The ReCode Project

At the exhibition from February 21, 2018 to June 2, 2019

Idea: Matthew Epler

»The ReCode Project« is a community-driven effort to preserve computer art by translating it into a modern programming language (Processing). Hence, it functions as an active archive of computer art. Every translated work is available to the public to learn from, share, and build on.

»The ReCode Project« acts as a response to a need for more historical context in the practice of creative computation, out of the conviction that there is a lot to learn from the coders that were active in the past: something being old doesn’t mean it’s out-of-date.

The project’s main goals are:
1.) Bring pioneering works of computational art back into circulation.
2.) Offer a learning resource to contemporary practitioners and educators.
3.) Create an active community.