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Praxis is a Java-based modular framework for live creative play with video, images, audio, and other media. Its primary focus is on the easy development of generative and interactive media installations, as well as live performance. Praxis LIVE is a graphical, patcher-style interface for developing Praxis projects 'on the fly'. Praxis is developed by UK Artist and Technologist Neil C Smith. It is partly inspired by projects such as AudioMulch, Bidule and Isadora, and to a lesser extent Pure Data and Processing; however, it is not intended to be a clone of any of them. Praxis LIVE
Update April 30th 2012 Praxis LIVE build 120430 is now available for download. Please read the full ReleaseNotes.
Have a look at GettingStarted. Sign up to the discussion group to ask any questions. Various of the audio libraries from Praxis are being released separately as JAudioLibs. Primary Features
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Historypraxis derives from a framework developed during a year-long Arts Council England funded residency at The Animation Station, Banbury (UK) during 2006, and used on a number of projects since. Since 2009 this framework has been completely rewritten as Praxis. Praxis LIVE has been in development since April 2011. These two videos give some idea of the areas of work that praxis is aimed at. The first is Sound Pool, an interactive audio-visual installation developed for and shown at Banbury Museum (UK) in November 2006 - this installation uses a webcam to track movement in the gallery and trigger changes to the audio and video. It is the project that kicked it all off! The second video is of Magoria, a generative portrait of the people of Oxfordshire, past and present - a version of this is included in the examples with Praxis LIVE |
