Alpaca 2025 - Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts

Version 0.15 Sept. 16, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Flux” by Ranura vacia.

We sadly had to cancel a session: “An Electromagnetic Pattern Journey” by Gábor Ugray

We have a new session: “Flux” by Ranura vacia.

We sadly had to cancel a session: “An Electromagnetic Pattern Journey” by Gábor Ugray

Version 0.14 Sept. 14, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Procedural Pulse @by mot4i” by mot4i.

Version 0.13 Sept. 10, 2025

Hi,

We're rejigging the talk schedule for the first few sessions on Saturday the 20th September.

If it works with you, you talk will now take place 50 minutes later. In UK (UTC+1) time:

“Multi-directional pattern repeats – an alternative method for pattern repetition” by Tonje Kristensen Johnstone (Sept. 20, 2025, 10:25 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 11:15 a.m.)
“MultiWeave. Knight’s Tour and Other Sources of Inspiration” by Kadi Pajupuu (Sept. 20, 2025, 10:50 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 11:40 a.m.)
“Pulse, Pattern, Permutation: Applying Schillinger’s Pulse Interference in Computer-Assisted Composition” by David Chechelashvili, Alan Brown (Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 10:50 a.m.)

Please let me know if you have any problems or concerns.

Take care

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Multi-directional pattern repeats – an alternative method for pattern repetition” by Tonje Kristensen Johnstone (Sept. 20, 2025, 10:25 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 11:15 a.m.)
“MultiWeave. Knight’s Tour and Other Sources of Inspiration” by Kadi Pajupuu (Sept. 20, 2025, 10:50 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 11:40 a.m.)
“Endosymbiotic Computation – Unlearning Alpaca and Why Dissipation is Key..” by Shintaro Miyazaki (Sept. 20, 2025, 11:25 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m.)
“Pulse, Pattern, Permutation: Applying Schillinger’s Pulse Interference in Computer-Assisted Composition” by David Chechelashvili, Alan Brown (Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 10:50 a.m.)

Version 0.12 Sept. 9, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“An exploration of the mathematics behind juggling” by Mees Jager (Sept. 12, 2025, 11:20 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 3:05 p.m.)
“3D Patterning in the Cosmoscope” by Nick Rothwell (Sept. 12, 2025, 5 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 11:30 a.m.)
“Fragmented Music - Procedures, Behaviours, and Culture from A record without prior acoustic information (2012-)” by JO Kazuhiro (Sept. 12, 2025, 3:05 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 5 p.m.)

Version 0.11 Sept. 9, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Live Coding Visuals with Hydra” by Antonio Roberts (Arley Street - Theatre → Arley Street - Dance studio)
“Reflections on London Pattern Club” by James Walker (Sept. 13, 2025, 2:55 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 3:55 p.m.)
“An art practice using infrastructure and other systems to create infinitely repeating patterns” by Paul Hallows (Sept. 12, 2025, 12:20 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 12:50 p.m.)
“An exploration of the mathematics behind juggling” by Mees Jager (Sept. 12, 2025, 2:35 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 11:20 a.m.)
“Tabla to Drumset: Translating Rhythmic Language” by Shreya Gupta (Sept. 12, 2025, 3:40 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 4:10 p.m.)
“Count your Chickens – Pattern generation as a matter of counting” by Rocco Lorenzo Modugno, Amedeo Bonini, Marco Buiani (Sept. 13, 2025, 1:50 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 2:50 p.m.)
“3D Patterning in the Cosmoscope” by Nick Rothwell (Sept. 13, 2025, 3:55 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 5 p.m.)
“The Unrepeating-Repeat: A Pattern Logic of Variation, Translation, and Perceptual Shift” by Danica Maier (Sept. 12, 2025, 11:30 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, noon)
“How a hacked 70s knitting machine became a participant in our lab on weaving sustainable digital future stories” by Mario Angst (Sept. 12, 2025, 11:55 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 12:25 p.m.)
“Pastagang: Jamming together far apart” by Pastagang (Sept. 13, 2025, 1:25 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 2:25 p.m.)
“Entangled Rituals: Visualizing Chance Through Quantum Algorithms” by Agoston Nagy (Sept. 12, 2025, 1:45 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 2:15 p.m.)
“Overtonic Pattern Notation Inside Cross-Cultural Feedback Loops” by Saydyko Fedorova-South (Sept. 13, 2025, 2:30 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 3:30 p.m.)
“Fragmented Music - Procedures, Behaviours, and Culture from A record without prior acoustic information (2012-)” by JO Kazuhiro (Sept. 12, 2025, 10:50 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 3:05 p.m.)
“Kolams, Code, Cultures - Towards a universal pattern language” by Lavannya Suressh (Sept. 13, 2025, 1 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 2 p.m.)
“Olio” by Sarah GHP (Sept. 12, 2025, 4:05 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 4:35 p.m.)
“Flitter: A declarative language for structured visuals” by Jonathan Hogg (Sept. 12, 2025, 3:15 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)
“Encoding and Experimenting with Vernacular Quilt Patterns” by Lee Tusman (Sept. 13, 2025, 3:20 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 4:20 p.m.)
“Techniques for livecoding complex 3D printing patterns” by Evan Raskob (Sept. 12, 2025, 10 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 10:30 a.m.)
“Binary trimmings and light-up loops: representing binary numbers with e-textiles and the heritage textile craft of passementerie” by Jessica Stanley (Sept. 12, 2025, 2:10 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 2:40 p.m.)
“Steganography within textile” by Bérénice Gaça Courtin (Sept. 13, 2025, 4:15 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 4:45 p.m.)
“Algorithmic Patterns in Magnetic Resonance Imaging” by Mags Tavener (Sept. 12, 2025, 10:25 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 10:55 a.m.)

Version 0.10 Aug. 12, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Arche-Scriptures: Ceramics as a Speculative Medium for Digital Memory” by Alberto Harres (On-line → UdK Berlin)

Version 0.9 Aug. 6, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Live Coding Visuals with Hydra” by Antonio Roberts.

Version 0.8 Aug. 6, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We have moved a session around: “Revisiting Locus: Choreographing patterns through points in space” by Kate Sicchio (Sept. 17, 2025, 6:30 p.m. → Sept. 17, 2025, 6 p.m.)

Version 0.7 July 30, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

Version 0.6 July 30, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Look at that chicken! – Pen-Plotting Plumage Patterns” by Amedeo Bonini, Rocco Lorenzo Modugno, Amedeo Bonini, Marco Buiani

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“An exploration of the mathematics behind juggling” by Mees Jager (Sept. 12, 2025, 2:15 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 2:35 p.m.)
“Olio” by Sarah GHP (Sept. 12, 2025, 3:45 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 4:05 p.m.)
“Algorithmic Patterns in Magnetic Resonance Imaging” by Mags Tavener (Sept. 12, 2025, 10:15 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 10:25 a.m.)
“Reflections on London Pattern Club” by James Walker (Sept. 13, 2025, 2:45 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 2:55 p.m.)
“Talavera de Luz - Renovación de nuestra Herencia” by Leon Eckard (Sept. 19, 2025, 3:30 p.m. → Sept. 19, 2025, 1:55 p.m.)
“Binary trimmings and light-up loops: representing binary numbers with e-textiles and the heritage textile craft of passementerie” by Jessica Stanley (Sept. 12, 2025, 2 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 2:10 p.m.)
“Arche-Scriptures: Ceramics as a Speculative Medium for Digital Memory” by Alberto Harres (Sept. 19, 2025, 1:15 p.m. → Sept. 19, 2025, 12:55 p.m.)
“Tabla to Drumset: Translating Rhythmic Language” by Shreya Gupta (Sept. 12, 2025, 3:30 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 3:40 p.m.)
“Algorithmic Knitting Design: Integrating algorithmic computing, fashion design and handknitting” by Stephanie Pan (Sept. 20, 2025, 9:30 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 1:25 p.m.)
“TTT2: The Woven Skin — Coding and Signifying Through a (Proto) Writing (From a Constellation of Language-s)” by Maria Jose Rios Araya (Sept. 19, 2025, 1:30 p.m. → Sept. 19, 2025, 1:20 p.m.)
“Encoding and Experimenting with Vernacular Quilt Patterns” by Lee Tusman (Sept. 13, 2025, 3 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 3:20 p.m.)
“Algorithmic Two-Step” by Stuart Smith (Sept. 19, 2025, 2:45 p.m. → Sept. 19, 2025, 3:20 p.m.)
“Pulse, Pattern, Permutation: Applying Schillinger’s Pulse Interference in Computer-Assisted Composition” by David Chechelashvili, Alan Brown (Sept. 20, 2025, 9 a.m. → Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m.)
“Pastagang: Jamming together far apart” by Pastagang (Sept. 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 1:25 p.m.)
“Multi-directional pattern repeats – an alternative method for pattern repetition” by Tonje Kristensen Johnstone (Sept. 20, 2025, 10:30 a.m., UdK Berlin → Sept. 20, 2025, 10:25 a.m., On-line)
“Fragmented Music - Procedures, Behaviours, and Culture from A record without prior acoustic information (2012-)” by JO Kazuhiro (Sept. 12, 2025, 10:30 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 10:50 a.m.)
“How a hacked 70s knitting machine became a participant in our lab on weaving sustainable digital future stories” by Mario Angst (Sept. 12, 2025, 11:45 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 11:55 a.m.)
“Algorithmic Archaeology of Folk Motifs: Nature, Code, and Cultural Memory” by Nicu Popescu (Sept. 19, 2025, 1 p.m. → Sept. 19, 2025, 12:30 p.m.)
“Patterns in Inflected Julia Sets” by Claude Heiland-Allen (Sept. 19, 2025, 4:15 p.m. → Sept. 19, 2025, 2:20 p.m.)
“An art practice using infrastructure and other systems to create infinitely repeating patterns” by Paul Hallows (Sept. 12, 2025, noon → Sept. 12, 2025, 12:20 p.m.)
“Count your Chickens – Pattern generation as a matter of counting” by Rocco Lorenzo Modugno, Amedeo Bonini, Marco Buiani (Sept. 13, 2025, 1:30 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 1:50 p.m.)

Version 0.5 July 19, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “The Harmonic Algorithm, by Oscar South” by Oscar South

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Reflections on London Pattern Club” by James Walker (Sept. 13, 2025, 3 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 2:45 p.m.)
“Pastagang: Jamming together far apart” by Pastagang (Sept. 13, 2025, 1:45 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m.)
“Procedural Drawing Workshop” by Agoston Nagy (Sept. 14, 2025, 2 p.m., Arley Street - Alpacalab → Sept. 13, 2025, 10 a.m., Arley Street - Dance studio)
“Encoding and Experimenting with Vernacular Quilt Patterns” by Lee Tusman (Sept. 13, 2025, 3:15 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 3 p.m.)
“Kolams, Code, Cultures - Towards a universal pattern language” by Lavannya Suressh (Sept. 13, 2025, 1:30 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 1 p.m.)
“Overtonic Pattern Notation Inside Cross-Cultural Feedback Loops” by Saydyko Fedorova-South (Sept. 13, 2025, 2:45 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 2:30 p.m.)
“Count your Chickens – Pattern generation as a matter of counting” by Rocco Lorenzo Modugno, Amedeo Bonini, Marco Buiani (Sept. 13, 2025, 2 p.m. → Sept. 13, 2025, 1:30 p.m.)

Version 0.4 July 14, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Making a Paper Record - A record without prior acoustic information” by JO Kazuhiro

Version 0.3 July 14, 2025

This is an early draft schedule, and is very much subject to change.

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Hello” by Alex

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“An art practice using infrastructure and other systems to create infinitely repeating patterns” by Paul Hallows (Sept. 12, 2025, 11:45 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, noon)
“Olio” by Sarah GHP (Sept. 12, 2025, 2 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)
“How a hacked 70s knitting machine became a participant in our lab on weaving sustainable digital future stories” by Mario Angst (Sept. 12, 2025, noon → Sept. 12, 2025, 11:45 a.m.)
“The Harmonic Algorithm, by Oscar South” by Oscar South (Sept. 12, 2025, 1:45 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 1:30 p.m.)
“Tabla to Drumset: Translating Rhythmic Language” by Shreya Gupta (Sept. 12, 2025, 3:45 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 3:30 p.m.)
“Entangled Rituals: Visualizing Chance Through Quantum Algorithms” by Agoston Nagy (Sept. 12, 2025, 2:30 p.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 1:45 p.m.)
“Fragmented Music - Procedures, Behaviours, and Culture from A record without prior acoustic information (2012-)” by JO Kazuhiro (Sept. 12, 2025, 10:45 a.m. → Sept. 12, 2025, 10:30 a.m.)

Version 0.2 July 13, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Hello” by Alex.

Version 0.1 July 13, 2025

This is an early draft schedule. Please ignore for now!