Char Stiles

Quick song in strudel! I have a programming background, && no musical training :p Check out strudel on Strudel.cc for ways to learn and join the livecoders #programming #creativecode #livecode

As a part of @futuresketches i exhibited at @artechouse in @zach.lieberman show for Miami Basel! It’s up for 3 months! If you’re in south beach Miami take a break from your GTA6 experience by checking out our work. This piece I called FKA ASCII bc it’s using gpu to create fake ascii So so incredibly grateful to have such access to make something for this beautiful wall. Photos by @dexter.iii

Been getting into making fantasy IDEs lately… 🧚 This was a part of my performance with @dj_dave____ at @grayareaorg Thank you @whichlight for taking the videos and for @barrythrew for inviting us to perform 🙏🏻💯

𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝟑.𝟎 March 26 – 28, 2026 Gray Area 2665 Mission St, San Francisco aaassembly.org Limited spots left for the workshops. All workshops take place Thursday, March 26 in-person at Gray Area. • All three workshops are beginner-friendly, but participants should have some basic familiarity with programming. No advanced experience is required. • A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Apply by March 20. • Please note: the festival pass does not include workshop access ############ Build Your Own Fantasy Code Editor with Char Stiles 12 – 3 PM Calling all creative coders! Ever wished you could tweak your code editor or design your own? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore how code editors work by building one yourself, then experiment with playful and unexpected variations. We’ll start with a writing prompt and a short look at the history of creative coding tools, then build from a simple web-based p5.js editor using JavaScript. ############ Computational Poetry for 100 Years with Lee Tusman 1:30 – 4:30 PM <100 years in the future> A great-great-great-grandchild unearths an ancestor's heirloom computer from the family's forest storage unit—a silver box from the pre-solar era. They manage to power it up. An ancient bell chimes. The display flickers to life, revealing a poem still running after a century. <present day> What would our computational poetry look like if we built it to last 100 years? In this workshop, we'll explore permacomputing principles and create small computational artworks and code poetry using L5, a minimal creative coding library built on Lua. ############ Integrating Real-time Neural Audio Synthesis in Sets and Productions with the Magenta Team (Google DeepMind) 10 AM – 1 PM Dive into real-time neural audio generation using Magenta RT (open-weights) and the Lyria RT API, exploring how to play with low-latency models as live, steerable instruments. We’ll look at how to give models a distinct sonic character through finetuning, and how to build custom interfaces that integrate into live sets and production workflows

Algorithmic Art Assembly presents Kara-Lis Coverdale's From Where You Came March 26 – 28, 2026 Gray Area 2665 Mission St, San Francisco aaassembly.org On friday 27th March, as part of Algorithmic Art Assembly v3.0, Kara-Lis Coverdale will perform her incredible 2025 album, 'From Where You Came' Kara-Lis Coverdale composes across acoustic and electronic systems, mapping sonic afterlife and memory through interlocking musical languages. Borderless navigator of the digital frontier. Immersive, tunable listening worlds. Char Stiles works in the lower levels of graphical computational systems, making jokes about how computers work. MIT Media Lab Future Sketches researching the future of creative coding. Livecode.nyc collective, co-founder of Hex House. Performed at Electric Forest, Portola, and Mutek Nexus. Daniel Temkin designs programming languages as art exploring logic and irrationality. His book Forty-Four Esolangs (MIT Press) is the first artist's monograph of esolangs—code as prayer, patterns of empty folders, tandem typing. Created esoteric.codes blog. ZKM exhibited his work in Open Codes. Exhibited at Museum of the Moving Image and Buffalo AKG Museum. Full Lineup: Carl Lostritto (@lostritto ) Catty Dan Zhang (@cattydanzhang ) Char Stiles (@charstiles ) Chia Amisola (@hotemogf ) Claire L. Evans (@clairelevans ) Codie (@hi_codie ) Daniel Temkin (@danieltemkin_ ) DELI KUVVETI (@delikuvveti ) Gábor Lázár (@gabor.lazar ) Kara-Lis Coverdale (@k__lc ) Keith Fullerton Whitman (@keithfullertonwhitman ) Kindohm (@wetbreadtrick ) Luisa Mei (@luisa__mei ) Nathan Ho (@nathan.w.ho ) nnirror (@_nnirror_ ) R Tyler (@1000instamilligrams ) Ruaridh Law (@ruaridhlaw ) Sebastian Camens (@sebastiancamens ) Tom Hall (@tomhallsonics ) tsrono (@tsrono ) William Fields (@williamfieldsy ) Wolff Parkinson White (@wolffparkinsonwhitenyc ) c_robo_ (@c_robo_ )

I’ll go back to posting videos that will enrich the world and your life with computer art soon, just enjoying round shiny things in China for a moment ☁️

This isn’t even a 2025 retrospective post because I learned in 2025 that under no circumstances will there be a whiff of a break. Starting 2026 off in a month long SciArt residency in Shenzhen, I’m performing tomorrow ! Send Shenzhen recommendations 🫡 Plus lots of broken airport screens and an obsession with the LaGuardia new media fountain that my autocomplete picked up on.

▫️ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT▫️ @charstiles Computational artist, educator, and programmer. She works creatively in the lower levels of graphical computational systems & is currently an affiliate at the MIT Media Lab’s Future Sketches group researching the future of creative coding in performance. Don’t miss her upcoming performance at the ATEM Biennial.👾💚 #DigitalCraft #NewMediaArt #LiveCoding #ArtistAnnouncement #ATEMBiennial #ATEMBiennial2025 #DigitalArt #ContemporaryArt #HybridArt #CreativeCoding#Metaverse

We are super excited to announce a collaboration with @researchireland #ScienceWeek produced by @_sosimpatico inspired by and linking in with the spectacular @lukejerramartist Museum of the Moon which will be on display in Merrion Square next week. The closing night of Science Week’s @museumofthemoon activities is programmed in partnership with Beta Festival and brings together three pioneering artists whose practices bridge sound, science, and technology to explore the boundaries of perception and connection. From live coding and an Algorave to electronic blends. @elainemai @charstiles & @simpsonjurgen will all perform under the moon on the closing night. Together, their performances illuminate how art and technology intertwine to make science felt, transforming algorithms and atmospheres into acts of collective discovery. Check out our events page on 2025.betafestival.ie for more information and for info on @charstiles workshops as part of the programme 💙✨

✦ LIVE CODING ✦ ✨On n’a pas oublié. Vous non plus ? Il y a quelques mois, on vibrait ensemble pour la dernière soirée de la saison 24-25… L’occasion d’y replonger ! Cette première Algorave reste gravée : des écrans de code qui deviennent musique, des visuels bruts et hypnotiques, une foule curieuse. Une expérience où club et performance expérimentale se sont rencontrés pour la première fois au @lesucrelyon , aux côtés du @cookiecollectif pour la soirée de clôture des JIM LAC 2025. 🎛 Line-up : @fronssons && @peregrine.viz @a_f_alfl && @flopine_makes_shaders @ralt144mi && @charstiles @bubobubobubobubo && @_.gcode 🎬 @fannydesbaumes ________________________________ Partenaires - JIM LAC Algorave : DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, la Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, la Ville de Lyon, Le Sucre (Arty Farty), Resotech et Le Bras Communication. #gramecncm #lesucre #artyfarty #livecoding #concert #live #electro #technodj #bassmusic #frenchelectro #lyon

As a part of the Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms exhibit at the @toledomuseum curated by the eminent @juliaxgulia today is Algorave featuring @alsoknownasrox @capalmer1013 @sadnoise_ & @charstiles who all will be writing code on the fly to create music and visuals, right outside the Dutch Painters Gallery 🖼️ Organized & Produced by the amazing @maddduff & Toledo Museum team 🙏🏻 (Music by @sadnoise_ )

Code meets club at the TMA AlgoRave on September 13th 4:30-6:30 pm in the Levis Gallery inside the main Museum building.⁠ ⁠ Featuring @alsoknownasrox @charstiles @sadnoise_ capalmer1013⁠ ⁠ AlgoRave turns coding into a performance, transforming the museum into a pulsing, glowing, dance party. You don’t need to speak the language of code to feel the beat.⁠ ⁠ Step inside during the Block Party and discover creative coders from across the country, each with their own hypnotic rhythm and algorithmic style. Plus: glow-in-the-dark hula hoop dancers, live VJ sets, and a special giveaway for the first 100 guests.⁠ ⁠ This event is presented in connection with Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms. Expect low lighting, bright projections, and sensory stimulation. Photo of @charstiles by @vvilmstock