A
few months into my current project with Mirada, David, the lead
programmer on my project, told me about an art, design, and code conference in Minneapolis that I should consider
attending, called “Eyeo Festival”. I visited the website
and thought it looked neat, so I went ahead and bought one of the
passes when they went on sale. I didn't think too much about it for
the next four or five months, up until I was checking into my hotel
room in Minneapolis the day the conference began.
Wow.
From the beginning of the first keynote of the opening ceremony
Tuesday night, up until the end of the closing party Friday night, I
was blown away by how encouraging, friendly, and open an environment
this was. There was so much collaboration between
artists/designers/creative coders from all industries, and so much
YES-AND-ing.
I
saw a great variety of innovative creative coding projects, from apps
to interactive installations to creative code/performance art hybrid
pieces, and beyond. Every talk I went to, every person I met or spoke
with, inspired me or changed my perspective in some way. Over the
next few posts, I'll discuss some of my favorite talks and the
resulting thoughts and ideas I've had.
Eyeo
was by far one of the most eye-opening, stimulating, and enlightening
experiences I've had. There are not enough words to describe how much
I enjoyed this amazing conference, and I'm excited to see what
they'll have in store next year!
