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Orchestrating Code: New Open-Source Interfaces for Audiovisual Live Coding
What if code became an instrument? With Live 4 Bubbles, Christophe Lengelé transforms live coding—traditionally restricted to the keyboard—into a gestural, immersive performance: sounds swirl around the audience through multiple speakers, generative visuals react to the music, and projected code is played live using controllers. The system relies entirely on free, open-source tools (TidalCycles, SuperCollider, Hydra): the transparency of the creative process—including algorithms, gestures, hesitations, and mistakes—is integral to the show. Anyone can make these tools their own: setting them up is demanding—requiring multiple networked software programs—and mastering them takes practice, just like any instrument, but the path is completely open and documented. After the performance, the audience is invited to get hands-on with the interfaces: touch, transform, and play. No prerequisites needed, just curiosity.
Christophe Lengelé will host artist Gaëlle Scali as the opening act, who will present her new audiovisual system RiTournEl.le.
Gaëlle Scali is a sound and visual artist whose practice explores the intersection of drawing, turntablism, and real-time digital processing. Her current project, RiTournEl.le, transforms circular drawings placed on a spinning vinyl turntable into sound and visual media: a camera captures the moving drawing, and a custom system built in MaxMSP/Jitter converts the image's color data into MIDI notes and frequencies, generating a hypnotic audiovisual stream projected live. Her work also explores rituals and trance imaginaries through this hybridization of gesture, image, and sound.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 — PERFORMANCE + PRESENTATION
From 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, an immersive audiovisual live coding performance, followed by a participatory session where the audience takes control of the system: manipulate controllers, transform sounds and images, and pan music through space. An opportunity to transition from spectator to performer with no prior experience required.
Schedule for Friday, August 14, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 — PERFORMANCE + PRESENTATION + INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, an immersive audiovisual live coding performance, followed by a step-by-step workshop to discover live coding with fully open-source tools: understand the fundamentals, write your first audio and visual patterns, and explore the Live 4 Bubbles interfaces. No experience necessary. The workshop features a performance and interactive play sessions, where the audience can play with the instrument.
Schedule for Saturday, August 15, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM:
