ReCode Project
http://www.recodeproject.com/
info@recodeproject.com
@ReCodeProject
An active archive of computer art.
This project aims to resurrect forgotten works of computer art and port them to a language that is widely used, easily accessibly to beginners, and advanced enough to build upon the original artworks to create new ones. For these reasons, we have chosen Processing as the common language for this project due to its widespread use (particularly in educational environments), extensive documentation, and active community of developers and contributors.
Our current focus is on translating works found in issues of "Computer Graphics and Art" 1976-1978. PDFs of the original documents can be found in the "Downloads" section of this repo or on our site.
All sketches are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
HOW TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION
If you would rather not use GitHub to submit your work, please just create a zip file of your work and send it to us via email: info@recodeproject.com
If you would like to contribute via GitHub, follow these steps:
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Go to the website and pick one out you want to translate.
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Decide if you want to do a direct translation (the end result looks just like the original) or an experimental translation (it does something different).
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Open up Processing and go nuts.
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Fork this repo and clone it to your machine.
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Add a folder with your name like this: firstName_lastName (all lower case). Put your project folder(s) in that folder. For example: firstName_lastName > myTranslation > myTranslation.pde.
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Do NOT include images in your folders.
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Send a pull request. In the notes, please include the URL to the original piece on our site and what category your translation is in (direct translation or experimental).
We will merge your request, run the code and take a screenshot and upload your translation to our site. If the translation requires a video, we'll do that for you too.
If you want to make any changes to your translation or remove it, please email us (info@recodeproject.com)
FAQ's
Q: Do I have to use GitHub to participate?
A: No. Email us your Processing project folder if you want. Our email is: info@recodeproject.com
Q: Are you or other people on this repo going to steal my work?
A: This is an open source project. All work is available for use so long as the original author(s) are given credit.
Q: Where did you find this stuff?
A: Rhizome.org posted these pdfs, which were originally published by compart (dada.compart-bremen.de)
Q: Are you going to do more of this?
A: Yes. We will be adding more as we find it. Feel free to point us towards something you'd like to see translated and we'll check it out.
Q: Who are you?
A: I'm Matt Epler (http://mepler.com). I'm a graduate student at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and this is a side project I find interesting.
Q: Why aren't you using Processing.js? A: Processing.js doesn't include all the functions available in regular Processing. We would like people to have access to all of those beautiful functions. If, however, you prefer to make something that can run in a browser we welcome that and will do our best to make it look right on our site.