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ANYTHING YOU CAN DO (IN MAX/MSP), I CAN DO BETTER (IN PD)
Thursday, July 24, 8pm onwards
Free and open to the public!
Come take sides in this fight to the death between those open-source PD Commies and the right-wing, proprietary, puppy-hating MAX/MSPers.
With Celebrity Guest Host Misha Glouberman
Featuring Competitors Frank Tsonis (team MAX/MSP) vs. Dafydd Hughes and David McCallum (team Pure Data)
With play-by-play commentary by Nicholas Stedman
Music by Graham Collins
There has been a long and bloody rivalry between those who would make new media art with Pure Data (aka PD), a free, open source graphical programming language, and proponents of MAX/MSP, Pd's slick, commercial half-brother. We intend to open these oldwounds, pour salt, beer and whatever else we can find into them, push both programs and programmers to the brink of collapse and determine once and for all which is better.
Join celebrity host Misha Glouberman as he leads our contestants through a series of increasingly difficult challenges with play-by-play commentary by Nicholas Stedman and game show music by Graham Collins. Watch as Frank Tsonis (team MAX/MSP) and David McCallum and Dafydd Hughes (team Pd) try to come up with the fastest, sexiest and most effective solutions, all the while fighting against each other, the clock, and the inevitable nerds who think they can do it better.
Watch the competitors make their own buzzers, help crash one of the programs with your applause, and play a communal game of everyone’s favourite retro video game PONG! Audience participation is encouraged, as is socializing, sharing ideas, learning, and drinking tasty beverages from our favourite sponsor! The freshly-popped popcorn is on us.
If you have experience with either of these programs (or if you don't) and you think you can do better than our resident gurus, or even if you just want to play along, feel free to bring a laptop, work on the challenges, aid or abuse our contestants or just check your email. It's free to watch, participate, heckle, throw fruit, and bet on who's gonna get an ass-beating.
Don’t know what the heck MAX/MSP and PURE DATA are? Read up using the links below, or just come down to InterAccess and watch the magic that is.... ANYTHING YOU CAN DO (IN MAX/MSP), I CAN DO BETTER (IN PD).
Information and downloads:
Pure Data: http://puredata.info/
MAX: http://www.cycling74.com/products/max5
Media Contact: Jennifer Cherniack, 416 599 7206 or email jennifer(dot)cherniack(at)interaccess(dot)org
InterAccess is a registered, charitable artist-run centre that enables artists and the general public to explore the intersections of art and technology. Our mission is to expand the cultural space of technology. InterAccess gratefully thanks the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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