workshop

Led by Toronto-based New Media artist and designer Nathan Bruce, this workshop will employ TouchDesigner to explore point cloud generation and manipulation using footage and/or photos. We will experiment with colour, luminance, and generated noise patterns to pull a two dimensional image into a three dimensional space. Throughout the workshop, there will be explanations on what point clouds are, their practical use, their use in New Media art, and how we can control them to suit our needs as artists. Experience in TouchDesigner is not a required prerequisite but is certainly an asset. If you have the time, doing a quick general tutorial of TouchDesigner (which can be found on Youtube) will be helpful for first timers.

Required materials: laptop with a GPU, mouse (not necessary but extremely helpful for navigating TouchDesigner), digital videos or photos (we will also have some hi-res videos that we can provide to workshop participants)