What creative movements are like the demoscene, but aren't the demoscene?
Things I can think of: livecoding has communities from various walks of life. And the game jam communities have some similarities in terms of bringing graphics, music and code together, to a deadline.
But what else? Who else has quite so many parties, for one thing?
@aldroid I'd say competitive speed puzzling has a similar "we turned this hobby into a competitive thing because everything has to have competitions" . It's maybe not as creative/art however (unless you also include the puzzle designers?)
Perhaps not as much as the demoscene (I'm not really participating in either), and definitely more commercial, but I'm often surprised to hear someone is going to Knitfest Sweden or so. I only learned recently that such things exist.
@aldroid probably could've said the same for gaming back in the 90s, with it being a more niche thing with LAN meetups, but it got so oversaturated and commercial that "gaming" is no longer any more of a specific subculture than "people who watch TV".
@aldroid Maybe amateur dramatics – it's a community creative endeavour to a deadline? Amateur bands? Graffiti / skating / flash mobs if that still happens?
@aldroid Complex to develop in a toot, and quite subjective, but i see common things :
Multicultural groups , from personalities but also field of work
"Creative" movement not only on the "art" perspective but more on the "creation side as "artist" and "artisan" but not bind to any capitalistic goal of production and profit.
@aldroid Social & Cultural Lifecycle of Activites and codes might differs of course , but to materialize this, Revision and FOSDEM have a lot in common
@totetmatt that's a very thoughtful perspective, thank you! i agree it's all about the techne. and i suppose, the cultural aspect is surrounding yourself with people who are also invested in the same goals.
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