aesthetic.computer
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aesthetic.computer
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2% Aesthetic Computer — Collected Papers & Grants (Reader)
3% Auto-generated reader that merges all papers and grant applications
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79{\acbold\fontsize{36pt}{40pt}\selectfont Aesthetic{\color{acpink}.}Computer}
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82{\LARGE Collected Papers \& Grants}
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85{\large\color{acgray} Reader Draft}
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89 Jeffrey Alan Scudder\\[4pt]
90 Los Angeles, CA\\[12pt]
91 \href{https://aesthetic.computer}{aesthetic.computer}
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97 26 papers + 1 grant application\\[4pt]
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111 {\large\bfseries Contents}
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118% ===================================================================
119% PART I: PAPERS
120% ===================================================================
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122\begin{center}
123 \vspace*{2cm}
124 {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em]
125 {\LARGE\bfseries Part I: Papers}\\[0.5em]
126 {\color{acgray} 26 working papers on creative computing}\\[1em]
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130
131% --- Core Platform ---
132\readerpart{Aesthetic Computer '26: A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing}{arxiv-ac/ac.pdf}
133\readerpart{AC Native OS '26: A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System}{arxiv-os/os.pdf}
134\readerpart{From setup() to boot(): Processing at the Core of the Piece API}{arxiv-api/api.pdf}
135\readerpart{Pieces Not Programs}{arxiv-pieces/pieces.pdf}
136\readerpart{The URL Tradition: Addressable Creative Computing from HyperCard to AC}{arxiv-url-tradition/url-tradition.pdf}
137
138% --- KidLisp ---
139\readerpart{KidLisp '26: A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art}{arxiv-kidlisp/kidlisp.pdf}
140\readerpart{KidLisp Language Reference: 118 Built-ins in 12 Categories}{arxiv-kidlisp-reference/kidlisp-reference.pdf}
141\readerpart{KidLisp Cards: Programs That Fit on a Card}{arxiv-kidlisp-cards/kidlisp-cards.pdf}
142
143% --- Instruments & Sound ---
144\readerpart{notepat.com: From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door}{arxiv-notepat/notepat.pdf}
145\readerpart{Playable Folk Songs: Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard}{arxiv-folk-songs/folk-songs.pdf}
146\readerpart{Every Sound is a Painting: Sampling as Visual-Auditory Practice}{arxiv-sampling/sampling.pdf}
147\readerpart{PLOrk'ing the Planet: From Laptop Orchestra to Planetary Organ}{arxiv-plork/plork.pdf}
148
149% --- Performance & Social ---
150\readerpart{Whistlegraph: Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form}{arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.pdf}
151\readerpart{Network Audit: Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make?}{arxiv-network-audit/network-audit.pdf}
152\readerpart{Handle Identity on the AT Protocol: From Auth0 to Decentralized Sign-In}{arxiv-identity/identity.pdf}
153
154% --- History & Criticism ---
155\readerpart{Repository Archaeology: Tracing the Evolution Through Git History}{arxiv-archaeology/archaeology.pdf}
156\readerpart{Dead Ends: Failed Experiments and Abandoned Approaches}{arxiv-dead-ends/dead-ends.pdf}
157\readerpart{Sucking on the Complex: Platform Hegemony and Anti-Environments}{arxiv-complex/complex.pdf}
158\readerpart{Radical Computer Art: Goodiepalian Approaches}{arxiv-goodiepal/goodiepal.pdf}
159\readerpart{The Potter and the Prompt: John Holden's Proto-Cognitive Music Theory}{arxiv-holden/holden.pdf}
160
161% --- Education & Sustainability ---
162\readerpart{Get Closed Source Out of Schools: Every Chromebook Is a Gateway Denied}{arxiv-open-schools/open-schools.pdf}
163\readerpart{CalArts, Callouts, and Papers: Art School as Operating System}{arxiv-calarts/calarts.pdf}
164\readerpart{Two Departments, One Building: Funding in UCLA Arts}{arxiv-ucla-arts/ucla-arts.pdf}
165\readerpart{Who Pays for Creative Tools?}{arxiv-sustainability/sustainability.pdf}
166
167% --- Meta & Future ---
168\readerpart{Five Years from Now: What Aesthetic Computer Probably Becomes}{arxiv-futures/futures.pdf}
169\readerpart{Reading the Score}{arxiv-score-analysis/score-analysis.pdf}
170\readerpart{Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations}{arxiv-diversity/diversity.pdf}
171
172% ===================================================================
173% PART II: GRANTS
174% ===================================================================
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178 \vspace*{2cm}
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180 {\LARGE\bfseries Part II: Grants}\\[0.5em]
181 {\color{acgray} Applications and proposals}\\[1em]
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185
186\readerpart{LACMA Art + Technology Lab 2026: The Unfinished Instrument}{../grants/lacma-2026/lacma-2026.pdf}
187
188% ===================================================================
189% PART III: CONFERENCE PAPERS
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196 {\LARGE\bfseries Part III: Conference Papers}\\[0.5em]
197 {\color{acgray} Peer-reviewed submissions}\\[1em]
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201
202\readerpart{KidLisp: A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art (ELS '26)}{els-kidlisp/els-kidlisp.pdf}
203
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