Quote from Aesthetic Programming by Winnie Soon, Geoff Cox, P45.

Furthermore, and given that programming, like other forms of writing, performs actions, it presents itself as a way to reconceive politics too: not simply writing or speaking, arguing, or protesting in public, but also demonstrating the ability to modify the technical processes through which the action is performed, in recognition of the ways in which power and control are now structured at the level of infrastructure.

The problem is that most creative coders don't recognize or use the power they hold. Have you ever been to a website to download a file and there were multiple download buttons that directed you to an ad?

After reading Aesthetic Programming, I decided to show the social power of designers and creative coders. Then I sketched and researched methods before coding for showing motion and Riso print from p5.js.

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RESPONSIVENESS 

The text will be made from dots, and each dot represents a coder. The dots will create the text "WE SET ACTION" in red. If the program captures a sound (action) like clapping, the dots will become larger with different colours. If there is no sound, the text will be made with only one colour (red). I hope that by creating this project, I can show how code as a medium can influence and bring power to people. But also to show how those who create with code hold immense power over their users by controlling the infrastructure that they navigate through.