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Colombian composer
Alexandra Cárdenas
OriginColombia
GenresFree improvisation, Algorave
Years active2000–present
Websitecargocollective.com/tiemposdelruido
Musical artist

Alexandra Cárdenas (born 1976) is a Colombian musician, composer and improviser now based in Berlin, who has followed a path from Western classical composition to improvisation and live electronics. Her recent work has included live coding performance, including performances at the forefront of the Algorave scene, she also co-organised a live coding community in Mexico City. At the 2014 Kurukshetra Festival Cárdenas was a keynote speaker and hosted a music live coding workshop, the first of its kind in India. Cárdenas has been invited to talk about and perform live coding at events such as the Berlin based Transmediale festival and the Ableton sponsored Loop symposium, and held residencies including at Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan and Centre for the Arts in Mexico City.

She has studied in Bogota and Berlin and has completed a Masters Degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts. Cárdenas co-founded Livecodera, a collective working to nurture the skills of women live coders. She also co-founded Toplap Mexcio and Toplap Berlin.

She has been featured in videos by governmental broadcast agencies.

Musical releases

Cárdenas’ releases include;

  • Unbroken EP 2018
  • Hipersonica Album 2019

References

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  7. "High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music in Baltimore 2015 :: 17 Years!". www.highzero.org. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  8. "Alexandra Cárdenas:Internationale Gäste beim dritten Karlsruher Algorave"!". Inka. Algorave Clubkultur (in German). November 14, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  9. ""Toxic Tunes" - neue Konzertreihe für Hamburg, präsentiert von NDR das neue werk Auftaktkonzert: Dienstag, 1. Dezember, 20.00 Uhr, Resonanzraum St. Pauli, Hamburg". NDR (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. November 16, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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  12. "TOXIC TUNES: First Night - Soft Machines" (in German). NDR. December 1, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  13. "Alexandra Cárdenas | transmediale". transmediale.de. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  14. "Alexandra Cárdenas". loop.ableton.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  15. "TWS residency: Alexandra Cárdenas". Tokyo Wonder Site. Institute of Contemporary Arts and International Cultural Exchange www.tokyo-ws.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  16. "Alexandra Cárdenas". Loop. Berlin: loop.ableton.com. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  17. Heroines of Sound website, Alexandra Cárdenas
  18. Cambridge University Press website, Livecoderas Latinoamericanas: Diversity, educational access and musicking networks in live coding in Latin America, article by Emma Wilde and Mario Alberto Duarte-Garcia dated August 14, 2023
  19. Women in Data website, Alexandra Cárdenas
  20. McLean, Alex. "Live coding and algorave" (Video). Arte Tracks (in French). Arte. Retrieved February 2, 2016 – via YouTube.
  21. Discogs website, Alexandra Cárdenas, retrieved November 19, 2024

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