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