Alex Mclean
Biographic Data
| ID | 3694417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Mclean |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Mclean |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | NHS Ayrshire and Arran Kilmarnock United Kingdom |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7428-7935 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence
Walking and Walking About
Live Notation for Patterns of Movement
If computer programming languages can be used to control the movement of robots, they can therefore be used as choreographic notations. Weaving, dance, and musical forms can be taken as places of inspiration for this, bringing together patterns, computation, movement, and notation in live telematic performance involving live coding of both audience and robots
Views on minimum unit pricing for alcohol before its introduction among people with alcohol dependence in Scotland
Live Coding
Vista20
(Micro-)Performing Ancient Weaving in the Penelope project
What does an ancient weaver know, when she knows how to weave? How is this complex knowledge graspable and representable? The article presents the research practice of the PENELOPE project as it sets to explore the distinctive logic and order of ancient weaving - an inferential dimension embedded in the material and thus mainly implicit, which is best grasped through performing and which we address here as microperformative. In archaic Greek lite…
Digital crafts-machine-ship
Learning a craft is to become undone in our relation to both the machine and the material. Crafts-machine-ship is the attempt to share our autonomy with the machine. The desire for such collaborations is driving our demand for different outcomes. The loom is an early machine, a distinctly human construction; it is seen to be the start of automation and industrialization, seen to replace human hands with abstractions and mechanical movements
The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music
Algorithmic music appears to be at a turning point in its history, with many new systems and communities of practice developing together, as vibrant musical culture. This handbook brings together dozens of leading researchers and practitioners in the field, blending technical, artistic, cultural and scientific viewpoints into a whole that considers the making of algorithmic music as a rich, and essentially human activity. The book is organised in…
The Audience Reception of Algorithmic Music
Contemporary music research and practice have leveraged advances in computing power by integrating computing devices into many aspects of music—from generative music to live coding. This efflorescence of musical practice, process, and product raises complex issues in audience reception. This chapter employs a comparative analysis in a longitudinal study designed to understand the psychological aspects of the audience reception of algorithmic musi…
Cyclic Patterns of Movement Across Weaving, Epiplokē and Live Coding
This article hosts an interdisciplinary exploration of cyclic rhythmic structures, bringing together historical references to ground understanding of algorithmic electronic dance music, and in particular the algorave movement. The role of pattern in uniting dance, music and language is investigated in the ancient practice of weaving, in ancient Greek choral lyric, and contemporary live coding. In this context the TidalCycles environment is introd…
Textility of Code
This article presents a series of informal experiments in software and weaving, most of which were conducted as part of the Weaving Codes, Coding Weaves project. Different aspects of weaving, including plain weave, a four-shaft loom, tablet weaving and warp-weighted weaving are simulated, in order to gain greater understanding of the craft from the perspective of computer science. The production rules of L-Systems are employed to begin to explore…
Introduction
This article introduces the TEXTILE special issue on Weaving Codes, Coding Weaves, and the project of the same name, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for 18 months from September 2014. We introduce the collaborators of this interdisciplinary project, spanning textiles, music, arts technology, computer science, mathematics, anthropology, media theory, and philosophy. We tell the multifaceted story of how we met and bega…
Understanding live coding events
As an arts practice, live coding has strong roots in musical performance, and the fact that its ‘liveness’ requires the performer to write and modify algorithms in real time [Collins, N., A. McLean, J. Rohrhuber, and A. Ward. 2003. “Live Coding in Laptop Performance.” Organised Sound 8 (3): 321–330] means that it is often treated as a kind of music improvisation. Organised live coding has now passed its tenth year [Magnusson, T. 2014. “Herding Ca…
Live Interfaces
June 01 2015 Live Interfaces Alex McLean, Alex McLean Guest Editor, University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Maria Chatzichristodoulou, Maria Chatzichristodoulou Guest Editor, University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kia Ng Kia Ng Guest Editor, University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Informat…
Speaking Code
The aesthetic and political implications of working with code as procedure, expression, and action. Speaking Code begins by invoking the “Hello World” convention used by programmers when learning a new language, helping to establish the interplay of text and code that runs through the book. Interweaving the voice of critical writing from the humanities with the tradition of computing and software development, in Speaking Code Geoff Cox formulates…
Slub
December 01 2008 slub: Phone_Mr_Biskov Dave Griffiths, Dave Griffiths Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alex McLean, Alex McLean Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Adrian Ward Adrian Ward Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Dave Griffiths Alex McLean Adrian Ward Online Issn: 1531-4812 Print Issn: 0961-1215 © 2008 Massachu…
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Slub
December 01 2008 slub: Phone_Mr_Biskov Dave Griffiths, Dave Griffiths Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alex McLean, Alex McLean Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Adrian Ward Adrian Ward Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Dave Griffiths Alex McLean Adrian Ward Online Issn: 1531-4812 Print Issn: 0961-1215 © 2008 Massachu…
Speaking Code
The aesthetic and political implications of working with code as procedure, expression, and action. Speaking Code begins by invoking the “Hello World” convention used by programmers when learning a new language, helping to establish the interplay of text and code that runs through the book. Interweaving the voice of critical writing from the humanities with the tradition of computing and software development, in Speaking Code Geoff Cox formulates…
Live Interfaces
June 01 2015 Live Interfaces Alex McLean, Alex McLean Guest Editor, University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Maria Chatzichristodoulou, Maria Chatzichristodoulou Guest Editor, University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kia Ng Kia Ng Guest Editor, University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Informat…
Understanding live coding events
As an arts practice, live coding has strong roots in musical performance, and the fact that its ‘liveness’ requires the performer to write and modify algorithms in real time [Collins, N., A. McLean, J. Rohrhuber, and A. Ward. 2003. “Live Coding in Laptop Performance.” Organised Sound 8 (3): 321–330] means that it is often treated as a kind of music improvisation. Organised live coding has now passed its tenth year [Magnusson, T. 2014. “Herding Ca…
Textility of Code
This article presents a series of informal experiments in software and weaving, most of which were conducted as part of the Weaving Codes, Coding Weaves project. Different aspects of weaving, including plain weave, a four-shaft loom, tablet weaving and warp-weighted weaving are simulated, in order to gain greater understanding of the craft from the perspective of computer science. The production rules of L-Systems are employed to begin to explore…
Introduction
This article introduces the TEXTILE special issue on Weaving Codes, Coding Weaves, and the project of the same name, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for 18 months from September 2014. We introduce the collaborators of this interdisciplinary project, spanning textiles, music, arts technology, computer science, mathematics, anthropology, media theory, and philosophy. We tell the multifaceted story of how we met and bega…
The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music
Algorithmic music appears to be at a turning point in its history, with many new systems and communities of practice developing together, as vibrant musical culture. This handbook brings together dozens of leading researchers and practitioners in the field, blending technical, artistic, cultural and scientific viewpoints into a whole that considers the making of algorithmic music as a rich, and essentially human activity. The book is organised in…
The Audience Reception of Algorithmic Music
Contemporary music research and practice have leveraged advances in computing power by integrating computing devices into many aspects of music—from generative music to live coding. This efflorescence of musical practice, process, and product raises complex issues in audience reception. This chapter employs a comparative analysis in a longitudinal study designed to understand the psychological aspects of the audience reception of algorithmic musi…
Cyclic Patterns of Movement Across Weaving, Epiplokē and Live Coding
This article hosts an interdisciplinary exploration of cyclic rhythmic structures, bringing together historical references to ground understanding of algorithmic electronic dance music, and in particular the algorave movement. The role of pattern in uniting dance, music and language is investigated in the ancient practice of weaving, in ancient Greek choral lyric, and contemporary live coding. In this context the TidalCycles environment is introd…
Digital crafts-machine-ship
Learning a craft is to become undone in our relation to both the machine and the material. Crafts-machine-ship is the attempt to share our autonomy with the machine. The desire for such collaborations is driving our demand for different outcomes. The loom is an early machine, a distinctly human construction; it is seen to be the start of automation and industrialization, seen to replace human hands with abstractions and mechanical movements
(Micro-)Performing Ancient Weaving in the Penelope project
What does an ancient weaver know, when she knows how to weave? How is this complex knowledge graspable and representable? The article presents the research practice of the PENELOPE project as it sets to explore the distinctive logic and order of ancient weaving - an inferential dimension embedded in the material and thus mainly implicit, which is best grasped through performing and which we address here as microperformative. In archaic Greek lite…
Vista20
Live Coding
Views on minimum unit pricing for alcohol before its introduction among people with alcohol dependence in Scotland
Live Notation for Patterns of Movement
If computer programming languages can be used to control the movement of robots, they can therefore be used as choreographic notations. Weaving, dance, and musical forms can be taken as places of inspiration for this, bringing together patterns, computation, movement, and notation in live telematic performance involving live coding of both audience and robots
The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence
Walking and Walking About
Art (11 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Weaving (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Music Technology and Sound Studies (4 works) · Art, Technology, and Culture (3 works) · Citation (3 works)