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Immersive Spaces (Part I): Art Installations with TouchDesigner and more

2025-11-13T15:21:40Z

TomSummerfield:

=== Course Description: ===
This course is an introduction level to create immersive art installations using TouchDesigner as the main tool. We will have a hands-on approach using the DBL(Digital Bauhaus Lab) as a sandbox space for experimental audiovisual projects.
Art installations are part of a practice in which artists and viewers constantly experience and
construct space together. They are immersive environments that integrate various artistic
techniques and strategies, generating a complex sensory experience for viewers.
This seminar is based on a horizontal peer learning approach, therefore, active participation
from all students and a commitment to attend all sessions is expected. At the end of the semester our goal is to create a joint spatial installation in the DBL.

=== Course Phases: ===
The course is divided into three phases, and each will have an assignment:

1. First phase:

We will focus on the fundamentals of TouchDesigner and its applications in audiovisual installations.

1st Assignment (03.11. - 24.11.)

2. Second phase:

We will get into the skills you need to design an Immersive Installation, focusing on what you need to have for a pre-production phase: Sketches & Moodboards, Storyboards / Animatics, Schematics, Prototyping (physical or digital).

We will also ask ourselves the following questions during the conceptual phase: What is the Concept or Intent? Will it be linear (a story) or open-ended (exploration)? What will be the Audience Role: Passive observer, active participant, or co-creator?

2nd Assignment (05-01-202)

3. Third phase:

You will collaborate as a group on the creation of a joint audiovisual installation at the DBL during the exam period of the semester.

3rd Assignment (09-02-2026)

=== Workshops: ===
Attendance to these 2 workshops are mandatory for our Fachmodul:

==== “Strange Loops: Time, Space and Audiovisual Installation” Workshop (25–28 October) led by Bethan Hughes. ====
25.10. (Sat) 16:00 - (Dinner)

26.10. (Sun) 13:00-18:00

27.10. (Mon) 13:00-18:00

28.10. (Tue) 13:00-18:00

==== "Spatial Sound" workshop ====
05-12-2025 (Fri) hour TBD

== Students: ==

* Yiming Han
* Lin Liu
* Malte Gunst
* Mohammadamin Matinfar (Matin)
* Tom Summerfield
* Ada Aslan
* Fateme Asadi
* Fine Grewe
* Maria Smirnova
* Keila Áurea Ramos de Almeida
* Anil Sidar Ildan
* Chin Yu Phyllis Yick

== Tutorials List: ==
{| class="wikitable"
|TOPICS
|DATE
|Links
|Students name:
|-
|TouchDesigner level 1:

— User Interface

— Operator Families

— How to work with:

TOPs

CHOPs

DATs
|03-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5n4QbJ2N_Q&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AaXWvdQrbI&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=2</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6qLD3IzC8&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=6</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuUxuDvc8M&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=8</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1YRaCGAfg&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=9</nowiki>
|Fine
Maria (how to work with TOPs)

Lynn (how to use a Microphone and Keyboard to Interact with a simple Image)
|-
|TouchDesigner level 1.b:

— How to work with:

SOPs

MATs

COMPs

– Adjusting Images
|10-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa4vCAGtwrA&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=10</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd_aae-OijM&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=11</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ4Mxaeecdg&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=12</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pp9IUTN7lo&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=13</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP0Vc8Iu-Qs&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=14</nowiki>
|Anil
Phyllis

Ada
|-

|TouchDesigner level 3:

— How to output content / Save images and videos

– Masks and Mattes

– Routing Your Content

– Manipulating Audio

– Audio reactive Content ?
|17-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WalUntMgMjI&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=44</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOLp3_X_oU&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=23</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGh5_N3SQQ&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=17</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyGVb9g-xl0&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=18</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3TFAvYCuSE&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=19</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT4c72p89ro&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=31</nowiki>
|Tom (Masks and Mattes)
Malte
|-
|TouchDesigner level 4:

— Programming (python) in TD
|24-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlmgX-Nldc&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=54</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Bvk_x2t08&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=56</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tZrLYO1U3g&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=57</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtEhxPjebHM&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=60</nowiki>
|Mohammadamin Matinfar (Matin)
Paula
|-
|TouchDesigner level 5:

– Optional topics

Examples: Blob tracking – Motion Tracking (body or Face or Hand tracking)
|24-11-2025
|
|Yiming Han
Fateme Asadi
|}
Students Notes:
[[20.10.2025.]]

Immersive Spaces (Part I): Art Installations with TouchDesigner and more

2025-10-20T13:07:26Z

TomSummerfield:

=== Course Description: ===
This course is an introduction level to create immersive art installations using TouchDesigner as the main tool. We will have a hands-on approach using the DBL(Digital Bauhaus Lab) as a sandbox space for experimental audiovisual projects.
Art installations are part of a practice in which artists and viewers constantly experience and
construct space together. They are immersive environments that integrate various artistic
techniques and strategies, generating a complex sensory experience for viewers.
This seminar is based on a horizontal peer learning approach, therefore, active participation
from all students and a commitment to attend all sessions is expected. At the end of the semester our goal is to create a joint spatial installation in the DBL.

=== Course Phases: ===
The course is divided into three phases, and each will have an assignment:

1. First phase:

We will focus on the fundamentals of TouchDesigner and its applications in audiovisual installations.

1st Assignment (03.11. - 24.11.)

2. Second phase:

We will get into the skills you need to design an Immersive Installation, focusing on what you need to have for a pre-production phase: Sketches & Moodboards, Storyboards / Animatics, Schematics, Prototyping (physical or digital).

We will also ask ourselves the following questions during the conceptual phase: What is the Concept or Intent? Will it be linear (a story) or open-ended (exploration)? What will be the Audience Role: Passive observer, active participant, or co-creator?

2nd Assignment (05-01-202)

3. Third phase:

You will collaborate as a group on the creation of a joint audiovisual installation at the DBL during the exam period of the semester.

3rd Assignment (09-02-2026)

=== Workshops: ===
Attendance to these 2 workshops are mandatory for our Fachmodul:

==== “Strange Loops: Time, Space and Audiovisual Installation” Workshop (25–28 October) led by Bethan Hughes. ====
25.10. (Sat) 16:00 - (Dinner)

26.10. (Sun) 13:00-18:00

27.10. (Mon) 13:00-18:00

28.10. (Tue) 13:00-18:00

==== "Spatial Sound" workshop ====
05-12-2025 (Fri) hour TBD

== Students: ==

* Yiming Han
* Lin Liu
* Malte Gunst
* Mohammadamin Matinfar (Matin)
* Tom Summerfield
* Ada Aslan
* Fateme Asadi
* Fine Grewe
* Maria Smirnova

== Tutorials List: ==
{| class="wikitable"
|TOPICS
|DATE
|Links
|Students name:
|-
|TouchDesigner level 1:

— User Interface

— Operator Families

— How to work with:

TOPs

CHOPs

DATs
|03-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5n4QbJ2N_Q&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AaXWvdQrbI&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=2</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6qLD3IzC8&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=6</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuUxuDvc8M&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=8</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1YRaCGAfg&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=9</nowiki>
|Fine
Maria

Lynn
|-
|TouchDesigner level 1.b:

— How to work with:

SOPs

MATs

COMPs

— How to input images and movie files

– Adjusting Images
|10-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa4vCAGtwrA&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=10</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd_aae-OijM&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=11</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ4Mxaeecdg&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=12</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pp9IUTN7lo&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=13</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP0Vc8Iu-Qs&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=14</nowiki>
|[Name Student]
|-
|TouchDesigner level 3:

— How to output content / Save images and videos

– Masks and Mattes

– Routing Your Content

– Manipulating Audio

– Audio reactive Content ?
|17-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WalUntMgMjI&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=44</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOLp3_X_oU&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=23</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGh5_N3SQQ&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=17</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyGVb9g-xl0&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=18</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3TFAvYCuSE&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=19</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT4c72p89ro&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=31</nowiki>
|Tom
|-
|TouchDesigner level 4:

— Programming (python) in TD
|24-11-2025
|<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlmgX-Nldc&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=54</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Bvk_x2t08&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=56</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tZrLYO1U3g&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=57</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtEhxPjebHM&list=PLSqkC3f_BStxed6vKaF3m8IqsFC9BUXTl&index=60</nowiki>
|Mohammadamin Matinfar (Matin)
|-
|TouchDesigner level 5:

– Optional topics

Examples: Blob tracking – Motion Tracking (body or Face or Hand tracking)
|24-11-2025
|
|[Name Student]
|}
Students Notes:
[[20.10.2025.]]

Immersive Spaces (Part I): Art Installations with TouchDesigner and more

2025-10-19T20:47:55Z

TomSummerfield: /* Students: */