Encoding Practice — Visual Performer in Electronic Theatre

Abstract

Encoded practice acts as a bridge across the space between logic and intuition, thereby providing a place for creative action. A theoretical framework around the concept of code as artistic practice and research laboratory is developed. We present an artist's software project, CompoundEye, that allows the composition and performance of multi-channel video content. The impact of this tool on the creative process of a multimedia production is discussed. Changes in this creative process and methodology as a result of the expanded possibilities provided by CompoundEye are described.