Introduction to computer networks for artists is a collection of tutorials regarding computer protocols for sharing data between computers and the internet, intended for artists.

This project is an open sketchbook, updated frequently, always in a rough state, and open for contributions.

This project is a celebration of open source software for arts, and an invitation for artists to use networks for collaboration.

This project focuses on sending raw data without compression, and without taking latency into account.

It is a project by Aarón Montoya-Moraga, started in 2020, during their work as a research assistant at MIT Media Lab's Opera of the Future and Future Sketches research groups, respectively led by Tod Machover and Zach Lieberman.

These tutorials are an introduction to:

• These concepts:
  • Bits
  • IP address
  • Computer server
  • Computer client
• These tasks:
  • Know the IP address of your computer
  • Open a port on your computer to send and receive messages
• These art interactions:
  • Manipulate a synthesizer on your friend's computer
  • Make a drawing on your friend's computer

• Bugs, issues, pull requests
• More examples, concepts

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