Daily Generative Art

On year three of daily sketches created using TouchDesigner. Follow @polyhop on instagram for more.

saajtak - art rock quartet

With a repertoire that ranges from complex epic forms to short frenetic noise pieces, saajtak creates sonic environments that defy genre and the traditional roles of each instrument.

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Pen Plotters and TouchDesigner
Pen Plotters and TouchDesigner

Working with pen plotters in TouchDesigner, along with a review of the iDraw Metal A4 Pen Plotter.

Creating Generative Visuals with Complex Systems
Creating Generative Visuals with Complex Systems

Workshop on complex systems from the 2019 TouchDesigner Summit. This includes both cellular automata and reaction diffusion systems.

Variable Line Width in TouchDesigner
Variable Line Width in TouchDesigner

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial looks at how to create variable line width using the Line Material.

Looping Noise Part 2: Infinite Tunnel Zoom
Looping Noise Part 2: Infinite Tunnel Zoom

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial uses 1D looping noise for the purpose of creating infinite tunnel zooms.

Looping Noise Part 1: Ending at the Beginning
Looping Noise Part 1: Ending at the Beginning

This beginner level TouchDesigner tutorial explores a method for looping noise for the purpose of creating looping animations.

Selected Works

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Concertmate 680
Concertmate 680

Music video created for the art-rock band saajtak. Created using TouchDesigner, Microsoft Kinect and the Tachyons+ Vortex Decoder (circuit bent analog video console.)

Itch EP
Itch EP

A collection of four art-rock songs. Available exclusively on bandcamp.

META-morphosis
META-morphosis

In May 2019 my work was featured in Times Square as part of META-morphosis: a new media curation by Decode Experiential created for the One Times Square building.

Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming

Interactive projections designed for Lucid Dream Interactive Pods presented at the HP Coachella tent by ARTECHOUSE

Hidden Kingdom Animation
Hidden Kingdom Animation

Animation for Heavy Color’s Hidden Kingdom.

Silhouettes I-IV
Silhouettes I-IV

Silhouettes I-IV is an interactive installation that allows viewers to directly engage with four visual simulations through their movement and presence in the space.

Hectic EP Art Booklet
Hectic EP Art Booklet

A limited run art booklet, released alongside saajtak's Hectic EP.

Hectic EP
Hectic EP

Hectic EP is the second release of Detroit-based art rock quartet saajtak. The songs expand upon the band's established penchant for long-form, winding compositions, crafting some of their most accessible spaces yet. 

Says Things
Says Things

Album artwork and package design for Says Things.

Pisces Pool
Pisces Pool

Pisces Pool is an interactive installation that was presented at Electric Forest 2017

The Stuff Revolution
The Stuff Revolution

The Stuff Revolution is a meditation on materialism and consumerism. Official selection at the 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Efflux
Efflux

Efflux is a live audio-visual project concerning itself with the flow of creative energy within a structure for cross-discipline improvisation

REM ROM
REM ROM

REM ROM is an interactive dream state machine

Glitch Art
Glitch Art

A collection of glitch-art, created using Processing, TouchDesigner and Photoshop.

Spokes EP
Spokes EP

Package and artwork design, audio mixing and collaborative composition for saajtak's Spokes EP

Moiré Pool
Moiré Pool

Interactive multimedia installation, premiered at the 55th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

-​.​sEfx01
-​.​sEfx01

Music release from electronic music collaboration Seafox

tiny.planets
tiny.planets

cryptic mini-zine of ink artwork

Live Visuals for "time"
Live Visuals for "time"

Live visuals for Julian Bridges' "time"

A Flexible Platform for Tangible Graphic Scores
A Flexible Platform for Tangible Graphic Scores

New interface for musical expression exploring the concept of tangible graphic notation

© 2019 Simon Alexander-Adams