HungaroNode | TouchDesigner Budapest Meetup
HungaroNode is the Hungarian node-based visual programming community. TDBP is the edition we built to open that up: an evening aimed at the wider region and at international guests, supported by Derivative, the makers of TouchDesigner.
We built the evening around three things that are hard to get from a tutorial: seeing how experienced artists and developers actually structure their work, watching real-time systems perform live under pressure, and meeting the people behind them.
Expect deep technical talks, fast-paced showcases, live audiovisual performances, and interactive installations scattered through the venue that you can walk up to and play with. Between blocks there is time and space to talk, which is genuinely half the point.
The whole evening runs in English, so wherever you are travelling from you can follow all of it. Your ticket covers the full programme, dinner at the venue, and a bit of TDBP merch to take home.
Detailed program accessible here: https://www.hungaronode.com/tdbp/en/
Program
Talks
- Greg Hermanovic & Isabelle Rousset (Derivative) - The past, present and future of TouchDesigner, the community around it, plus an open Q&A.
- Darien Brito - Advanced audio analysis and DAW streaming with EssentiaTD & Aether.
- Peter Halasz - Multi-computer, multi-GPU systems for large-scale immersive audiovisual venues.
- MONOCOLOR / Marian Essl - Audiovisual fulldome performances, spatial audio and previsualization.
QuickFires
- Mátyás Kálmán - Present and future of new media art in Hungary.
- Renáta Dezső & Kálmán Tarr - TouchDesigner in robotics education and human–robot interaction
- Josef Pelz - A custom path tracer in TouchDesigner — and making it feel intuitive to use.
- Intech Studio - Modular MIDI controllers and how to use them in TouchDesigner.
- Steven Mark Kübler - Designing interactive installations — simplicity, space and perception.
Live AV
- Sztilko x Demover - Broken rhythms and melody with live reactive visuals.
- Réka Polena - Rainmaking, ritual, climate and tribal-ambient electronics.
- Adél Garics - Ordered systems breaking apart and reforming, with the stage itself treated as an installation.
- Daniel Molnar (Function Store) - Guitar-led ambient, IDM and acid, with live generative visuals.
Installations
- Zsófia Helmeczi - RESONANCE — two systems that shift each other without ever merging.
- Steven Mark Kübler - ARRAY MIKRO — interactive volumetric light.
- Rudolf Kenyeres | Ákos Kolozsvári - CORRIDOR— a hand-tracked, endless optical corridor inspired by Vasarely’s art.
- Kálmán Tarr - lastHuman = false — a radar-sensing robot that reads your breath and pulse.
