Workshop space will be limited. RSVP at transmissions.artandcode.org

Art&&Code returns this September 19th and 20th with Transmissions, a two-day exploration of radio as a creative medium through hands-on workshops, artist-led learning, and public conversation.

Art&&Code is the STUDIO’s long-running event series dedicated to democratizing emerging technologies through creative exploration and public engagement. Since 2009, the series has introduced artists, technologists, educators, and curious newcomers to topics ranging from programming for artists and young people, mobile and locative media, and DIY 3D scanning, to virtual and mixed realities, digital craft, live coding, and real-time visuals. The 2023 edition welcomed more than 300 participants and helped foster a growing regional community around live visual performance through free workshops and expanded accessibility.

This year’s edition focuses on Transmission Arts, an interdisciplinary field that uses radio frequency transmission and reception as artistic media. Working at the intersection of art, science, communication, and experimentation, Transmission Arts work with the invisible material frequencies that connect us through broadcast signals, wireless technologies, and shared electromagnetic space.

Throughout the weekend, participants will have the opportunity to:

• Build and learn to use custom antennas with artist Heidi Neilson.
• Explore radio direction finding through a hands-on transmitter hunt led by Tom Zajdel.
• Learn the fundamentals of Meshtastic while building telemetry modules with local node building experts from the Protomesh Collective and Hackers Guild Pittsburgh.
• Participate in an open studio for experimentation, collaboration, and continued exploration.
• Join a closing panel discussion with workshop leaders and participants examining the creative, technical, and cultural possibilities of Transmission Arts.

Art&&Code Transmissions offers an accessible introduction for artists to the tools, ideas, and communities shaping this field of creative work.