What we’re about
Creative Coding Utrecht (CCU) is a recurring meetup and growing community of coders, developers and people generally interested in the creative possbilities of code & technologies. Please join us in exploring how 21st century skills create new expressions that shape our world. CCU is made possible with the kind support of our sponsors: https://www.meetup.com/Creative-Coding-Utre...
CCU is a meetup that aims to open up the field of creative code, digital design, and artistic technologies. We invite artists, makers, coders, designers, thinkers and anyone interested to join us and present their work. By offering an informal meeting place for people we aim to connect the local communities and present their practices to a larger audience. We believe that sharing projects, work-in-progress, challenges, failures and successes, helps to get a grip on the multiplicity of technologies and networks that are embedded in our lives. Creative Coding Utrecht is meant as a place where work and inspiration is shared by the local community and people feel empowered to give these emerging technologies a try. By exploring the possibilities of algorithms to create expressions we aim to make these technologies accessible and develop a vibrant community that fosters conversations about how art and technology can have a positive social impact on all layers of society.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Artist Talk Benjamin GaulonCreative Coding Utrecht, Utrecht, UT
This month we will be having a special guest over in our CCU studio for an artist talk! On this night we can learn and listen to Benjamin Gaulon (formerly known as Recyclism), who is a Paris-based artist, researcher, and educator whose work confronts the limitations of technology and consumerism.
Through techniques like hacking and recycling, he breathes new life into discarded technology, challenging conventional notions of functionality and purpose. Gaulon's talk will explore themes of planned obsolescence and nostalgia, inviting audiences to reconsider our relationship with digital devices. From creating symbiotic relationships between appliances to confronting the brutal materiality of technology, Gaulon's work offers a provocative glimpse into our technological legacy and a call for more sustainable practices in the digital age.
Get your tickets to join us on a night full of interesting information and presentations from a special CCU guest.Funded by Nieuwe Instituut and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industries.
📅 16 May 20:00 - 22:00
📍 Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 Regular €7,50 / Student €5 Get your ticket here! - Two-day Tech Mining WorkshopCreative Coding Utrecht, Utrecht, UT
Join us for an inspiring two-day workshop led by Benjamin Gaulon, a Parisian artist, researcher, educator, and cultural producer. Gaulon's research delves into the limitations and failures of information and communication technologies, exploring planned obsolescence, consumerism, and the disposable society through the lens of detournement, hacking, and recycling.
This workshop, culminating from two decades of exploring electronic waste as an artistic medium, takes place on May 17 and 18. Here, you'll delve into the world of "zombies"—electronic waste brought back to life through hardware hacking or circuit bending, repurposed into something entirely new.
The format will blend theory and practice, with presentations and talks followed by collaborative group work. Participants will have the freedom to experiment and create sculptures using a Critical Maker approach, reimagining and speculating on new tools and services from obsolete media and hardware. To kick off, we'll embark on a field trip to a local upcycling store, seeking inspiration and sourcing materials for your projects. The workshop concludes with presentations showcasing all the newly created works.
The workshop delves into speculative design genres like Cyberpunk and Solarpunk, exploring how plant and animal life might adapt in a post-capitalist world, emerging from the ashes of the Anthropocene's e-waste. We'll also engage with themes of Care, Repair, and Maintenance, drawing on concepts like the Negative Commons (as explored by Alexandre Monnin) and Pharmakon (introduced by Bernard Stiegler).
Funded by Nieuwe Instituut and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industries.
📍CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
📅 17+18 May , 10:00 - 17:00
🎫 Regular €150 / Student €75/ Solidarity ticket available upon request Get your ticket here!
ℹ️ Price includes lunch and excess on the artist talk on 16 May
