​This session investigates how visual systems can directly generate sound, shifting the relationship between image and audio. Instead of synchronising sound to visuals, participants will design systems where changes in moving images trigger and shape sound in real time. Through TouchDesigner and Ableton Live, the session explores how visual parameters such as motion, density, and transformation can be translated into sonic events. The focus is on building a feedback structure between what is seen and what is heard, allowing visual behaviour to become an active driver of sound.

​Tools: TouchDesigner, Ableton Live (free trial)

​Note: Planning to use Ableton Live to introduce an intuitive and accessible workflow for connecting visual systems to sound. Alternative tools such as Max/MSP or VCV Rack will be briefly mentioned for further exploration.

​Outcome: A real-time system where visual behaviour generates and modulates sound.

​Setup Requirements

​Duration: 3 hours
Participants: max 6 people

​Provided by organiser: Screen (monitor or projection), audio system, WiFi, power extension lead, coffee, soft drinks, stickers and freebies.

​You should bring: Laptop, Mouse (with scrolling wheel), Power adapter/charger.

​About Facilitator

​Arrddon is a media artist and creative technologist working between London and Seoul. He designs interactive systems for collective experience, focusing on how people imagine, communicate, and create together.

​His work develops participatory environments where individual experiences are transformed into shared structures through interaction, generative AI, and system design. Alongside his artistic practice, he approaches Creative Learning as a form of practice, designing workshop formats that emphasise collaboration, experimentation, and peer-based learning.