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)
Georg Nees
Howard Fegarsky
Jean Claude Marquette
Zdenek Sykora
Georg Nees
Klaus Basset
Charles Csuri
Manfred Mohr
Herbert Franke
Larence J Mazlack
Kenneth Knowlton
Charles Fritchie
Manuel Barbadillo
Charles Csuri
Georg Nees
Edward Zajec
Herbert Franke
Sture Johannesson
Jean Claude Marquette
Kenneth Knowlton
Hiroshi Kawano
Manfred Mohr
Roger Vilder
Herbert Franke
Grace Hertlein
Barbara Dwyer
Belfort Group
Alfred Bork
Belfort Group
Roger Coqart
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Waldemar Cordeiro
Kai Chu
Belfort Group
Belfort Group
Roger Coqart
Roger Coqart
Manfred Mohr
W G Wolfgang
Frieder Nake
Various
Various
Various
Various
Jean H Bevis
Manfred Mohr
W G Wolfgang
Jean H Bevis
Analivia Cordeiro
Vera Molnar
Steven H Cullinane
Grace Hertlein
Geoffrey Dutton
Otto Beckman
Grace Hertlein
COMPUTAKNIT
Lillian Schwartz
James Ver Hague
Kenneth Knowlton
Kenneth Knowlton
Kerry Jones
James R Warner
Also Giorgini
James R Warner
Tony Martin
Belfort Group
William Kolomyjec
Grace C Herlein
Mutsuko K Sasaki
John Roy
William Kolomyjec
Jerusalem Programme
Unknown
Vladimir Bonacic
William Kolomyjec
Grance C Hertlein
William Kolomyjec
Grace C Hertlein
Vladimir Bonacic
Herbert W Franke
William Kolomyjec
Jose Alexanco
Vladimir Bonacic
Edward Zajec
Alex Makarovitsch
Alex Makarovitsch
Roger Coqart
Grace C Hertlein
Edward Zajec
William Kolomyjec
Edward Zajec
Joy Pearson
Unknown
Manfred Mohr
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Manfred Mohr
E T Manning
Manfred Mohr
Ramon J Masters
James Ver Hague
Manfred Mohr
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Ramon J Masters
Manfred Mohr
Ramon J Masters
Sten Kallin
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Duane Palyka
Hans Korneder
Edvard Zajec
Hans Korneder
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Dick Land
Aaron Marcus
Reiner Schneeberger
Hans Korneder
Reiner Schneeberger
Reiner Schneeberger
Vera Molnar
Reiner Schneeberger
Mutsuko Kunii Sasaki
Hans Korneder
Aaron Marcus
Reiner Schneeberger
Paul Shao
Hans Korneder
Hans Korneder
Aaron Marcus
Peter Milojevic
Hans Korneder
Roger Coqart
Reiner Schneeberger
Vera Molnar
Hans Korneder
Aaron Marcus
Reiner Schneeberger
Roger Coqart
Roger Coqart
Vera Molnar
Richard Land
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Klaus Basset
Klaus Basset
Goran Sundqvist
Mutsuko Sasaki
Manfred Mohr
Otto Beckman
Charles J Fritchie
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
Jacques Dupre
Mutsuko Sasaki
Mutsuko Sasaki
William Kolmyjec
William Kolomyjec