Now that AI has happened, we are in the era of post-AI. But was does that mean? Without really having … More
Author: Alex McLean
What happens post-AI?
(Work in progress – comments welcome but I will probably edit this later!) The AI summer has arrived, on blast … More
Performance/talk: Embodying algorithmic music
I’m off to the RMA study day on “Embodied Research Methods in Music& Sound” in Liverpool on Tues 18th May. … More
Good old internet
I stopped using ‘social media’ for a while now for the usual reasons — it’s an inhumane way of interacting … More
Textile dimensions
Lately I’ve been exploring 8-shaft weaving trying some things inspired by Laura Devendorf, focussing on ‘crackle weave’ using the AdaCAD … More
Order and tension
After my previous warping catastrophe, I started again with some fresh yarn (I’m not sure if I’ll be able to … More
Warping catastrophe
I’ve made the below crackle weave design in AdaCAD, but have run out of ‘warp’ threads on my loom, and … More
Ecclesall road co-op freezers
A story about how some nice sounding freezers in Sheffield hit international news.
More crackle weave
I’ve been having fun trying to understand crackle weave more, after weaving one of Ralph Griswold’s algorithmically generated patterns. It’s … More
We love repetition
I’ve used some samples of different speech synth voices saying “algorave generation, we love repetition” for a while. It’s a … More