- how to draw shapes and patterns with code
- how to integrate data into your generative designs
- how to create real-time animations and motion graphics
- how to react to mouse and tap interactions
- An interactive web page with data-driven graphics
- You will need a laptop with a modern browser like Chrome or FireFox
- Basic knowledge of coding will help (for example understanding variables or loops) but isn’t absolutely necessary
Trainer
Matt DesLauriers is a Toronto-born artist and creative coder now living in London, UK. His interactive installations have been displayed in special events at the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. His work was part of Reykjavik’s 2019 Winter Lights Festival in Iceland and Ontario Place Park’s 2018 Winter Light Exhibition in Toronto. Matt is active in the open source community and has given numerous talks, classes, and workshops on creative coding such as UCL Bartlett School of Architecture in London, FITC in Toronto and Amsterdam, Frontend Masters in Minneapolis, GROW in Paris, and Nodeschool in Toronto.