(Algo|Afro) Futures was a mentoring programme for early career UK-based Black artists interested in exploring creative coding and live coding. The programme ran over four editions between 2021 - 2025. The website is being kept online as an archive of its activities and as a resource for those interested in forming a similar programme of their own.

Applicant profile

The programme saught applications from early career Black artists developing work within performing arts sspractices (music, choreography, live/performance art, etc). Prior experience in coding is not required - only a curiosity to learn! Live coding is surprisingly accessible, and as an algorithmic artform has more in common with weaving, cooking and knitting than software engineering. We are interested in supporting people in taking it in new directions.

Apply

The questions to be answered are referenced below:

• Please enter your name
• Please enter your e-mail address
• Please enter your post code This will be used to check eligibility
• Why do you want to be involved? (up to 200 words) We want to know what interests you about live coding and what you hope to gain from the programme.
• Please describe your practice (up to 200 words) Are there any concepts, themes or questions that run throughout your work?
• Please share links that showcase your music/creative practice If passwords are required please share those. Please ensure any links remain online until at least 19th May
• Are you able to attend the dates of the workshops and the final performance? These are currently set for:

Workshops:

	* 7th June
	* 21st June
	* 28th June
	* 12th July
	* 19th July

Final performance:

	* 1st August

• If you said ‘No’ or ‘Maybe’, which dates are you unable to attend? We’re open to conversations about partial participation, but we would expect you attend most of the programme and the final performance. If you have any questions please contact us.
• Do you consider yourself to be Black, which we describe as being Black African, Caribbean, Afro-Latinx and African-American heritage, including those of mixed-Black heritage who identify as such?

Video submission

To apply to (Algo|Afro) Futures via video submission please submit a video of maximum five minutes in length that answers the above questions.

To submit your video please upload your video to a host such as Dropbox, Vimeo or YouTube and send a link to the video to Antonio Roberts at algoafrofutures@gmail.com. If a password is required to access the video please share the password. Please ensure any links remain online until at least 19th May.

Written submission

To apply to (Algo|Afro) Futures in writing please fill in the form below. The form does not save your progress, so we recommend writing your responses in a separate document and copy/pasting them into the form when you’re ready to submit.