Please note that this event is rescheduled from January 20th 2024. All tickets booked for the original date remain valid.

A practical, hands-on dive into the concepts of visual programming interfaces. We will use TouchDesigner (https://derivative.ca) as the representative system and learn how to build a generative, simulation-driven, real-time visual effects pipeline. As the main example we will analyze the visual pipeline used later that day during the AL-EK performance (https://www.indexical.org/events/2024-01-20-al-ek-later-days).
 

To get the most out of the workshop the participants need a decently powerful Windows or MacOS laptop capable of running TouchDesigner (full system requirements here: https://derivative.ca/UserGuide/System_Requirements). Prior to the workshop please download and install TouchDesigner (https://derivative.ca/download) and activate it under the free non-commercial license. We also encourage everyone to bring headphones and prepare a few samples of visual media they like, such as images, animations and videos.
*Laptop charger and external mouse recommended
 

Oskar is a cross-disciplinary artscientist whose research into complex systems and artificial life informs generative visual representations to invoke new insights into the familiar. Alex shapes frequency and rhythms from diverse ingredients across the electromagnetic spectrum, leveraging electronics, algorithms, instruments, and optics.
https://al-ek.com