Yes you can has art

Pure Data (PD) is an open source real-time programming environment which enables artists to create custom software for sound, video and kinetic art. As a dataflow language, in which objects are connected graphically to control the flow of information, PD is easier to use than code-based languages but more flexible than higher-level solutions like sequencers, software synthesizers and VJ programs. This makes PD ideal for cross-disciplinary applications such as live audio-visual performance, interactive multimedia and real-time human-computer collaboration. This workshop will introduce the basics of working with video and audio in PD by examining pre-built programs or “patches” as well as building them from scratch, and will provide participants with tools to start creating their own work. No programming experience is necessary. We may be talking a bit of math but it won't be too complicated.

Dafydd Hughes Dafydd Hughes is a musician/educator in Toronto. He performs professionally as a keyboardist and teaches Music Technologies at Sheridan College. He uses Pure Data and other open source tools to create music and sound art, both as a solo artist and as a recording and live performance collaborator with popular, jazz and electronic musicians. http://www.sideshowmedia.ca

David McCallum David McCallum is the Editor of Musicworks (www.musicworks.ca), and a musician and sound artist. His work has focused on improvised music, DIY electronics, and locative media. Groups and projects have included the Warbike, a mobile sonification of WiFi networks; Interaccess' I/O Media and the Live Electroacoustic Research Kitchen improv groups; and You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato: a study in the sonic properties of genetically modified potatoes. http://sintheta.org