Antonio Roberts | (Algo|Afro) Futures | Watershed
Channel: Watershed
Date: 27/09/2022

In this talk Antonio will reflect on two years of the (Algo|Afro) Futures programme, detailing the inspirations for developing the programme, technical and social challenges faced, and considering what more needs to be done to achieve the aims of democratising and diversifying digital art and music.

Antonio Roberts is an artist, curator and musician based in Birmingham. In 2021 he cofounded the (Algo|Afro) Futures artist development programme.

(Algo|Afro) Futures is a mentoring programme for early career Black artists who want to explore the creative potential of live coding.

Live coding is a performative practice where artists and musicians use code to create live music and live visuals. This is often done at electronic dance music events called Algoraves, but live coding is a technique rather than a genre, and has also been applied to noise music, choreography, live cinema, and many other time-based artforms.

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 23rd September 2022 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards. 

The lunchtime talks are partly supported by MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol to support creative industries in the region.