# Chicago: July 2nd 6-8pm p5 workshop "Deconstructing the Image" workshop with Maddie Brucker

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/chicago-july-2nd-6-8pm-p5-workshop-deconstructing-the-image-workshop-with-maddie-brucker/48849>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Tags:** opportunities\
**Created:** [June 23, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/chicago-july-2nd-6-8pm-p5-workshop-deconstructing-the-image-workshop-with-maddie-brucker/48849 "2026-06-23T04:28:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![hypergrace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/hypergrace/32/21604_2.png) [@hypergrace](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hypergrace)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/chicago-july-2nd-6-8pm-p5-workshop-deconstructing-the-image-workshop-with-maddie-brucker/48849/1 "2026-06-23T04:28:50Z")

</div>

Greetings Chicago p5.js community!

On July 2nd from 6-8 at Mouse Arts and Letters Club in Bridgeport, CCAM: Center for Concrete and Abstract Machines and ALMANAC artist collective are hosting Maddie Brucker for a p5.js workshop. You’re invited!

### Registration is required; seats are limited. [Register here!](https://ccam.world/programs/26-07-02-maddie-brucker-almanac/)

**WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION**

In an era in which we are bombarded with more digital images than ever, how can we resist the paradigm of doomscrolling and AI slop forced upon us? Perhaps we might start by examining what makes the “seamless” consumption of digital media possible. This introductory workshop on creative coding and image processing takes a low-level approach, exploring the protocols and algorithms underpinning the interfaces of our social media feeds. Using the p5.js programming language, we will learn how computers store, transmit, and display images, and create our own poetic image algorithms.

## **ARTIST BIO**

Maddie Brucker is an artist, designer, and researcher based in Chicago. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in Computer Science + Learning Sciences at Northwestern University.

## **Peripheral Study**

Based in Chicago, Peripheral Study’s mission is to make opportunities for in-depth learning accessible to working artists. Learning from and with one another in community is a vital practice enabling artists to grow, develop, and flourish. PS supports these practices by providing structures for interdisciplinary learning: workshops and classes, an online publication/newsletter, and other collective efforts. More at **[https://study.peripheral.zone/](https://study.peripheral.zone/)**

 ![maddy individuals copy](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/8/4/844af13d23c58e49ae399885221d8781b05aa419.jpeg)