Making Art with Python by Kirk Kaiser

Is code a creative medium, or a tool for accomplishing business objectives?

In this talk, we'll explore code as a creative medium, and see how code can be used as a way to play with new ideas.

We'll showcase some Python libraries which can help us: build new robots, play music, detect features of our faces, break glass, and more.

We'll see why Python is still the best language if you want to be able to play with ideas via code, and how this play can help you become a better programmer in the process.

Transcript

1. MAKING ART WITH PYTHON KIRK KAISER EVANGELISM TEAM LEAD @ DATADOG
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE ARTS
4. THE PERCEPTION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AS AN OVERACHIEVER’S GAME
5. SOMETHING INTIMIDATING
7. WRITING CODE IS ABOUT EXPLORING & PLAYING WITH IDEAS
8. CODE AS FINGER-PAINTING
11. IS WRITING CODE AN ART?
12. WAIT, WHAT IS ART ANYWAYS?
13. “*AR-“ ROOT, “TO PUT TOGETHER”
14. SKILL AS A RESULT OF LEARNING OR PRACTICE
15. “SKILL IN CUNNING AND TRICKERY” BY THE 16TH CENTURY
17. HACK. A CLEVER OR ELEGANT TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENT
18. CODE & ART RUDDERS FOR THE SHIP OF HUMAN CULTURE
19. THE WORLD RUNS ON SOFTWARE NOW.
20. HOW MUCH TIME DOES HUMANITY SPEND INHABITING THE SOFTWARE WORLDS WE BUILD EVERY DAY?
21. HOW CAN WE BRING MORE HUMAN CONTEXT TO SOFTWARE EXPERIENCES?
23. HOW DO I BUILD A CAREER WITH CREATIVITY AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE?
24. daily sketches.
25. for 60 days, create a piece of art with code every day.
30. (where I get to help make developer’s lives better)
31. THE PRACTICE. (how we bring art and play into our work.)
32. python (still the best)
33. learn from good software.
34. requests
35. requests APIs should be fun.
36. numpy numpy
37. numpy numpy We can bend the computational model to fit in Python
38. numpy music21
39. numpy music21 We can make musical ideas from their most basic building blocks
40. HOW TO GET IDEAS?
45. THE AUDIENCE.
46. RESPECT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE BUILDING FOR.
47. WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO BUILD THE WORLDS EVERYONE INHABITS
48. CONNECT IDEAS THAT HAVEN’T YET BEEN CONNECTED
50. HAVE FUN!