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LivecoderA - Live Coding Community Treffen

  • Alexandra Cardenas, Nikola Lutz, Mars Löffler, Birk Schindler
  • June 22nd 2025
  • TATWERK | Berlin
A colorful, layered image showing a person performing live coding. Lines of computer code in bright greens, purples, and blues overlay the scene, blending with abstract visuals. The performer sits at a laptop with a microphone, creating music and visuals in real time. The image captures the fusion of art, code, and performance.
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With an open workshop on the browser-based live coding tools nota and Estuary, and an interactive jam session as part of an international livestream, TATWERK creates a space for creative coding, sound art, and collective empowerment.
In a field still largely dominated by cis-male perspectives, TATWERK opens a space for exchange, expression, and solidarity – grounded in an intersectional feminist approach.
This event is aimed at FLINTA individuals* (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender people) and allied supporters seeking a self-determined approach to technology and creative practice.
All genders are welcome as allies – show your support!

Open Workshop | 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
In an informal, collaborative setting, we’ll explore two exciting browser-based live coding tools:
Estuary – a classic in the live coding universe: estuary.mcmaster.ca
nota – a montage software developed by and for artists: nota.space
Bring your laptop!
Whether you're a beginner or experienced coder, this is a space to learn, share, and apply knowledge – with visible and audible results. It’s not just about code, but also about improvisation, music, and visual art.

Open Jam Session | 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
We close the day with a collective performance: experienced artists and coders improvise together with newcomers – combining music, video, and live performance.

A project by TATWERK | Performative Research in cooperation with LivecoderA Berlin.
Funded by the Project Fund for Cultural Promotion of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.

Dates

July 22nd 2025 
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Workshops
4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Open Jam Session

 Entrance free. 
Please register at: tickets@tatwerk-berlin.de.



Credits

Workshop estuary: Alexandra Cardenas
Workshop nota: Mars Löffler, Nikola Lutz, Birk Schindler
Graphic: Aurora Kellermann
Social Media: Beatrice Zanesco
Program and project management: Aurora Kellermann

Biography

Alexandra Cárdenas is a Colombian live coder, composer, and performer who works with algorithmic music, improvisation, and free software such as SuperCollider and TidalCycles. As a co-founder of TOPLAP Mexico, TOPLAP Berlin, and LivecoderA, she is actively involved in building feminist, inclusive coding communities worldwide. Her performances merge artistic expression with technology, often drawing on her background in composition, mathematics, and classical guitar. With a Master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), she creates spaces where code becomes a language of creative expression. She is especially committed to empowering FLINTA* individuals in the field of digital art.
www.alexandracardenas.com

Nikola Lutz is a saxophonist, composer, and professor at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts (HMDK). Her career in contemporary music includes international tours and numerous awards. As co-founder of the duo YonX, she blends composition with improvisation and electronics. Since 2020, she has been closely involved with the online platform nota, contributing artistically and conceptually to its development. Her work with nota has been showcased at events such as the Filmwinter Stuttgart and the documenta archiv Kassel. She conducts workshops worldwide and is an advocate for contemporary music and collaborative, multimedia art projects.
www.nikolalutz.de

Mars Löffler explores narratives from film, science fiction literature, and architecture, seeking intersections to weave in her own stories. She creates characters that she performs herself, materializing them through costume, video, ceramics, and drawing. Guided by an interest in cross-species, transformative processes and potentials, she develops fragmentary, non-linear narratives that speculate on alternative bodies.