TouchDesigner Meetup – Into the Wild – April 2025 / Meggie Weinheimer, Ildar Iakubov and Kohui

As part of our ongoing series of bi-monthly TouchDesigner meetups, this session explores the theme of Into the Wild, showcasing how hi-tech installation work and nature can be blended together to create unique new synergies and inspiring interactions.

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– Meggie Weinheimer asks, ‘What happens when LEDs are freed from controlled environments and placed into the wild?’ with a presentation that explores how site-specific light installations embrace unpredictability through real-time creation, experimentation, and collaboration with natural entities, Meggie states that ‘rather than imposing structure onto a space, my work engages in a dialogue with it, shaped by its form, movement, and rhythms.’

– Ildar Iakubov proudly boasts of being one of the ‘inventors of the world’s most effective solutions to ruin your outdoor vacation’. He will dive into the best practices of transforming any serene natural landscape into a full-blown production site: complete with tangled cables, unpredictable power issues, and the thrill of debugging in the wilderness!

– Kohui who is inspired by natural phenomena, forms, and processes – will give a presentation on “Translating Natural State” where he will share why he seeks direct encounters with nature and how he perceives it, reflecting on his approach to creation and the role of technology in shaping the relationship between nature, humans, and the digital world.