Code as Creative Medium: A Handbook for Computational Art and Design

By Golan Levin and Tega Brain An essential guide for teaching and learning computational art and design: exercises, assignments, interviews, and more than 170 illustrations of creative work This book is an essential resource for arts educators and practitioners who want to explore code as a creative medium, and serves as a guide for computer scientists transitioning from STEM to STEAM in their syllabi or practice. Code as Creative Medium provides a collection of classic creative coding prompts and assignments, accompanied by annotated examples of both historic and contemporary projects. These are enriched by more than 170 illustrations of creative work and a set of interviews with leading educators. Picking up where standard programming guides leave off, the authors highlight alternative programming pedagogies suitable for the art- and design-oriented classroom, including teaching approaches, resources, and community support structures. The book first offers a collection of syllabus mo