Raving Through the 90s with SVG and Clojurescript

Sometimes we use code for work. Sometimes we use code for art. Sometimes we use code to generate art live — while our friends work it. La Habra is a Clojurescript based framework that helps me do the latter, while embracing both retro graphics and imperfection. Let’s look at the framework and then code some graphics — live!

About Sarah: Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo is a digital artist and programmer. She creates geometric sketches and films and sometimes performs live as Codie’s visualist — most often using La Habra, a framework she wrote with Clojurescript. Sarah is an alumna of the School for Poetic Computation and Recurse Center, and has taken part in group shows at Sonar+D, Westbeth, Day for Night, and Flux Factory. Sarah currently works as a senior front-end engineer at Gitlab.