Episodes

  • VC | EP34 - Hayley Carloni - What Do Stop Motion, BDSM, Art And Urban Exploration Have In Common?
    Nov 20 2024

    Ep34 with the Fantastic Hayley Carloni and it is FIRE!!! Hayley is a top tier visual artist, from film to design , from photography to art direction, from VJing to stage design she really is the epitomy of a preforming creative and innovative artist!! She is the creative director of Fractal Fest a super cool east coast music festival and a hub of art and community! She is also the co-founder of coven.nyc, an event series that aims to bring together elements of Kink/BDSM, sound system culture and underground experimental bass music while also platforming folks who identify as black, brown, femme, queer & non-binary who often slip through the cracks of the current patriarchal & capitalistic structures mirrored in the music industry. We really had an awesome fiery and fueled conversation, it was super unique and powerful! For Hayley's SET we dive into her process of creating extremely unique visuals through After Effects!! Thanks again to Hayley for being so vulnerable, open and sharp in our conversation!!! Check out Hayley's awesome pages - https://www.instagram.com/hayleycarloni https://www.hayleycarloni.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayleycarloni/ https://www.instagram.com/coven.nyc/ https://www.instagram.com/fractalfest.official/ Chapters coming soon!! The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a dive into Stop motion techniques in AfterEffects. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow our Host - Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Follow our Intern - Sophie Holder/PHI https://www.instagram.com/sophie_holder1 Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Hayley for coming on!

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    2 hrs and 19 mins
  • VC | EP33 - Matthew Ragan - When A Sudo Magician, Obscures Spheres, Sends Signals, You Touch Design
    Nov 13 2024
    Ep33 is here with the one and only ‪@raganmd‬ / Matthew Ragan!!! Matthew is an absolute legend in the ‪@TouchDesignerOfficial‬ community and in the processing community in genera, ha has been an educator in this field for over a decade and pretty much anyone using TouchDesigner today has learnt from his courses, tutorials or instructional videos! As if that wasnt enough...Matthew was an integral part of ‪@ObscuraDigital‬ One of the biggest immersive and interactive companies who then got bought by MSG and Matthew led the conceptualization of the now infamous MSG Sphere! He know founded his own studio ‪@sudomagic‬ which is fast becoming a household name ! For Matthews SET he takes us on an exclusive tour of his new software called Sudo Signals - its WILD and completely groundbreaking in the space of media servers and installations. It was such an honor having Matthew on and I thoroughly enjoyed talking with him and getting to know someone who had such a profound effect on my life!!! Check out all things Ragan - / raganmd https://matthewragan.com/https://www.sudomagic.com/https://learn.derivative.ca/ The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at a insanely powerful new up and coming tool called Sudo Signals. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash / mantismash Follow the Cast / thevisualcast / thevisualcast Follow our Host - Alon Hammer/REM / remvisualart / remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Follow our new Intern - Sophie Holder/PHI / sophie_holder1 Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Matthew for coming on!
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    3 hrs and 17 mins
  • VC | EP32 - Jascha Suess - The Whizzkid Of Live, Realtime, Generative And Immersive Visuals
    Nov 6 2024

    Ep32 and we ain't never gonna stop!!! This week we got the mighty @Jaschasuess /Jascha Suess on the cast!!! Jascha is quite the legend and is currently involved in some major international shows, He tours and is the main Visual Artist for K&D (Kruder & Dorfmeister), he VJs for the absolutely massive Afterlife shows and he creates content and projection mapping for festivals like Frequency Festival. He also has a mad social media game where he consistnly shows his process imparting wisdom onto others as well as an active & inspiring discord server where artists of all levels can come to meet and interact! For Jascha's SET we get a peak and showcase of his impressive VJ tool built in TouchDesigner he uses for his shows and a sneak peak at an upcoming Volumetric LED show he is working on! Mr Suess is a sweet, extremely thoughtful and thoroughly inspiring dude, and i am super grateful for his time, his commitment to awe inspiring visulas is absolutely top notch and i massively commend him on it!! Check out Jaschas awesome socials & discord - https://www.jaschasuess.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jaschasuess/ https://www.tiktok.com/@jaschasuess https://discord.gg/fKxJpxQX Chapters - 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:12 Finding the calm and flow 00:09:59 Introduction to Mograph & VFX 00:16:40 Transition from Music to Media Technology 00:22:54 The Evolution of Subculture into Mainstream 00:28:26 Getting Started in the Creative Industry 00:34:00 Introduction to TouchDesigner and Real-time Data Processing 00:41:15 Real-time and Offline Rendering 00:47:50 Touring as a VJ with Afterlife 01:03:19 Being your own Art Director VS working in a team 01:09:35 Being approved and chosen by K&D 01:15:54 SET - Custom TouchDesigner VJ Patch 01:32:24 SET - Creating beautiful, procedural and controllable visuals 01:35:20 SET - Notch Blocks inside TouchDesigner 01:39:51 SET - User Interface and Controls Overview 01:50:12 SET - SneakPeak at Jaschas Volumetric LED rendering pipeline 01:55:20 The Ego and Anonymity in the VJ World 02:06:06 Navigating the Event Industry's Old Guard 02:10:19 Navigating Inner Conflicts and Artistry The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at a killer Touchdesigner VJ tool. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow our Host - Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Follow our new Intern - Sophie Holder/PHI https://www.instagram.com/sophie_holder1 Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Jascha for coming on!

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    2 hrs and 17 mins
  • VC | EP31 - Spencer Sterling - A Laser Sharp, Node Based, AI Powered, Visual & Tech Master
    Oct 29 2024
    We have arrived at Episode 31 and this weeks guest is my dear and close friend Spencer Sterling / ‪@spencersterling1565‬ An Audio/Visual swiss army knife! Spencer is my go to guy when i have issues or am stuck with something, his knowledge is super widespread. He has worked on massive commercial shows for ‪@SilentPartnersStudio‬ working with the likes of Katy Perry, Beyonce and many many more, he more recently was poached by the massive AI company ‪@RunwayML‬ to work on secret projects for them and since has engrossed himself in the current AI boom. We had an awe inspiring convo jumping from Spencer learning TouchDesigner in college to finding notch, to the massive differences of working on your own projects and massive commercial shows, to the ins and outs of stable diffusion and some truly interesting history and current trajectory of AI in general. For Spencer's SET he showcases for us the absolutely insane Laser mapping set up he has built with ‪@TouchDesignerOfficial‬ , ‪@NotchVFX‬ and ‪@Ableton‬ , it's quite fascinating and extremely inspiring. Spencer is the sweetest smartest dude I know, and I cherish our friendship and wholly appreciate him coming on!!! Check out Spencers awesome socials and his insane Tumbler - / cerspense https://x.com/cerspense / automatagraphics (chapters coming soon...) The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at a Laser mapping workflow. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash / mantismash Follow the Cast / thevisualcast / thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM / remvisualart / remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Spencer for coming on!
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    3 hrs and 19 mins
  • VC | EP30 - Lake Heckaman - A Flowing Lake Of Knowledge, Killer Quotes & Magical Art
    Oct 23 2024

    Episode 30 is here and with @water__shed / Lake Heckaman , A real master and magician of generative art.
    Lake is a high level Visual artist and developer, with permanent installations all over the world, his works evoke the injunction of nature and digital with a emphasize on generative art and simulation.

    We had an amazing and wide spread discussion about Lakes upbringing in a mostly digital free environment, his beginnings in the financial sector and his indoctrination with art and @TouchDesignerOfficial !

    For Lakes SET he took us deep into his interactive installation and process for creating generative fluid paint like simulations, as well as a sneak peak at some gaussian splatting workflows he is currently working on.

    His art, knowledge and sweet and kind demeanor was so inspiring and really powerful, thank you Lake so much for coming on!!! Follow Lake and purchase some of his awesome prints - https://www.instagram.com/lake_heckaman/ https://www.lakeheckaman.com/ https://www.watershedartstudio.com/ https://www.patreon.com/c/water__shed/posts (chapters coming soon...) The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at beautiful generative art created in Touchdesighner. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Lake for coming on!

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    2 hrs and 49 mins
  • VC | EP29 - Thomas Mann - Pixtur - TOOLL.IO - Its Free Real-Time Node Based & Its What's For Dinner
    Oct 16 2024

    Episode 29 and we have an absolute legend and super honoring guest , Thomas Mann AKA @pixtur AKA the father of TOOLL.IO. For those who haven't been initiated, Tool is a powerful, FREE, node based, open source software for generating visual effects and motion graphics for installations, live performances, and VJing. It is easy to learn, yet incredibly powerful. Thomas is a world class developer & artist, finding his chops and notoriety in the Demo scene, he then became a super high in demand developer, working for such companies as Nokia among many others. Somewhere in the early 2000s Thomas Started Tooll, almost two decades later it is a fully fledged software with a striving community and handful of dedicated developers. He is also half of the Audio Visual project @wakeaudiovisual together with his wife Lena Kilkka, definitely check them out! For Pixtur’s SET he graciously performs an audio visual set, building it from scratch in front of our eyes. Accompanied by music from ‘the same’ , Thomas shows us the absolute power of Tooll and how intuitive, Fluid and fast it can be to create a beautiful and immersive A/V set on the fly. He then shows us into some outstanding workflows and some up and coming features. Thomas is a force of nature, extremely fascinating and an untapped faucet of inspiration, history and knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with him, and I know you will as well - and we have a new record for longest episode!!! Big Thank you to GRIG / VDMO / VJ UNION for connecting me and Thomas!! Download & Learn TOOLL now - https://tooll.io/ https://www.youtube.com/pixtur https://github.com/pixtur Check out WAKE - https://www.instagram.com/wakeaudiovisual/ https://wake-audiovisual.com/ Music by The Same - https://soundcloud.com/thesamepl https://www.facebook.com/thesamepl Grig/VDMO - https://vjun.io https://www.facebook.com/groups/vjunionglobal https://www.instagram.com/vdmokstati/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:35 The team behind TOOLL.IO 00:05:24 The Future of Generative Design 00:09:44 The Role of VJs in Modern Festivals 00:18:55 Impact of East Germany's Education Policies on Technology Careers 00:28:05 Reflecting on Post-Wall Berlin 00:37:00 The Impact of Demo Scene on Careers in Tech 00:49:00 The Shift from Demo Scene to VJing 00:56:38 The Appeal of Generative, Procedural & Learning Visual Scripting 01:05:28 Challenges of Monetizing Open-Source Projects 01:15:55 The WAKE A/V Project 01:23:14 SET - A/V TOOLL.IO Set with music by The Same 01:57:04 SET - Exploring TOOLL.IO 02:09:32 SET - Time, Keyframes & Animation in TOOLL.IO 02:19:13 SET - Exploring Variations Tool 02:30:29 SET - Projection Mapping & Imapp 2024 02:42:47 SET - Mesh Points, Buffer & Mograph 02:50:54 SET - Adding Shadows & 3D set ups 02:55:44 Building TOOLL.IO as an open ended environment 03:10:04 Embracing Skepticism and Optimism 03:20:06 Future of AI and Technology: Expectations vs. Reality 03:28:34 Exploring Patterns in Nature The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at an amazing software called Tooll.io. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Thomas for coming on!

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    3 hrs and 38 mins
  • VC | EP28 - Pao Olea - The Paowerful, Paorofessional, Paowerhouse Paogrammer & Paortist
    Oct 5 2024

    Episode 28 is upon us and we have the amazing and POWERFUL @pao_olea , a super talented and big brain developer, Tech & Visual artist and VJ. Pao has worked on some amazing projects including massive interactive installations at major museums across her home country Chile and in many other cities across the globe , blasting visuals for Richie Hawtin’s exclusive project “Prada Extends Miami" and is currently the creative director of a record label called Our Silent Canvas. Her irreverent visual style echoes what we love on this podcast, the experimentation and exploration of generative and real-time art whilst maintaining unique and authentic expression. She is also a major figure in the @TouchDesignerOfficial world as a dual language educator, offering her expertise in tech and visual art on her Patreon in Spanish and English, which I think is absolutely amazing. For Paos SET she graciously shows us her unique VJ set up, takes us into some of her exclusive Patreon tutorials and even pokes around some older projects off of her Instagram. Its chock full of tidbits of information and absolute GOLD. It was super awesome talking and chatting with Pao, she has so much to impart and hearing her experiences and stories was inspiring to say the least. Check out Paos amazing Patreon and awesome socials - https://www.paoolea.com/ https://www.instagram.com/pao.olea/ https://www.patreon.com/pao_olea/posts (chapters coming soon...) The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at an amazing workflow in TouchDesighner. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Pao for coming on!

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    2 hrs and 45 mins
  • VC | EP27 - Imri Shavit/Lumos - The Inspiring, Kind and Talented Luminous Being
    Sep 28 2024

    For Episode 27 we have the wonderful and powerful and beautiful Imri Shavit / Lumos check out Imri's work:https://www.instagram.com/lumos.visualshttps://vimeo.com/showcase/9831285https://www.facebook.com/imrishavit/ The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at Tools in TouchDesigner. Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next week's guest is! If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Imri for coming on!

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    2 hrs and 42 mins