Episodes
Ep33 is here with the one and only
@raganmd / Matthew Ragan!!!
Matthew is an absolute legend in the @TouchDesignerOfficial community and in the processing community in genera, ha has been an educator in this field for over a decade and pretty much anyone using TouchDesigner today has learnt from his courses, tutorials or instructional videos!
As if that wasnt enough...Matthew was an integral part of @ObscuraDigital One of the biggest immersive and interactive companies who then got...
Published 11/13/24
Ep32 and we ain't never gonna stop!!! This week we got the mighty
@Jaschasuess /Jascha Suess on the cast!!!
Jascha is quite the legend and is currently involved in some major international shows, He tours and is the main Visual Artist for K&D (Kruder & Dorfmeister), he VJs for the absolutely massive Afterlife shows and he creates content and projection mapping for festivals like Frequency Festival. He also has a mad social media game where he consistnly shows his process...
Published 11/06/24
We have arrived at Episode 31 and this weeks guest is my dear and close friend Spencer Sterling / @spencersterling1565 An Audio/Visual swiss army knife!
Spencer is my go to guy when i have issues or am stuck with something, his knowledge is super widespread. He has worked on massive commercial shows for @SilentPartnersStudio working with the likes of Katy Perry, Beyonce and many many more, he more recently was poached by the massive AI company @RunwayML to work on secret projects for...
Published 10/29/24
Episode 30 is here and with @water__shed / Lake Heckaman , A real master and magician of generative art.
Lake is a high level Visual artist and developer, with permanent installations all over the world, his works evoke the injunction of nature and digital with a emphasize on generative art and simulation.
We had an amazing and wide spread discussion about Lakes upbringing in a mostly digital free environment, his beginnings in the financial sector and his indoctrination with art and...
Published 10/23/24
Episode 29 and we have an absolute legend and super honoring guest , Thomas Mann AKA @pixtur AKA the father of TOOLL.IO.
For those who haven't been initiated, Tool is a powerful, FREE, node based, open source software for generating visual effects and motion graphics for installations, live performances, and VJing. It is easy to learn, yet incredibly powerful.
Thomas is a world class developer & artist, finding his chops and notoriety in the Demo scene, he then became a super high in...
Published 10/16/24
Episode 28 is upon us and we have the amazing and POWERFUL @pao_olea , a super talented and big brain developer, Tech & Visual artist and VJ.
Pao has worked on some amazing projects including massive interactive installations at major museums across her home country Chile and in many other cities across the globe , blasting visuals for Richie Hawtin’s exclusive project “Prada Extends Miami" and is currently the creative director of a record label called Our Silent Canvas.
Her irreverent...
Published 10/05/24
For Episode 27 we have the wonderful and powerful and beautiful Imri Shavit / Lumos check out Imri's work:https://www.instagram.com/lumos.visualshttps://vimeo.com/showcase/9831285https://www.facebook.com/imrishavit/
The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world!
We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses...
Published 09/28/24
EP26 is here with the main man @actualizevisuals1027 / David Schunemann
A true staple of our scene and one of the sweetest & nicest VJs I've ever met!!
From projection mapping installations at your favourite festivals to high end custom content & live Visuals for massive acts to teaching up and coming VJs, Dave does it all and has been growing and achieving his dreams and goals for quite some time!
It was such a pleasure talking shop with Dave and his insights on the business of...
Published 09/27/24
For Episode 25 we have the great and powerful
Dániel Molnár aka @FunctionStore !
For those not familiar with Daniel, he is the developer of the extremely powerful Function store tools, a collection of @TouchDesignerOfficial hacks and tools that help improve workflows as well as manipulate the default behavior of TD, a must have tool for any TD user. Dan is also a talented artist and musician and performs super inspiring audio/visual shows, go check out his most recent performance Sanity...
Published 09/17/24
For Episode 24 we are back with a bang. and for our guest this week we have the stunning and powerful
Jack Hurley AKA AntiAlias
Jack is a well known and high level visual artist, playing for the likes of tipper & visual directing the pretty lights tour, he is really killing it, he also develops a tool called AAVJ, for those who don't know AAVJ is an extremely powerful and versatile application built in TouchDesigner for VJing and visual performance,
We get into Jacks origins in fine...
Published 09/16/24
For Episode 23 we have a super exciting and honoring guest -
Theron Pray , the founder of Synesthesia and a master Visual artist!!!
For those not familiar, Synesthesia is an ultra-powerful VJ software, bringing the power of Shaders & GLSL to all, with tools, workflows and features that are second to none .
In our chat with Theron we get into what its like creating tools that close the gap between technical and visual artists, growing up in LA & being fascinated by how the universe...
Published 09/15/24
For Episode 22 we are joined by a really exciting up and coming artist Beth Salapek aka Crystal Beth!!
I was introduced to Beth from her RayTKApril challenge and was instantly impressed, her sense of motion, style and grasp of generative visuals is really impressive considering how new she is to this world. Having her fresh perspective and unjaded attitude towards the industry was super welcoming and inspiring.
For Beth’s SET, we dive into Touchdesighner and RayTK and see how Beth...
Published 07/29/24
For Episode 21 we have the AI aficionado, the master of the stream, Lyell Hintz AKA @dotsimulate !!
Besides for being an exceptional artist and creative, Lyell is a killer developer, and the brain behind the amazing Stream Diffusion integration into @TouchDesignerOfficial , needless to say the topics covered are vast!!
We get into Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania and moving to New York, Theater & Acting , Going to Berlin for the TouchDesigner meetup, Discovering Houdini,...
Published 07/24/24
We have a very close friend of mine on the pod for episode 20!!
An out of this world human Daniel Savinski / Naavi / @infimensions !
Na'avi is a master visual artist, designing spatial sculptures, dance floors & stages and frequency inspired visuals all over the world, hes a master at all he does, and infuses magic, love & light intention and high level technology into everything he does. It was such a pleasure having him on!
We get into Daniels origins as a photography major and...
Published 07/15/24
Episode 19 is here, and we have the melty wizard Alex Tman AKA @psybernautics5164 .
Alex is a master developer, a generative magician and absolute banger of a VJ, harnessing the power of GLSL and shaders he has created some of the most iconic and wild looking scenes on the Synesthesia marketplace, he has performed with massive electronic music acts and played at massive festivals all around the US.
we go into Alexs beginnings as a software engineer in the security sector, to getting...
Published 07/11/24
Episode 18 is here, and we have one of my closest friends, the beautiful inside and out, Diego Maricio aka Prizma!!
Diego is a true artist, ranging from motion graphics & 3D to photography to web design and even psytrance music production, in the past few years Diego has blasted onto the Visuals scene and taken up VJing and projection mapping, creating absolutely stunning visuals pulling from his native heritage, they invoke super light language and a pure authentic, healing...
Published 07/04/24
We are opening portals and blasting off into other dimensions for Episode 17 with The Hive Master himself - Bjorn Jelinek.
Besides for being the driving force behind the best stage to projection map on ever The mighty Hive portal at the Modem Festival in Croatia, Bjorn is a top dawg of all things fabrication, he is a master carpenter, a certified CNC and Laser cutter and a official teacher of Rhino3D and Grasshopper the go to tools for CAD software.
Talking with Bjorn is like being connected...
Published 06/27/24
This week on the cast we have a beautiful & super talented Yuval Choen aka @_mini_uv !
UV, is an exceptionally inspiring visual artists, his amazing @TouchDesignerOfficial abilities in not only simplifying but beautifying highly technical and intricate processes results in absolutely stunning and beautiful imagery.
We chat about a lot of interesting conversations, growing up in the “burrows” of Tel Aviv, working in the family business of a photography store, having mandatory...
Published 06/18/24
Episode 15, is with an insanely special guest, @Catmac / Marcos Fernandez a true legend!
CATMAC is one of the OG Loop pack creators, a old school VJ and a leading force in the visuals world. His recognizable resolume visual packs has inspired an entire generation of VJs. And he has released over 500 clips for free on vimeo!
With over two decades of motion graphics and immersive media it was a real pleasure and honor to have him on the cast!
For Marcos's SET he dives into his unique...
Published 06/13/24
We have arrived at Episode 14 and we have a super special guest - Sharat Aithal AKA Binary Fragmentation ( @hotheadsa )
Sharat is a master game developer, a real-time guru and a super authentic artist. He’s worked on critically acclaimed games and played in massive festivals around the world. And he consistently performs, projection maps and creates realtime generative content at an extremely high level.
We chat about Sharats life growing up in Saudia Arabia while retaining his Indian...
Published 06/01/24
e have an extremely special guest for episode 13 - one of the godfathers of modern day visuals @LumiKhan , formerly Martin Stebbing AKA Doubleyou!
Lumi is the undeniable OG of high fidelity 3d generative visuals, headlining at the biggest festivals across the world and making content for some of the biggest brands and artists over the past 20+ years, he has been giving his state of the art visuals away for free in an open source vain for a decade and uploaded his entire library online a few...
Published 05/29/24
We get weird for Episode 12 with the beautiful and hysterical Matthew Childers aka @digitalintrospect
Mathew is a force of nature, a completely unique visual artist with a heart of gold and a mind that is absolutely full of what i like to call weird shit, he tours with massive music acts, plays some of the biggest festivals in the country and makes award winning music videos.
This episode was one of the funnest for me and i know you all will love it!
We get pretty deep in this one, we...
Published 05/19/24
Episode 11 is with the amazing and powerful @papabeararts / AKA Jesse Yaun
Jesse is just coming off of playing an absolutely outstanding set at Rendezvous in Suwannee Florida and he ain't slowing down!!
Papa bear is an exceptional visual artist and plays at some of the biggest events in the country.
He makes insanely cool clothes and swag and his style of abstract generative real-time visuals is close and dear to my heart.
sitting down with him was a real pleasure.
We talk about Jesses...
Published 05/12/24
Episode 10/10 is with the amazing Shelby Harding / @vjkobra5261 !
Shelby is a massive up and coming VJ, she did over 250 live streams during the pandemic and now plays massive festivals and tours with DJs!
Besides for getting to know Shelby we get into some really important aspects of the challenges of being a vj and especially a women vj.
We talk about growing up on a farm, getting into the party scene, teaching herself to VJ, visual experimentation, FOH IS HEAVEN, live streaming during...
Published 05/09/24