Processing Community Day @ VU Amsterdam
On Saturday, October 24th, Creative Coding Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam are bringing Processing Community Day to Amsterdam.
Processing Community Day (PCD) is a worldwide series of local events celebrating the Processing programming language and the creative coding community that has grown around it since 2001. Amsterdam's edition is a free afternoon at VU with a beginner workshop, community talks and a live coding session to wrap it all up.
It's for anyone who makes things with code, or wants to start. Whether you've written one sketch or a thousand, you belong here. The whole afternoon is in English.
Program
13:30 · Opening Block
Welcome and context from the organizers.
13:50-15:10 · First Pixel
A beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop where we build a random walker: a point that wanders the canvas one random step at a time. No experience needed, just bring a laptop or tablet. Already comfortable with code? We'll also bring more advanced ideas built on the same concept, so there's plenty to chew on.
15:30-16:45 · Open Systems
Community talks on generative art, creative practice and the systems behind the work.
- Harris Blondman Studio on their creative work and art practice
- Stanko: How to draw a Space Invader
- Gamal: What is Generative Art Again
17:00-18:00 · Render Loop
The day ends with an audiovisual algorave. Code written live and projected big.
- NumberLoup: sound with TidalCycles on SuperCollider
- D17E: visuals with Hydra
- More to be announced
Practical info
- When: Saturday, October 24th, 13:30-18:00
- Where: NU building, VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam. The whole event is in room NU-2C33.
- Entry: free, but registration is required. Register on Luma or meetup.
- Language: English
- Event site: cca.codes/pcd-2026
Hope to see you there!
Or if not, catch us on Discord.