Liners (image above, videos below) is a performance by Zach lieberman and Theo Watson (with video contributions) using the openFrameworks C++ library for coding within artistic contexts. The performance is, as the artists admit, more of a self running software or “demo” (software demo scene) than performance which connects videos which illustrate the creation of a line continuously to explore ideas such as linearity, continuity, mark making all summed up in Paul Klee’s famous quote “taking a line for a walk”. As such, a demo, the performance is also available to download as a stand alone application from the website.

Now I quite like this (lines, cables, connecting etc.) because even though the artists question whether it is a true performance it does visualise a simple idea well and engages an audience to watch a lot more than many a ‘performance’ I have seen. That said, and this is where I am a little critical, what is the audio? How does the audio relate to the idea of creating a collaborative line? Is this the audio that was embedded in the video? Has it been explored / taken for a walk (perhaps the line of the wave) in some similar / analogous way?