Algorave is a performance format where sound and visuals are generated through live coding. Artists write code in real time during the performance or tweak the code they have written. Their screens are projected so the audience can witness this creative process firsthand. Originating in London in 2011, this movement now finds its rhythm in numerous cities worldwide.
Behind this global movement lies TOPLAP, the live coding community founded in 2004. As Algorave İzmir, we are proud to be an official part of this well-established network that connects over 48 local communities across the globe.
Algorave İzmir is a community building algorithmic culture in İzmir by bringing together live coding, mechatronic systems, and interdisciplinary art.
To build an interdisciplinary culture of creation uniting art, code, and mechanics — and through it, to make İzmir a visible center on the international algorave stage.
Five things we believe; our shared values guiding our creative processes and community culture.
We don’t hide behind the code; our process is in plain sight of the audience. Sometimes code streams across the screen, sometimes the interactive visual itself speaks — but nothing is concealed. What matters is that creation stays transparent.
There is no wall between code and paint, sound and motor, voice and circuit. The engineer stands on stage with the artist, the machine with the hand. Disciplines aren’t separate languages — they are words of the same sentence.
Mechatronics is not a tool but a partner. When a sound-reactive system touches the canvas, the work is neither wholly human nor wholly machine — it is their encounter. We carry that encounter to the stage.
Our work is live. The code written that night, the work born that night, belongs only to that night. We don’t repeat a finished show; every set is the singular record of its own moment.
Our code belongs to everyone. We share it on GitHub, leaving it to be built upon. We hold the door open for the next artist, as those before us held it for us.
Algorave İzmir events bring together live coding performances, audiovisual sets, mechatronic art installations, and workshops.
