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ben lappalainen

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I use touchdesigner to kill god
toronto
creative technologist
@ukaiprojects & @softlaunch_net

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> CHANGE THEE WAY TO PERCEIVE

> AND CHANGE ALL MEMORY

~/ assembled while on the train to Montreal | experiment=(“work-in-progress body projection setup in kitchen” “dead cicada being picked apart by ants” “koi pond at allan gardens”) | always realtime | always @touchdesigner

$ thermal heatmap user interface design new media scifi glitch creative code computer vision rendering visualizer blob tracking cyberpunk death grips dat top chop pop by @blapcode

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9 days ago

This is a real-time demo of an experimental dance video piece I’m working on in @touchdesigner called SWANS (some swans happily approached us while we filmed at Woodbine Beach :) 🦢🦢

For some of the image effects, I’m using a flexible “tiling” component I made that can double as an ASCII filter, dithering renderer, etc. depending on the input tileset.

Shoot Concept: @abbeyspiral

Movement:
@abbeyspiral
@juliannaheft
@harper_9898
🌊🦢🌊🦢🌊

Collaborating with dancers has been a great joy and I’m excited to continue these explorations🕺 taken in Toronto, Canada by @blapcode

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2 months ago

> LOOK AT YOU, HACKER:

> A PATHETIC CREATURE OF MEAT AND BONE […]

> HOW CAN YOU CHALLENGE A PERFECT, IMMORTAL MACHINE?

$ @touchdesigner realtime rendering visualizer videography blender user interface design new media cyberpunk heatmap scifi glitch creative code

~/ 3D model by Dan Zia | movement by @betweentheblooms | video by @blapphoto taken in Toronto, Canada by @blapcode

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21 days ago

MULTIfest 2026 presents @noxte.art x @skyfinefoods , bringing six digital artists together in a modular projection and screen installation for << Ripple Effect >>.

Presented by Noxte.app and curated by Sky Fine Foods, the installation brings together works by Luc Palumbo @lucp.xyz , Ben Lappalainen @blapcode Quinn Hopkins @noodinstudio , Evangeline Y Brooks @eh.vie , Emily Nicoll @emnicoll and Emily Switzer @hardgrindhard

Six works loop and circulate across a shifting configuration of screens and projections, creating new encounters between artworks, audiences and the space around them.

Extending Noxte.app’s approach to discovering, collecting and curating digital art, the installation is fluid and evolving. Works move between contexts and configurations, allowing images, ideas and connections to reverberate across physical and digital space.

Experience Noxte.app x Sky Fine Foods at MULTIfest 2026
October 1–8 at @stacktmarket

#MULTIfest #RippleEffect #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #TorontoArt taken in Stackt Market by @blapcode

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12 days ago

RSVP link in bio

✨What does it mean to build and work more intentionally, stay nimble, and retain agency over the tools and systems that shape creative work?✨

Join us for the closing showcase of Parallel Playground, a month-long residency exploring creative autonomy, technological infrastructure, and new ways of working across art and technology.

Residents will share projects, performances, experiments, research, and other outcomes developed through the residency.

The evening offers an informal space to encounter new work and exchange perspectives around AI, digital and material practices, situated technologies, storytelling, and creative infrastructure.

Parallel Playground is a collaboration between UKAI Projects and World Creation Studio.

Featuring works from:
Arbor
Cadin Londono
Diyana Noory
flora hammond
Kiyo Nakatsuru
Vaiu
Vincent Isabel
Wenxi Wang

This work is generously supported by @canada.council by @blapcode

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13 days ago

I used to do a decent amount of astrophotography where I would go for long drives at night to a specific moderately remote forest clearing and set up my gear for sessions of long-exposure images of the sky.

@kavinsky was often the soundtrack to those night drives.

Real-time in @touchdesigner , as always 👾 Getting the hang of working with 3D models in TD…

3D model credit: “Ferrari Testarossa (ReUpload)” (https://skfb.ly/oRTUC) by Flamestroke is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). by @blapcode

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2 months ago

> ANALYSIS ENGINE 👁️‍🗨️🎛️

Latest experiment in interface design and data processing in @touchdesigner 👾 Real-time as always, will probably do an interactive demo with something else in the “monitor” soon 👽

Quite pleased with the sound design on this one, had fun assembling samples from various sources 🔊

Also very happy with the direction my visual designs are going lately! What do you think this interface would be used for 👀📩 taken in Toronto, Canada by @blapcode

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2 months ago

Throughout July, we’ve brought together a group of artists, creative technologists, and researchers to explore the mechanisms and feelings of connecting previously-disconnected practices, tools, and data.

The freedom of the early internet, myth-making in the modern age, quantum entanglement, bee navigation, microplastics in lobsters, and more have made appearances across our discussions.

Come see how these ideas have manifested in the collaborative artworks and connected systems created by the cohort on July 25, 6-9pm at New Stadium @newsystems_ : 83 Walnut Ave, Toronto, Canada

Free entry. RSVP via link in bio.

Participants:
@folialy
@abbeyspiral
@princenifty
@shihabmian
@fongkikid
@dorraamusic

Data Contributions:
@sonobeehills
@amberfire23

Facilitator:
@blapcode taken in Toronto, Ontario by @blapcode

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2 months ago

Stills from initial @touchdesigner experiments with some highly detailed 3D models. Thanks to Dan Zia for sharing these from his sci-fi short film ‘God Parasite’!

Main thing I tried here was tuning the range of the depth buffer (near = white, far = black) as the input for a colour lookup. Heat map colour gradient felt appropriate. Animated iterations coming soon, hopefully including some procedural micrographics for that true sci-fi HUD feel 📊

Very excited to continue working with this model and others. I’ve dabbled in 3D modelling over the years but am happy to settle into reusing/remixing complex assets from experts who are making things in my wheelhouse 👾 by @blapcode

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2 months ago

REGISTER NOW at link in bio or softlaunch.net! 🛜☁️🌐

Our next weekend @touchdesigner workshop is on July 25 & July 26 at New Stadium (@newsystems_ ) in Toronto, Canada. Over 2 days we’ll cover the fundamentals of TOPs, CHOPs, POPs, and COMPs, MediaPipe, and audio reactivity!

To do this, we’ll build projects from the ground up, get comfortable with the interface, and explore ways to make reactivity feel embodied 🕺

This interactive poster was made in real-time with TouchDesigner 👾 taken in Toronto, Canada by @blapcode

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2 months ago

Might go on a little streak of Marathon fanart… should I do a series for the rest of the shells? 👀

The entirety of the visuals are running in realtime in @touchdesigner - just sound added in post 🔊 Been a fantastic learning experience figuring out how to do all the timing for cuts and compositing inside TD to allow for easy BPM-matching live!

Even if you’re not a gamer, I highly encourage checking out the cinematic trailers for @marathonthegame (particularly the reveal). @joseph.a.cross @albertomielgo and the rest of the brilliant team did exceptional work on visualizing and extending a world in a way that’s faithful to the original lore from the 90s 👾

Can’t wait to play more :)

#touchdesigner #newmedia #marathonthegame #generativeart #fanart taken in Toronto, Canada by @blapcode

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4 months ago

Digital Bridges is a 7 session hybrid program that runs across four weeks in July, with one longer in-person session per week at New Stadium and one shorter online session per week.

Facilitated by @blapcode @newsystems_

You can expect a cohort of artists, creative technologists, and researchers learning to connect their tools directly to each other’s systems — your data traveling between machines, not through a platform — and building a collaborative project using that connection. The program closes with a public showcase at New Stadium in Toronto.

Register here https://www.ukaiprojects.com/all-programs/p/digital-bridges

Contact immersive@ukaiprojects.com if cost is a barrier by @blapcode

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