Non-profit research and development organisation Then Try This are hosting a paid resident to explore algorithmic patterns. Residencies are a chance to step away from your usual situation, working in new surroundings, on a new topic, for a short period of time. You can use the time to develop risky new ideas or develop an existing project, with the host’s support.
Algorithmic patterns can be found in a diverse range of heritage and contemporary practices, prevalent in the performing arts and crafts. They are marked by having structural systems based on simple rules that when combined can produce works of astonishing complexity. Examples include drafts in shaft weaving, site swaps in juggling and teermana in Carnatic music, along with computer-based examples such as bytebeat and bitfields in the demo scene, and pattern-based live coding environments in electronic music performance. Then Try This hope this call will reach all those interested in patterns, whether or not they use computers in their work, and people from all backgrounds can apply.
Eligibility:
- For an in-person residency, you must have the right to work in the UK.
- You must have an active practice in a pattern-related field, whether juggling, braiding, architecture, origami, music, or something else!
- You need a question, idea or curiosity that you’d like to explore or develop through a 2 week residency.
- You must be comfortable with sharing your work/findings, using open source/creative commons licences.
Then Try This offer:
- £250 per day.
- Studio space with a range of equipment.
- Travel (train/ferry) and accommodation.
- Materials and access requirement costs.
- Mentorship.
- Organisational support, e.g. Then Try This could potentially organise a public workshop or other event around your residency if it would benefit from this.
Residencies last 1-2 weeks (i.e. 5-10 working days), taking place during late 2023 or early 2024 at one of Then Try This’ studios (Sheffield or Penryn, UK), through remote/online work, or a combination of both.
