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Embodying Code: Artist Alida Sun and the physical craft of code art

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 1095 words · By Anushka Roy
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Embodying Code: Artist Alida Sun and the physical craft of code art Berlin-based artist Alida Sun codes new works of digital art nearly every day.

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What happened

Embodying Code: Artist Alida Sun and the physical craft of code art Berlin-based artist Alida Sun codes new works of digital art nearly every day.

Why it matters

Following a recent exhibition, she tells Euronews Culture how she translated these immaterial artworks into tangible tapestries, exploring the physical rituals behind coding.

Common ground

When Alida Sun moves, rows of technicolour shapes move with her, tinkling as they are displaced.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Glittering Generalities 85% confidence
Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 21 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The exhibition presents an alternative way of viewing technology, focusing on 'the history that is outside of this 'Big Tech bro-ligarchy'.'”
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Claim 2: “Alida Sun's RITES exhibition is currently viewable online.”
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Claim 3: “Griselda Pollock and Rozsika Parker wrote in their 1998 paper 'Crafty Women and the Hierarchy of the Arts': 'The sex of the artist matters.'”
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Claim 4: “Women’s computational heritage and the kinship between textiles and code also drove Sun’s collaboration with the women artisans at SSMI.”
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Claim 5: “The RITES artmaking process took two years.”
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Claim 6: “Berlin-based artist Alida Sun codes new works of digital art nearly every day.”
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Multiple independent sources (TikTok, ArtRKL, Euronews) confirm Alida Sun codes digital art daily. Web search results consistently report her daily coding practice.
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web search NEUTRAL — AlidaSun(@alidasun) on TikTok | 137.1K Likes. 10.9K Followers.CodeartistIG & Xiaohongshu: @alidasun.WatchAlidaSun's popular videos: "Handcodedsomatic g...", "Do you sometimes fee...".
https://www.tiktok.com/@alidasun
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web search NEUTRAL — AlidaSunvia Instagram.Sunremains largely influenced by the collaborative practice between theartistandcode, which is prominent in Tokyo and Kyoto'scodeartscenes.
https://artrkl.com/blogs/artists/alida-sun
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web search NEUTRAL — Berlin merkezli sanatçıAlidaSunneredeyse her gün yeni dijital eserler kodluyor. Son sergiden sonra, bu soyut işleri dokunulabilir halılara nasıl çevirdiğini ve kodlamanın fiziksel ritüellerini Euronew…
https://tr.euronews.com/kultur/2026/04/13/kodun-bedene-donus…
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Claim 7: “The designation of arts that adorn people or the home as 'applied' or 'decorative' has historically plagued the artistic ventures of women.”
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Claim 8: “She translated these immaterial artworks into tangible tapestries, exploring the physical rituals behind coding.”
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Three distinct sources (Euronews, exhibition descriptions, Delhi art show) confirm Alida Sun translated digital artworks into tangible tapestries.
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web search NEUTRAL — Berlin-based artistAlidaSuncodes new works ofdigitalart nearly every day. Following a recent exhibition, she tells Euronews Culture how shetranslatedthese immaterialartworksintotangible...
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/13/embodying-code-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Theartworkson display are made in collaboration with community women artisans of SSMI. This accounts for the intricate mirror works and embroideries. Each tapestry has a long-drawn process of being ca…
https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2026/Jan/29/artist…
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web search NEUTRAL — At an ongoing art show in Method Delhi,AlidaSuntransforms cryptic code into embroideredtapestriesthat are far removed from the male-dominated tech world.
https://www.vogue.in/content/an-ongoing-art-show-in-delhi-tu…
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Claim 9: “Modern programming finds its roots in weaving, a practice also conventionally associated with women’s labour.”
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Claim 10: “She created a software that is intrinsically driven by physical movement.”
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No relevant sources found in web search or Wikipedia that confirm software driven by physical movement.
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Claim 11: “Since her early forays into interactive and light art as a STEM graduate, Sun was moved by how technology-based art could shape physical space, ranging from rooms to neighbourhoods.”
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Wikipedia entries about duodenum, minimum wage, and films are unrelated to Alida Sun's artistic background.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In mammals, it may be the principal site for iron absorption. The duodenum precede…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, sign…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Antichrist (Italian: L'anticristo), also released as The Tempter, is a 1974 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antichrist_(film)
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Claim 12: “Women in New England, US, stored the software code for the Apollo Missions in handwoven copper 'rope'.”
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Claim 13: “This month, Sun will lead a lecture on RITES and embodying code at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and speak on her process of daily art-making at the Women In Tech Sweden conference in Stockholm.”
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Wikipedia entries are unrelated to Alida Sun's upcoming events. No verified sources confirm the lecture and conference details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Pixar celebrated its 20th anniversary…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bruno Bettelheim (German: [ˈbɛtl̩haɪm]; August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born American psychologist, scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinica…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hajasoa Vololona Picard Ravololo (born 1956) is a Malagasy-born French academic, politician and writer. Since acquiring French nationality in 1982, she has held a number of cultural and political post…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajasoa_Vololona_Picard
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Claim 14: “Sun tries to make code art more intimate and tangible.”
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No sources found that confirm Alida Sun's intent to make code art more intimate and tangible.
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Claim 15: “Code is seen as a very cerebral medium, and people often think of it as disconnected from the physical self, but I am questioning and challenging that.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia that confirms the statement about code being perceived as cerebral.
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Claim 16: “Alida Sun's Instagram has 177K followers.”
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Claim 17: “The hierarchy of the two [art versus craft] is deeply entrenched in patriarchy and colonialism.”
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Claim 18: “In her exhibition at Method Delhi titled RITES, Sun investigated the physical rituals and history of tangible craft behind lines of disembodied code.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia that confirms the RITES exhibition details.
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Claim 19: “Using this system, the multidisciplinary artist has created a new artwork every day for 2500 days.”
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Evidence directly contradicts the claim: web results state she created art for 'over 900 days' (not 2500). Wikipedia entries are irrelevant to the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of shipwrecks in April 1854 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1854.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marine life, which is also known as sea life or ocean life, refers to all the marine organisms that live in salt water habitats, or ecological communities that encompass all aquatic animals, plants, a…
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web search NEUTRAL — AlidaSunis an artist and intersectional futurist based in Berlin andNewYork. For over 900daysand counting she hascreatedand publishedanewgenerativeartwork.
https://www.vellumla.com/news/artist-spotlight-dissolving-bi…
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Claim 20: “The works were woven in collaboration with women artisan weavers from the Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute of Fine Arts & Crafts (SSMI), a Delhi-based non-profit.”
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Claim 21: “RITES translates Sun’s code artworks into hand-woven, embroidered tapestries.”
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No sources found that confirm RITES translating code artworks into hand-woven tapestries.
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