Code Collective

Code Collective is a supportive community for critical–creative coding. It is organized as a collaboratory (colloquium-collaboration-laboratory) emphasizing co-learning and co-teaching, process, and experimentation. In this cooperative space you can dabble in code, troubleshoot a dream project, ask ‘dumb’ questions, and explore new programming techniques suited to your artistic practice—from web development to self-hosted servers, from live coding to database design to multimodal AI models. The topics and tech will vary based on our shared interests, with a focus always on the sociotechnical impacts of our practice. Themes will likely include critical–creative and intersectional methods, tactical media interventions, and critical code studies approaches. Along the way, we may host guest speakers or run workshops, discuss shared readings, give feedback on projects in progress, showcase new work, and eat snacks. All levels and languages are welcome! Possible Readings Cotton M. 2025. Radical Software: Women, Art, & Computing 1960-1991. Evans J. 2013-2026. Wizard Zines. wizardzines.com Franklin UM. 2004. The Real World of Technology. Ganesh, MI. 2025. AUTO-CORRECT: The Fantasies and Failures of AI, Ethics, and the Driverless Car. Nakamura L. 2014. “Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture.” Seaver N. 2021. “Care and Scale: Decorrelative Ethics in Algorithmic Recommendation.” Scheuerman M, Denton E, Hanna A. 2021. “Do Datasets Have Politics? Disciplinary Values in Computer Vision Dataset Development.” Weatherby L. 2025. Language Machines: Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism.