Portfolio

Programming

Disco Ball

Explore my 3D Sphere made with Python in TouchDesigner. This project is an exploration of color, light, and movement using SOPs and TOPs. Instead of aiming for realism, I focused on abstraction—using the disco ball as a canvas for vibrant, shifting colors. I played with reflections, textures, and distortions to create a dynamic, ever-changing surface. The biggest challenge was balancing fluid motion with bold color transformations. I want viewers to feel immersed in a hypnotic play of light, as if stepping into a digital prism. This project pushed my understanding of real-time 3D manipulation, and I see it evolving into more interactive, audio-reactive visuals. Download the project to see the script, the demo video, and the .toe file.

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Customized VJ Mixer

This was made with TouchDesigner, GLSL, Python, and NDI Output. This custom video mixer transforms live visuals into an audio-reactive, real-time performance tool. Originally a downloadable GitHub project, I restructured and customized it to seamlessly integrate my own assets, making them dynamically responsive to music. All of the TouchDesigner-based assets are mine, and the GLSL shaders were downloaded from Shadertoy.

Designed for Visual Jamming & Live VJing, it features:
- NDI Output for professional streaming setups.
- GLSL Shaders Customization to enhance motion effects.
- Organized and Audio Reactivity System for structured yet experimental performances.

This mixer allows me to improvise visuals during performances while keeping elements finely controlled. It bridges my animation practice with live media arts, making real-time creation intuitive and expressive.

Visual Jams

Working with my peers is one of the things that makes me feel the most alive. As a Fine Arts student, I've been observing the lack of spontaneity in collaboration, especially in digital art. This is why this initiative of creating in real-time with others was the best decision I could take as an artist and human being. The essence of jamming is extremely important in my practice because it builds my character and it gives life to what I intend to create. I've been collaborating with musicians with electronic and jazz backgrounds. I've also experienced movement in real-time with contemporary dancers. We had a project last year called Vibe Tribe collective. I am now building this idea of sustaining the visual jams in a more consistent way. In the documentation I provide, it is possible to see the different ways I connect devices to each other.

Media Theory

This section explores my critical reflections on the intersection of media, art, and technology. I engage with theoretical concepts that inform my artistic practice, reflecting on how digital tools, analog processes, and live performance interact in contemporary visual culture.

I aim to contribute to the broader conversation about visual storytelling, pushing the boundaries of how we perceive and interact with moving images in performance and installation contexts.

Hybrid Animation Synthesis: Redefining Real-Time Performance through Embodied Interaction

This project aims to create an affordable and flexible instrument that allows artists to jam with hand-made animations in real time, combining analog and digital processes to enhance visual performance. While digital tools and AI-generated imagery dominate modern workflows, hand-made animation remains a vital form of artistic expression. It fosters embodied cognition, creativity, intuition, and spontaneity, offering a unique visual language that automated tools often cant replicate. Most current video synthesis tools are either prohibitively expensive or restrictive, focusing on pre-set effects instead of offering real artistic control. This project seeks to address these limitations by developing a tool that enables artists to shape their animations dynamically. By blending analog effects with digital control, the instrument provides a more intuitive, flexible approach to animation. It also introduces the concept of visual jams—interactive performances where multiple artists collaborate to create and shape animations in real time. The project also seeks to address the gender imbalance in video synthesis, which has been historically shaped by male pioneers like Nam June Paik. By focusing on creative freedom and inclusivity, it aims to open the field to a broader range of artists, especially those who have been historically underrepresented. Inspired by the work of Guillaume Vallée, who emphasizes materiality and process, the project rejects the idea that analog techniques are merely nostalgic. Vallée’s work embraces imperfections and the physicality of materials as essential to creative expression. Similarly, this synthesizer allows artists to experiment with their animations, blending them with analog effects in real time, offering new possibilities for creative exploration. In the end, the instrument aims to democratize the creative process, inviting anyone—regardless of technical background—to engage with and shape evolving visual narratives. This will transform animation into a dynamic, participatory practice.

As a student-researcher, my role in this project is to design an develop a hybrid visual synthesizer that allows for real-time interaction hand-made animations. I will be responsible for both the conceptual and technical aspects, including building the necessary hardware and software components, testing different analog and digital processes, and ensuring the system is intuitive and accessible for artists. Additionally, I will document creative and technical development, analyze how embodied interaction influences animation, and explore how this tool can contribute to the field of visual performance. Through live visual jam sessions and experimentation, I aim to refine the synthesizer's functionality and artistic potential.