Sonic Pi – performance in education, technology and art. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aaron, Sam
• Is Part Of: International journal of performance arts and digital media. Volume 12:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 171
• Page End: 178
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Live coding -- education -- music -- language -- performance; Performance art -- Periodicals; Performance art -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Periodicals; Digital media; Performance art; Periodicals; 700.285
• DOI: 10.1080/14794713.2016.1227593
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-0934

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Sonic Pi is a live coding language and performance environment with two specific and distinct goals: firstly, to facilitate the teaching of programming within schools and secondly, to enable artists to deliver virtuosic live coded music performances. This article considers the implications of prioritising performative elements within education. Is it the case that the act of education can be treated as a performance? If so, what knowledge and learning could a focus on performance enable us to share across the seemingly disparate contexts of education, technology and art?