# Eyebeam, creative coding, and network-art source map

Research checked September 27, 2026. This extends the five published artist records. Published with the project research archive; leads retain their original verification status.

## Main finding

Yury already has a direct documented institutional connection. Eyebeam lists Yury Gitman as a 2003 Project Resident and identifies his NYU ITP master's degree. This is useful author/project context; it does not make Yury the originator of an unrelated algorithm, establish friendships with other alumni, or imply current Eyebeam sponsorship.

Source: https://eyebeam.org/artists/yury-gitman/

## Existing catalog context

The existing catalog contains 40 techniques, 108 contributor-to-technique credits and 100 named recipe contributors. The expanded directory also includes the animated-study artists and newly researched people. Prior catalog checks verified field coverage, not every historical claim. Reuse role distinctions and follow original sources.

## Strong next additions and connections

| Person / connection | Documented evidence | Appropriate placement |
|---|---|---|
| Yury Gitman → Eyebeam / ITP | Eyebeam: 2003 Project Resident; ITP master's degree | Author context and institutional history |
| Yury Gitman + Carlos Gomez de Llarena → Noderunner | Eyebeam's 2003 announcement published by e-flux identifies the collaborative wireless-network game | Network-art branch; preserve both creators |
| Noderunner → Uncommon Projects | Uncommon's own project account says the creators asked it to redesign the game engine during its Eyebeam residency | Later engineering contribution, distinct from original authorship |
| Golan Levin + Tega Brain → Code as Creative Medium | MIT Press identifies both authors; description names interviews with Shiffman, McCarthy, and Choi | Published teaching history and creative-coding pedagogy |
| Tega Brain → Eyebeam | Eyebeam lists 2015 Project Resident and 2020 Rapid Response Fellow; describes environmental networks and automation | Candidate: systems, infrastructure, network art; not a specific recipe inventor |
| Joshue Ott → superDraw / Eyebeam | Artist describes his own software instrument, real-time manipulation of drawn forms, and Eyebeam residency | Candidate: audiovisual generative performance; recipe mapping pending |
| Gene Kogan → ml4a / generative systems | Artist site documents the curriculum and code practice; Eyebeam Book of Ideas discusses his 2015 curriculum | Candidate: machine-learning art and teaching; do not infer individual funding from exhibition participation |
| Daniel Shiffman → ITP / Processing | NYU faculty profile describes creative-coding tutorials, Processing Foundation, and Nature of Code | Strengthen existing educator / expositor entries |
| Taeyoon Choi → ITP / Processing community | NYU's 2017 Processing Community Day record identifies him as ITP adjunct professor | Historical teaching relationship, not alumni status |

## Source links and what was inspected

### Author and network-art context

- Eyebeam's Yury profile: https://eyebeam.org/artists/yury-gitman/ — indexed institutional biography, residency and education.
- Eyebeam announcement on e-flux: https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/42925/two-days-of-talks-events-and-celebration — indexed description identifies Yury and Carlos and Noderunner. Direct page extraction failed; treat detailed expansion as pending a full read.
- Rhizome, “Interview of Yury Gitman” (July 21, 2006): https://old.rhizome.org/editorial/2006/jul/21/interview-of-yury-gitman/ — indexed archival entry found; direct extraction failed. Do not invent interview quotations or assume this is an ArtBase accession.
- Uncommon Projects, Node Runner: https://www.uncommonprojects.com/node-runner — opened contributor's project account.
- Ars Electronica 2003 awards PDF: https://webarchive.ars.electronica.art/en/archiv_files/20031/FE_2003_prixarselectronica_en.pdf — located, not yet read; use to independently inspect original award credits.

### Published readers and pedagogy

- Golan Levin and Tega Brain, Code as Creative Medium (MIT Press, 2021): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262362030/code-as-creative-medium/ — publisher description and authorship inspected. It names educator interviews with Daniel Shiffman, Lauren McCarthy, and Taeyoon Choi. Full book not read in this pass.
- Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, editors, The New Media Reader (MIT Press, 2003): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262232272/the-new-media-reader/ — publisher description inspected. A historical sourcebook and discovery route, not evidence that every candidate appears in it.
- NYU, Daniel Shiffman: https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/itp/1984778605 — faculty profile inspected.
- NYU, ITP at Processing Community Day (October 23, 2017): https://tisch.nyu.edu/itp/news/fall-2017/itp-at-processing-community-day.html — historical participant roles inspected; includes ITP alumni Sharon De La Cruz, Aaron Montoya-Moraga, Claire Kearney-Volpe, Mathura Govindarajan, and Luisa Pereira. Those appearances alone are not specific technique credits.

### Additional artists

- Tega Brain: https://eyebeam.org/artists/tega-brain/ — institutional dates, work, and coauthorship inspected.
- Joshue Ott: https://www.joshueott.com/about — artist's description of superDraw and residency inspected.
- Gene Kogan: https://genekogan.com/ — artist's generative practice and ml4a inspected.
- Eyebeam Book of Ideas (2016): https://www.eyebeam.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Eyebeam-Book-of-Ideas-1.pdf — indexed Kogan excerpt located; full PDF not read.

## Research and application use

Suggested framing, requiring Yury's voice/editing before submission: “As a former Eyebeam resident and ITP graduate, I am returning to a community whose tools, teaching, and experiments helped shape my practice. The Vibes Are People makes those human contributions legible within the patterns and software we encounter today.”

The first sentence's institutional facts are sourced. The statement about influence is proposed personal framing for Yury to confirm, not a verified biographical fact.

For alumni-list outreach, a useful later request would ask members for specific works, algorithms, collaborators, tutorials, and missing credits, each with a source. No messages were sent, no private list contents were accessed, and no outreach is authorized by these notes.

Use primary artwork documentation and source code to assign recipes. Use books for context, institutions for affiliations, and social posts as leads to original work. Shared residency years do not establish a collaboration. Network art, generative visual art, and computational pedagogy overlap but should retain distinct labels.