
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 (1)
See all- Rats, Ravens and Robots, a Zoöp Meetup with Ian IngramCreative Coding Utrecht, Utrecht
What if robots weren’t just built for us, but with and for animals? Artist and roboticist Ian Ingram creates machines that live among and collaborate with wild animals and creatures such as squirrels, woodpeckers, lizards, ravens, rats, worms, pigeons, and rabbits. His robotic creations speak in signals, gestures, experimental languages, trying to form connections within shared ecosystems, what biologist Jakob von Uexküll called the Umwelt.
During our Zoöp meetup on the 10th of July, Ian will share his work and reflections during a guest talk. He explores two parallel pursuits: a deeper understanding of the natural world through robotic encounters, and a reimagining of what robots could mean to us. Not as instruments of control, but as playful participants in conversations across species.
His work blends art, science, and speculative storytelling to explore how machines might take part in the messy, rich webs of meaning beyond the human. Join us to discover how robots can do more than serve, they can also listen, gesture, and respond. See you there?📅 10 July, 20:00 – 22:00
📍 CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht
🎫 Regular €7,50/Student €5, Get your ticket here!