The ReCode Project is a community-driven effort to preserve computer art by translating it into a modern programming language (Processing). Every translated work will be available to the public to learn from, share, and build on.
The project's main goals are:
Scroll down to browse the collection. To participate, start by reading our USER GUIDE.
Day for Night Festival - The School for Poetic Computation has invited Recode Project to collaborate on an interactive installation at the Day for Night Festival. Anyone can submit their translation for consideration to be featured on a large screen for the duration of the event. Details can be found on the Github Wiki for the project. Works can be coded in Processing or openFrameworks.
"Computer Graphics and Art" was a quarterly magazine published between 1976 and 1978. We are using PDF copies of the entire run of the magazine as our starting point for the project. The majority of the artworks have no code published alongside the original result, providing an opportunity for a variety of interpretations and approaches, all of which can become the starting point for a new work.
PDFs of the original source documents come from compart via Rhizome.
Vol.1 No.1 (unavailable)
Manfred Mohr
Howard Fegarsky
Charles Fritchie
Charles Csuri
Herbert Franke
Charles Csuri
Manuel Barbadillo
Hiroshi Kawano
Kenneth Knowlton
Kenneth Knowlton
Manfred Mohr
Georg Nees
Georg Nees
Edward Zajec
Zdenek Sykora
Roger Vilder
Georg Nees
Larence J Mazlack
Jean Claude Marquette
Jean Claude Marquette
Sture Johannesson
Herbert Franke
Klaus Basset
Herbert Franke
Grace Hertlein
Waldemar Cordeiro
Barbara Dwyer
Alfred Bork
Kai Chu
Roger Coqart
Roger Coqart
Roger Coqart
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
W G Wolfgang
Frieder Nake
Manfred Mohr
Jean H Bevis
Manfred Mohr
Jean H Bevis
W G Wolfgang
Various
Various
Various
Various
Vera Molnar
Steven H Cullinane
Geoffrey Dutton
Analivia Cordeiro
Lillian Schwartz
Otto Beckman
COMPUTAKNIT
Grace Hertlein
Grace Hertlein
James Ver Hague
Kenneth Knowlton
Kenneth Knowlton
Also Giorgini
Kerry Jones
James R Warner
Tony Martin
James R Warner
Belfort Group
Mutsuko K Sasaki
Vladimir Bonacic
Vladimir Bonacic
Vladimir Bonacic
Jerusalem Programme
William Kolomyjec
William Kolomyjec
William Kolomyjec
William Kolomyjec
William Kolomyjec
Grance C Hertlein
Edward Zajec
John Roy
Herbert W Franke
Grace C Herlein
Unknown
Grace C Hertlein
Jose Alexanco
Roger Coqart
Alex Makarovitsch
Alex Makarovitsch
Edward Zajec
Edward Zajec
Joy Pearson
William Kolomyjec
Grace C Hertlein
Unknown
E T Manning
Manfred Mohr
Manfred Mohr
Manfred Mohr
Manfred Mohr
Manfred Mohr
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
James Ver Hague
Dick Land
Sten Kallin
Mutsuko Kunii Sasaki
Peter Milojevic
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Aaron Marcus
Aaron Marcus
Aaron Marcus
Aaron Marcus
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Roger Coqart
Roger Coqart
Roger Coqart
Vera Molnar
Vera Molnar
Vera Molnar
Paul Shao
Duane Palyka
Edvard Zajec
Goran Sundqvist
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Jacques Dupre
Klaus Basset
Klaus Basset
Manfred Mohr
Richard Land
Charles J Fritchie
Otto Beckman
William Kolomyjec
William Kolmyjec