Event:GRADE-Paris2026/Content

Overview of the status of Wikipedia articles related to the beginnings and current state of creative computing cultures.

Creative computing culture --> w:en_Creative computing
Digital activism --> w:en:Internet activism
Digital grassroots movement
Digital industry
Software artist
There is no category for Creative computing (or similar); at the moment it is in w:en:Category:Creativity techniques which is very broad. w:en:Category:Computer art does not include creative computing or Creative coding (but creative coding has a category w:en:Category:Creative coding. Probably this needs some adjustments.

Wikipedia in English

Probably the most relevant categories are w:en:Category:History of computing and w:en:Category:Internet activism but they are extremely wide and difficult to navigate.

National Computing Histories

Research on creative computing cultures Zotero library: Creative Computing Cultures

GRADE Cost Action Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing (27/10/2022 - 26/10/2026) https://costgrade.eu/
CH Ludens Swiss Game design archive 1968-2000 https://stage.chludens.ch/. - CH LUDENS looks at a vibrant game design and development scene in the pre-Internet age. The CONFOEDERATIO LUDENS team explores this largely ignored games industry from 1968 to 2000 and takes a step towards the broader preservation of a highly ephemeral and disappearing cultural heritage.
TECHNOPST Remembering the Early Digital Age: Cultural-Studies and Media-Archaeological Perspectives on Technotopism, Technopessimism, and Technostalgia (1.8.2023 - 31.7.2025) https://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/en/research/institute-of-social-science/research-projects/P7618

№	Picture	Article	Description	en	de	fr	it	es	pt	ru	nl	ar	bn	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		Creative computing	computer science applied to the arts	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	3	Q25103996	7
2		creative technology	interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field combining computing, design, art and the humanities	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q16930522	4
3		computational creativity	multidisciplinary endeavour	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	5	Q5157306	2	+
4		remix culture	society that allows and encourages derivative works by combining or editing existing materials to produce a new product	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	5	Q3298098	2
5		digital art	collective term for art that is generated digitally with the computer	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	8	Q860372	8	+
6		Creative coding	activity of computer programming for expressive purposes	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	4	Q17087654	3	+
7		intangible cultural heritage	kind of cultural heritage	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	4	Q59544	6	+
8		computer art	art genre in which computers are used as a main tool in the creative process	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	4	Q1376265	6	+
9		participatory culture	cultural production made through social interactions of different communities and groups	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	6	Q3532389	2
10		right to repair	legal right for owners of devices and equipment to freely modify and repair products	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	5	Q108837947	4
11		Internet activism	use of electronic communication technologies for various forms of activism	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	7	Q1147114	4	+
Σ	→ Autolist → gallery			10	4	6	3	8	8	5	2	6	0	52	avg: 5\5\47%	48

№	Picture	Article	Description	en	de	fr	it	es	pt	ru	nl	ar	bn	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		demoscene	subculture focused on production of digital audiovisual works	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q824340	5	+
2		crack intro	credit sequence added to cracked software	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	3	Q2744385	3
3		Assembly	demoparty	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	4	Q740709	5	+
4		Future Crew	Finnish demogroup	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	4	Q364170	4
5		Melon Dezign	Amiga demoscene group	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q3305265	2
6		Scoopex		-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q3476012	1
7		Farbrausch	demogroup	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	4	Q583905	2	+
8		demo	art software with graphics, music and animation	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	4	Q5610543	4	+
9		64k intro		+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q3153714	3
10		Pouët	demoscene web directory	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q3400818	8
11		chiptune	style of synthesized electronic music	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q135637	13	+
12		music disk	term used by the demoscene to describe a collection of songs made on a computer	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	Q1954906	5
13		new media art	artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	8	Q378604	7	+
14		Razor 1911	Norwegian warez and demogroup	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	8	Q1756708	4	+
15		8-bit style		-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q25377700	4
16		TIC-80	FLOSS fantasy console and fantasy computer	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	5	Q56473777	21	+
17		.werkkzeug		-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	2	Q3567309	6
18		The Gathering	annual computer party in Norway	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	4	Q1931085	9	+
19		Breakpoint	demoparty	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	4	Q314262	7	+
20		DreamHack	Swedish production company	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	9	Q1256146	11	+
21		The Party	demoscene event held yearly from 1991 to 2002 in Denmark	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q3522179	3
22		Mekka & Symposium	former demoscene party in Germany	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q1918866	6
Σ	→ Autolist → map gallery			16	12	22	7	7	7	10	4	6	0	91	avg: 4\9\41%	133

№	Picture	Article	Description	en	de	fr	it	es	pt	ru	nl	ar	bn	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		Camille Ducellier (b. 1985)	French artist	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q63348399	14	+
2		Nathalie Magnan (1956-2016)		+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	Q27460015	20	+
3		Raphaël Gesqua (b. 1972)	French composer	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q13582302	10	+
4		Simon Carless (b. 1975)	British video game designer	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q7518414	10	+
5		Mark Knight (b. 1973)	games audio composer / sound designer, and electric violin player from the UK	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	3	Q3294133	13
6		Cody Brocious (b. 1988)	American software engineer	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q5140401	8
7		Janne Suni (?)	Finnish musician	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q3300960	7
8		4mat (b. 1974)	1974- demoscene and video game music composer	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	2	Q19559892	17	+
9		Amplitude Problem (b. 1974)	swedish-American musician and producer (born 1974)	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q98648808	5
10		Alexander Brandon (b. 1974)	American musician	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	5	Q1399435	13	+
11		Aleksi Eeben (b. 1976)	Finnish composer and programmer (born 1976)	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q112116439	8	+
12		Dubmood (b. 1985)	Swedish musician	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	4	Q287054	12	+
Σ	→ Autolist → gallery			9	3	7	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	26	avg: 2\3\22%	137

№	Picture	Article	Description	en	de	fr	it	es	pt	ru	nl	ar	bn	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1		A Cyborg Manifesto	essay by Donna Haraway	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	5	Q3984104	11
Σ	→ Autolist			1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	avg: 5\1\50%	11