Paris’ recent TouchDesigner Event is a window into the scene

What can the city of light be as a hub for TouchDesigner? Recently, the debut summit there offered a first look. The media art scene is defined by its communities — how they share practice and push one another further. So we invited Amir B Ash (OVVO Studio, MUTEK.AE) for insights into what Paris’ first TouchDesigner meeting brought and how you might apply it to communities where you live.

In flickering feedback, an audiovisual synth hums and sings

Krzysztof Cybulski’s Kamer/Ton takes everything you love about video feedback loops and combines them with everything you love about zero-input sound feedback loops, in a flickering and vibrating audiovisual instrument.

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025

Noise Surround System makes spatial audio kinetic, mechanical

To tackle the issue of noise pollution, Warszawa’s panGenerator brought immersive, spatial sound to the philharmonic. But they didn’t make that spatial audio virtual: tracks, skateboard motors, and speakers on karts put this installation into physical motion.

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025

TouchDesigner has a free meetup today on kinetic installations

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2025

Playing the space of Kraftwerk: Rabon Aibo’s sound art at Atonal

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2023

Pirouette machines: sound and computation from screw cans and fluidics, with Ioana Vreme Moser

Peter Kirn - January 30, 2023

Healing, history, and a future reclaimed: Nina Pixel deep dive from Signals Festival

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2022

Weirdcore’s work Subconscious is inspired by raves and infinity GIFs, with Aphex Twin score

Peter Kirn - August 4, 2022

NAP 0.5.0, free realtime visual tool, adds GPU computation, Web, RasPi support, new look

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2022

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