Golan Levin – Post-LLM Creative Coding
20.11.2025
In this online talk, artist and educator Golan Levin reflects on the evolving landscape of creative coding in the age of large language models. The session will begin with an overview of his practice and artistic research, followed by a discussion on post-LLM creative coding pedagogy, exploring how prompt-based tools are reshaping creative processes, education, and critical perspectives on algorithmic art. The talk will conclude with a Q&A session addressing students’ questions and reflections on contemporary digital practices.
Golan Levin is an artist and engineer interested in exploring new modes of reactive expression. Through performances, digital artifacts, and virtual environments, Golan applies creative twists to digital technologies that highlight our relationship with machines, make visible our ways of interacting with each other, and explore the intersection of non-verbal communication and interactivity. As an educator, Golan's pedagogy is concerned with reclaiming computation as a medium of personal expression. He teaches “studio art courses in computer science,” on themes like interactive art, generative form, digital fabrication, information visualization, and audiovisual performance. Golan is currently Professor of Electronic Art at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also holds courtesy appointments in Architecture, Computer Science, and Design. With Tega Brain, Levin is co-author of Code as Creative Medium (MIT Press, 2021), a guide to creative coding for software arts educators.