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Oliver Ellmers

@oliverellmers

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Creative Technology | Real-Time Systems | Media Infrastructure
London-based · working globally.

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Yu Su presents Foundary - Live AV Performance
@wosfestival 2026

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Built with @touchdesigner & @ableton taken in Santiago de Compostela, Spain by @oliverellmers

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For @houghtonfestival 2026, Earthling Stage was redesigned around a custom real-time lighting and control system. @touchdesigner generated procedural LED content for the integrated Sceptron and PixLine fixtures, with DMX integration into Avolites and a bespoke web interface for building and controlling looping looks. The wider design was developed through a TouchDesigner and Unreal Engine visualisation workflow, allowing the system to be refined, tested and pre-programmed before going to site.

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@oliverellmers - Creative Technology | Lighting Design | System Engineer
@mr.moiii - Lighting Designer | Operation
@reproductionevents - Production Supplier
@avolitesltd - Lighting Console Supplier by @oliverellmers

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@oliverellmers had bootcamp’d me and upgraded me from a usbj to dj for the last few months at home. what can’t he do? now that im very comfortable w the decks from this month ill be sharing the vinyls i buy monthly on my @nts_radio shows ! how fun! had my first digging trip to @palace_vinyl yesterday and felt like im in a candy shop…. glad im getting into this new hobby in my 30s with a bit of a cash 😅
this month we have! @purpleprintmusic @memoria.records baby ford of course.. @lukehess_deeplabs @luigi.tozzi.music @svenvaeth_official @martinou3000 <3, @idealistmusic @__latency @lbhonne @benoyefeso @therealfreddyfresh @thomas.franzmann.aka.zip 🫧🫧🫧 by @oliverellmers

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2 months ago

Revealing Yu Su’s new live AV set at Sessions Arts Club - an interactive performance built with Ableton Live and @touchdesigner

📸 @keykeyyan taken in The Old Sessions House by @oliverellmers

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6 months ago

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. Happy Spring Equinox 春分.
Sunday night at @sessionsartsclub — rounding up the last senses of the Equilibrium of Light, knowing before the knowing: Foundry & @lostwines Vol.4 will be presented.

ticket via Resident Advisor.

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visual sculptor: @oliverellmers
space kindly illuminated by: @reproductionevents
lighting conductor: @mr.moiii by @oliverellmers

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7 months ago

DJ BORING LIVE - Tomorrow Never Comes Tour 2025

A modular touring AV system integrating @ableton, @touchdesigner, and @avolitesltd into one real-time performance environment.

Real-time MIDI data from @dj.boring live set drove GLSL visuals and lighting behaviours in sync - creating a tightly unified show across multiple European venues, closing with a headline at Village Underground, London.

Production Design + Direction | Systems Engineering | Real-time Graphics Development + Operation: @oliverellmers
Lighting Design + Operation: @mr.moiii
Production Supplier: @reproductionhire
Console Supplier: @_mirrad
Crew: @cam.powl
Photography: @joshuahiatt

#DJBORING #TouchDesigner #AbletonLive #Avolites #LightingDesign #Audiovisual #TouringProduction #GenerativeVisuals #RealTimeMedia #LivePerformance taken in Village Underground by @oliverellmers

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Pulse - a permanent installation by EBBA for Houghton Festival 2025, exploring the resonance of the forest through light, sound, and vibration.
Developed with Benni Allan and Kevin Pollard, the work translates the subtle energy of the woodland into a living audiovisual composition.

A custom TouchDesigner system by Oliver Ellmers drives the piece in real time - analysing multichannel L-Acoustics L-ISA audio and mapping it to generative lighting behaviours across a suspended LED canopy and haptic transducers embedded in the structure.

The result is an evolving dialogue between technology and the forest, where sound, light, and form move as one.

Commissioned by: @houghtonfestival
Lead Designer: @benniallan
Architects: @ebbaarchitects
Lighting Design: Oliver Ellmers
Sound Design: @kevin_pollard
Fabrication: @our.department
Advisory Engineers: Arup
Technical Production: @lighthausstudio
Engineering Support: Public House
Fabric & Carpentry: Kat Rothery, Katie Dufort, @abwb.carpentry

#HoughtonFestival #EBBA @touchdesigner @l.acoustics.official #LightingDesign #Audiovisual #InteractiveInstallation #GenerativeDesign #RealTimeMedia #NewMediaArt #InstallationArt taken in Houghton Festival by @oliverellmers

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a year ago

Proud to share this amazing short film of Pulse at @houghtonfestival captured by @james_retief

Pulse was conceived as a way to connect people to nature through light, sound and haptics. Incredible to see the response and result that came together through the collaboration of an amazing team!

Pulse is designed to remain as a permanent fixture on the Houghton festival site. It will continue to evolve with the seasons, weather patterns, and the forest’s own subtle changes. Over time, it becomes not just an installation, but a living monument - an ongoing dialogue between art, technology, and the natural world.

The installation was made possible through close collaboration between teams including:

@houghtonfestival Houghton Festival - Commissioner
@benniallan Benni Allan - Lead Designer
@ebbaarchitects EBBA - Architects
@kevin_pollard Kevin Pollard - Sound Design
@our.department Our Department - Fabricators
@arupgroup Arup Engineers - Concept Engineers
@lighthausstudio Lighthaus Studio - Technical Production
@publichouse135 - Engineers
@oliverellmers Oliver Ellmers - Lighting Design
@attis_tents Kat Rothery and Katie Dufort - Fabric Seamstress
@abwb.carpentry - Carpentry by @oliverellmers

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a year ago

ABI 2.0 at Houghton Festival 2025 🛰
in transmission...

Technical Lead & Engineer: @oliverellmers
Sound Design & Audio Engineering: @hin.hza
Production & Installation: @lighthausstudio

Special thanks to @houghtonfestival
Built with @touchdesigner + @ableton taken in Houghton Festival by @oliverellmers

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a year ago

A few extra gems from Houghton 2025 - moments where our visuals found their way into the lens.

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@tony_surgeon @regis.dns
@marceldettmann
@f.r.e.a.k.e.n.s.t.e.i.n
@jamesshinra
@rrose1921
@dvs1hush
@steamdown
@houghtonfestival taken in Houghton Festival by @oliverellmers

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Houghton 2025 - The Warehouse

Another lap around the sun 🌐 Honoured to be invited back to create procedural graphic content for The Warehouse at Houghton 2025.

Designed in @touchdesigner, in collaboration with Oliver Hupfau, these realtime visuals were built for the deeper, darker, harder moments late into the night.

Huge thanks to @therealcraigrichards, @florencerayrichards, @benjaminwprice, @bobby.pleasureclub, @houghtonfestival, and the rest of the crew for having us once again - and to @ptarrevents for shepherding the venue from start to finish. taken in Houghton Festival by @oliverellmers

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First images of Pulse at Houghton shot during the festival.

@houghtonfestival Houghton Festival - Commissioner  @benniallan Benni Allan - Lead Designer  @ebbaarchitects EBBA - Architects  @kevin_pollard Kevin Pollard - Sound and Haptics Design  @our.department Our Department - Fabricators  @arupgroup Arup Engineers - Engineers  @lighthausstudio Lighthaus Studio - Technical Production  @oliverellmers Oliver Ellmers - Lighting Design  @attis_tents Kat Rothery and Katie Dufort - Fabric Seamstress  @abwb.carpentry - Carpentry taken in Houghton Festival by @oliverellmers

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