The Visual Cast

The Visual Cast

By Alon Hammer/REMArtsVisual Arts
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The Visual Cast episodes

  • VC | EP24 - Jack Hurley/Anti Alias - Smoothing Out The Jagged Lines Of Realtime Workflows With AAVJ

    For Episode 24 we are back with a bang. and for our guest this week we have the stunning and powerful
    Jack Hurley AKA AntiAlias
    Jack is a well known and high level visual artist, playing for the likes of tipper & visual directing the pretty lights tour, he is really killing it, he also develops a tool called AAVJ, for those who don't know AAVJ is an extremely powerful and versatile application built in TouchDesigner for VJing and visual performance,
    We get into Jacks origins in fine arts and his early musical endeavors , having huge support to pursue arts from the people around him , getting integrated into the Tipper family and quitting his job to be a full time artist , getting into 3D design , diving into the validity of AI as a tool for expansion , falling, as we all do, in love with TouchDesigner and the sometimes high learning curve of the best software ever made, learning TD from tutorials and the many online mentors,
    why he decided to make AAVJ and release it for free , working on one of the coolest audio/visual tours around with pretty lights , educating people on NFTs and blockchain technology and the misunderstandings around it, being inspired and collaborating with other artists and how empowering it is!!
    For Jack's SET, we take a super deep look at AAVJ and the new features coming soon , Mr. AA also shows us a few of his signature looks and some insanely useful tidbits and workflows on how they are made.
    This convo with Jack was super powerful and informative, jack has such great vibes and is so sharing and open with his life and his techniques, thank you so much for coming on jack!
    Check out AAVJ -
    https://discord.gg/py5FFqQq7G
    https://www.anti-alias.xyz/portfolio/aavj
    Check out Jacks amazing channels -
    https://www.anti-alias.xyz/
    https://www.instagram.com/anti_alias_/
    https://www.facebook.com/antialiasvisuals/
    https://x.com/anti_alias_
    (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 AAVJ 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 Jack for coming on!

    2 hr 41 min
  • VC | EP23 - Theron Pray - Synthing My Sthesia, The Macdaddy of GLSL & The Arbitor of Synesthesia

    For Episode 23 we have a super exciting and honoring guest -
    Theron Pray , the founder of Synesthesia and a master Visual artist!!!
    For those not familiar, Synesthesia is an ultra-powerful VJ software, bringing the power of Shaders & GLSL to all, with tools, workflows and features that are second to none .
    In our chat with Theron we get into what its like creating tools that close the gap between technical and visual artists, growing up in LA & being fascinated by how the universe works, whcih lead to studying physics in Carlton college, playing music in a experimental tech band and creating custom software's out of a need to connect musicians to visuals, eventually turning it into Synesthesia and what it means to open and run a company, we get into diving down the rabbit hole of VJing, meeting and mixing in with  @Datagrama  , Theron then gives us his introduction to GLSL and we go deep into Augmented reality and his company AlphaChannel.
    For Theron’s SET, we take an up and close look at Synesthesia and some of its amazing features, we then check out Theron's unbelievable content from Boom festival and his killer workflow for projection mapping.
    Check out all things Theron and Synesthesia -
    https://synesthesia.live/
    https://www.instagram.com/synesthesia.live/
    https://www.instagram.com/theronpray/
    https://www.alphachannel.io/
    (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 Synesthesia and GLSL.
    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 Theron for coming on!

    2 hr 51 min
  • VC | EP22 - Crystal Beth/Beth Salapek - Side effects of Beth may include over use of TouchDesigner

    For Episode 22 we are joined by a really exciting up and coming artist Beth Salapek aka Crystal Beth!!
    I was introduced to Beth from her RayTKApril challenge and was instantly impressed, her sense of motion, style and grasp of generative visuals is really impressive considering how new she is to this world. Having her fresh perspective and unjaded attitude towards the industry was super welcoming and inspiring.
    For Beth’s SET, we dive into Touchdesighner and RayTK and see how Beth approaches creating scenes.
    Follow and support Beth -
    https://www.patreon.com/CrystalBethArt/posts
    https://www.instagram.com/crystalbeth.art
    https://www.instagram.com/night.thrpy
    (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 Raytk within 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 Beth for coming on!

    2 hr 55 min
  • VC | EP21 - Dot Simulate / Lyell Hintz / A Stable, Streamed & Diffusioned AI Human

    For Episode 21 we have the AI aficionado, the master of the stream, Lyell Hintz AKA  @dotsimulate  !!

    Besides for being an exceptional artist and creative, Lyell is a killer developer, and the brain behind the amazing Stream Diffusion integration into  @TouchDesignerOfficial  , needless to say the topics covered are vast!!
    We get into Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania and moving to New York, Theater & Acting , Going to Berlin for the TouchDesigner meetup, Discovering Houdini, Discovering TouchDesigner, Discovering Coding, GPT inside of TouchDesigner, the future, dangers and excitements of AI, Generative visuals, optimizing Stream Difusion and developing tools for the community
    For Lylles SET, we go into his amazing Stream Diffusion tool and take a look at some new features he's been working on, we also take a look at his GPT tool that is super powerful and interesting.
    Talking to Lyell was extremely fun and informative, I really appreciate him coming on and am excited for what he is working on next!
    Don't miss out on DotSimualtes amazing Patreon -
    https://www.patreon.com/dotsimulate/posts
    https://www.instagram.com/dotsimulate
    https://www.youtube.com/@dotsimulate
    https://x.com/dotsimulate
    Chapters:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:47 - The Intersections of Art and Software Development

    00:20:38 - The Power of Theater and Film

    00:31:11 - Biking in Different Cities

    00:41:38 - Malleability and Proceduralism in 3D design

    00:51:59 - Simulated Worlds and Harvesting Happy People

    01:02:31 - Bringing AI Models into Touch Designer

    01:12:59 - Learning from the Community

    01:23:28 - Negative Embeddings and Lightweight Models

    01:34:14 - SET - GPT inside of TouchDesigner

    01:45:13 - SET - StreamDiffusion TD - Updates on the latest tools and models

    02:09:09 - SET - Controlling Model Parameters for Image Generation

    02:20:14 - SET - Experimenting with Image Manipulation Techniques

    02:32:35 - SET - Implementing Control Net, V2V and GPU ID

    02:44:00 - SET - more GPT - Live Transcription using Python Manager

    02:56:19 - Exploring Tool Development and TouchDesigner

    03:07:10 - AI Empowerment for Artists

    03:17:46 - Exploring Different Approaches to Learning TouchDesigner

    03:27:43 - Embedding Space and Visuals in Touch Designer

    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 Stream Diffusion 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 Lyell for coming on!

    3 hr 40 min
  • VC | EP20 - NAAVI/Danijel Sivinjski/Infimensions - The Infinite Navigator From An Infinite Dimension

    We have a very close friend of mine on the pod for episode 20!!

    An out of this world human Daniel Savinski / Naavi /  @infimensions  !
    Na'avi is a master visual artist, designing spatial sculptures, dance floors & stages and frequency inspired visuals all over the world, hes a master at all he does, and infuses magic, love & light intention and high level technology into everything he does. It was such a pleasure having him on!
    We get into Daniels origins as a photography major and his journey from activism & documentary into art visuals & sculpting , darkness fasting, decompressing from work to avoid burn out, his introduction to the psychedelic trance scene and building his first installation at Ozora 2015, to falling in love with  @TouchDesignerOfficial  and the community and ideals behind it, from downloading ideas and concepts to fabricating and executing them, taking a retrospective look at Daniels absolutely amazing projects,
    the importance of light frequency and intention, how it feels to spend sometimes a year on a project to only experience or use it for a week at a festival & the concept of building something big over time or utilizing many small things to build something bigger, infusing intention & technology to making the world better, and teaching by example.
    For Naavis SET, we go deep into rhino and the mechanicians of designing the supernova stage for the  @SpaceSafari , we then take a behind the scenes look at Daniels absolutely stunning Hyperflake project.
    Check out Daniel’s socials, he's got killer projects -
    https://naavi.vision/
    https://www.infimensions.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/naavi.vision
    https://www.facebook.com/naavi.vision
    https://www.instagram.com/infimensions/
    https://www.instagram.com/spacesafari.be/
    Chapters:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:03:10 - Early inspirations & Pursuing Architecture & Photography

    00:20:36 - Exploring Different Dimensions

    00:30:56 - Sensory Detox and Reflection on Health and Balance

    00:41:01 - The Healing Power of Nature

    00:51:34 - Exploring the Fourth Dimension with Photography

    01:02:32 - Creating Light Installations

    01:13:45 - The journey of creating visuals with TouchDesigner

    01:27:14 - SET - Exploring The Supernova Stage in Rhino

    01:35:28 - SET - Designing a Dance Floor

    01:57:57 - SET - The Process of Creating Hyper Flake

    02:20:57 - Creating a Safe Space for Dancefloor Experiences

    02:31:11 - The Closing of a Festival and coming full circle

    02:41:15 - The Future of Dance Floors: Infusing Technology and Psychology

    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 deep dive into Rhino and the intricacy
    of stage design.
    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 Naavi for coming on!

    2 hr 52 min
  • VC | EP19 - Psybernautics/Alex T-man - GLSL my timbers, Walking the real-time & Generative Plank

    Episode 19 is here, and we have the melty wizard Alex Tman AKA  @psybernautics5164 .
    Alex is a master developer, a generative magician and absolute banger of a VJ, harnessing the power of GLSL and shaders he has created some of the most iconic and wild looking scenes on the Synesthesia marketplace, he has performed with massive electronic music acts and played at massive festivals all around the US.
    we go into Alexs beginnings as a software engineer in the security sector, to getting blasted at bass shows and being introduced to Visuals by  @zipvisuals8713 , falling in love with GLSL and discovering synesthesia, the power of generative real-time audio reactive visuals, self acceptance and self expression, coping with depression via coding and art and getting inspired from others being inspired!!
    For Alex's SET we get blessed with a heated real-time, generative audio/visual set with absolutely banging music by Mirage, Alex then shows us how he makes his visuals in GLSL within the powerful and super VJ friendly Synesthesia.
    For those not familiar @synesthesialive is one of the most advanced and powerful VJ software's out there, a real-time generative playground harnessing the power of GLSL in an easy to use and intuitive environment.
    This was the longest set we've done, and seeing Alex's scenes (available to purchase on the synth marketplace) at the code level was fascinating!
    It was a huge pleasure having Alex on and we had such a blast together!!!
    Check out Alex's shop for some heaters -
    https://www.psybernautics.art/shop
    https://www.instagram.com/psybernautics.art/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnJqX-7cHcGbI0--b03ke8w
    https://www.facebook.com/Psybernautics.art
    Check out Synesthesia, They have a free version and you wont be disappointed -
    https://synesthesia.live/#download
    https://linktr.ee/synesthesia.live
    https://www.instagram.com/synesthesia.live/
    Check out Mirages music -
    https://miragesound.bandcamp.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/brady_mirage/
    Chapters:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:30 - Introduction to Interactive Design & Development

    00:24:59 - Getting into Shaders and Visuals

    00:37:39 - The Joy of Creating Visuals

    00:49:40 - Dealing with Phishing Emails

    01:02:02 - Recognizing patterns in code

    01:11:10 - SET - Intro To Synesthesia

    01:17:39 - AUDIO/VISUAL SET - Music by Mirage

    02:21:34 - SET - Under the hood of GLSL in Synesthesia

    02:28:21 - SET - more GLSL, Mixing Hexagons and Boxes

    02:41:58 - SET - Different Approaches to Visual Effects

    02:55:55 - The Creative Process and Perfectionism

    03:02:45 - The Power of Radical Self-Expression

    03:20:53 - Finding Passion in Problem Solving and Coding

    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 deep dive into Synesthesia and GLSL.
    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 Alex for coming on!

    3 hr 35 min
  • VC | EP18 -Prizma/Diego Mauricio - The Ever Evolving Capturing and Authentic Creative

    Episode 18 is here, and we have one of my closest friends, the beautiful inside and out, Diego Maricio aka Prizma!!
    Diego is a true artist, ranging from motion graphics & 3D to photography to web design and even psytrance music production, in the past few years Diego has blasted onto the Visuals scene and taken up VJing and projection mapping, creating absolutely stunning visuals pulling from his native heritage, they invoke super light language and a pure authentic, healing experience.
    We chat about growing up in Bolivia and then moving to Sweden, his first introductions to art theater and motion graphic, living in the jungles of brazil making psytrance, meeting TAS in brazil before he was VJing, eventually going to modem and seeing him VJ, photographing and videoing events DJs and art exhibits, coming to Israel (where we met) and planting a seed that eventually bloomed into getting immersed in visuals and projection mapping, we go into zapotec and the language of these and other ancient native civilizations, studying and researching ancient peoples and bringing their art and culture into the digital realm, keeping them alive and introducing them to a broader audience.
    For Prizmas SET he shows us his killer Resolume set up, his powerful layering techniques with ancient patterns and how he makes them in photoshop and after effects and some 3d projection mapping content.
    Check out Diego’s socials for some trippy exciting content -
    https://prizmavisuals.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/prizma_visuals/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5l4wyK7znD3DDSZrat6WwQ
    https://www.facebook.com/prizmavisuals
    Chapters:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:03:11 - Diego's Bolivian Origins

    00:19:17 - Shifting from Music to 3D art

    00:28:59 - Moving to Sweden & Discovering Design & Visuals

    00:39:22 - Curiosity about VJing

    00:48:25 - The Pursuit of Money is not Always Helpful

    00:58:22 - Projection Mapping Course & Art as Communication

    01:07:49 - Expressing yourself through art

    01:13:23 - SET - Resolume set up

    01:29:52 - SET - Using AI for Fast and Interesting Looks

    01:43:19 - SET - Animation Techniques in After Effects and Illustrator

    01:53:09 - SET - Exploring Different Art Styles and Cultures

    02:03:55 - Ancient Knowledge and Advanced Technology

    02:13:52 - Zapotec culture & Patterns

    02:33:39 - The Nomadic Life

    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 deep dive into Resolume and the process of creating visuals.
    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 Diego for coming on!

    2 hr 45 min
  • VC | EP17 - The Hive Master/Bjorn Jelinek - The Portal Opening, Stargate Engineer

    We are opening portals and blasting off into other dimensions for Episode 17 with The Hive Master himself - Bjorn Jelinek.
    Besides for being the driving force behind the best stage to projection map on ever The mighty Hive portal at the Modem Festival in Croatia, Bjorn is a top dawg of all things fabrication, he is a master carpenter, a certified CNC and Laser cutter and a official teacher of Rhino3D and Grasshopper the go to tools for CAD software.
    Talking with Bjorn is like being connected directly to a multidimensional futuristic prism, it was a real honor for me to have him on the podcast and I'm so grateful for him giving us the time out of his busy schedule.
    We go deep into Bjorn’s roots growing up in the alps, being at the peak of psytrance parties in berlin, starting out as a string artist, joining the extra dimensional space agency, creating some of the most jaw dropping stages in the world, what it means to design from an authentic expressive outer realm, downloading messages from other worlds and other beings, Modem festival and opening portals, the power of crystals, the insanity of silicon and raising kids!
    For The Hive Masters set he graciously shows us his insane Grasshopper and Rhino setup and workflows and we take a look at the hive stage from modem festival and look at how its designed parametrically and how Bjorn gets the files ready for laser and CNC.
    This was one of the more Turned on, tuned in and dropped out episodes and it was such a pleasure getting to know Bjorn deeper and seeing his unbelievable workflows.
    Check out Bjorn’s socials and go get your Modem Ticket -
    https://www.instagram.com/the_hive_master/
    https://twitter.com/BjornJelinek
    https://modemfestival.com/
    Chapters:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:04:11 - Personal Journey in Art

    00:20:36 - The Origins of the ExtraDimensionalSpaceAgency Project

    00:31:13 - Bjorn, The Human CNC Machine

    00:41:06 - Implementing LED Lights on Stages

    00:51:06 - Transitioning to Rhino and digital art.

    01:00:03 - TAS the all inspiring & Humble OG

    01:03:25 - SET - Controlling Parameters in Rhino

    01:23:59 - SET - Exploring Grasshopper and Algorithmic Design

    01:45:24 - SET - Visualization and Structural Engineering

    01:54:38 - The Journey of an Independent Artist

    02:04:28 - The Power of Crystals & their Use for Healing & Manifestation

    02:24:45 - The Perception of Time and Space

    02:34:53 - The Joys and Challenges of Fatherhood

    The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, were 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", a 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 parametric and procedural CAD design.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!!
    Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next weeks guest is!
    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 Bjorn for coming on!

    2 hr 46 min
  • VC | EP16 - MiniUV/Yuval Cohen - Points, Glorious Points, Its What Everything's Made Of

    This week on the cast we have a beautiful & super talented Yuval Choen aka  @_mini_uv  !
    UV, is an exceptionally inspiring visual artists, his amazing  @TouchDesignerOfficial  abilities in not only simplifying but beautifying highly technical and intricate processes results in absolutely stunning and beautiful imagery.
    We chat about a lot of interesting conversations, growing up in the “burrows” of Tel Aviv, working in the family business of a photography store, having mandatory military service and the retrospect of that experience and time, post army travels in india, starting his real journey by studying music and sound engineering and shifting into electrical engineering, then discovering touch designer out of a need for a visual/audio environment and then starting a Patreon and passing on his inspiration to others and
    what being an artist or a tech artist means , spirituality, intention & nature being god.
    For context, this conversation was recorded in the last week of April and towards the end we get into the very contentious and extremely nonlinear, extremely complicated conversation around Israel and the Palestinians.
    Me and UV only have our experiences to draw from, and regardless of the fact that we both were born and raised in Israel, there is no definite answer to anything, especially from us.
    We try and steer into more interesting aspects of this topic such as being an Iraqi Jew ,Zionism powering anti Semitism ,Conspiracies ,propaganda on both sides ,making connections and communicating with both sides ,separating religions ideology from politics ,making art not war and what it feels like to be an Israeli post October/7th.
    In no way shape or form is any of what we are saying meant to hurt or offend anyone, it's 100% out of the need and want of every artist, to express themselves in the hope of making the world a better place.
    With that being said…
    For UV’s SET he dives into his amazing TouchDesigner projects (available now on Patreon) and shows us a very close up look at Physarum, rendering super high density point clouds & GLSL smoke simulations.
    I really loved this conversation with UV he's a real sweetheart and talented individual and for me having this reflection from someone who grew up in the same place as me was really meaningful.
    Check out Yuval’s Patreon & his killer tutorials, you will not regret it -
    https://www.patreon.com/_mini_uv/posts
    https://www.instagram.com/_mini_uv/
    https://www.youtube.com/@_mini_uv
    Chapters:

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:04:38 - Growing up next to Tell Aviv, Israel

    00:24:34 - The Challenges of Coding

    00:36:27 - The Challenge of Serving in the IDF

    00:48:55 - Exploring Techniques with Touch Designer

    01:01:53 - Exploring 3D Visualizations

    01:14:39 - SET - Creating Textures with Feedback Loops (TouchDesighner)

    01:27:51 - SET -Exploring Physarum (TouchDesighner)

    01:40:50 - SET -Exploring Code and Particle Behavior (TouchDesighner)

    01:57:30 - MiniUV patreon & What is Generative art

    02:06:50 - The Power of Real-Time Design

    02:18:50 - The Power of Community and the Act of Creation

    02:31:18 - The Power of Positive Influence

    02:42:56 - The Blurry Lines of Anti-Semitism and Propaganda

    02:54:44 - Discussing the Reputation of Israel

    03:06:38 - Separating State and Church, The Israeli Government

    The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, were 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", a 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 an explorative look at highly technical but easily digestible techniques.
    Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode!
    Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next weeks 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
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    Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Yuval for coming on!

    3 hr 19 min
  • VC | EP15 - Catmac/Marcos Fernandez - The Cats Pajamas Of Noise, Loops & Resolume

    Episode 15, is with an insanely special guest,  @Catmac  / Marcos Fernandez a true legend!
    CATMAC is one of the OG Loop pack creators, a old school VJ and a leading force in the visuals world. His recognizable resolume visual packs has inspired an entire generation of VJs. And he has released over 500 clips for free on vimeo!
    With over two decades of motion graphics and immersive media it was a real pleasure and honor to have him on the cast!
    For Marcos's SET he dives into his unique generative  @ResolumeVJSoftware  set up and then jumps into his he creates insanely detailed dispatched noise in  @BlenderOfficial  !!!
    Check out the amazing CATMAC online -
    https://www.catmac.art/
    https://vimeo.com/user2777466
    https://www.facebook.com/catmacvisuals/
    https://www.instagram.com/catmac_visuals

    Chapters:
    00:00:00 - intro

    06:59:00 - From Researcher to Artist

    00:14:50 - Discovering a Passion for Drawing

    00:22:29 - Shifting to Digital Art

    00:29:51 - Starting a Successful VJ Career

    00:37:05 - Nature and Mathematics in Art

    00:43:57 - Transitioning to 3D Modeling

    00:51:19 - The Progression of Modeling Skills

    00:58:04 - 3D & Real-Time Software

    01:04:16 - SET - Generative Effects in Resolume

    01:33:08 - SET - Exploring Displacement Techniques in Blender

    01:43:58 - The Psychology of Being a VJ

    01:51:00 - The Joy and Challenges of VJing

    The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, were 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", a 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 breakdown of generative visuals in Resolume.
    Please like and subscribe & join us next week for another episode!
    Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next weeks 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 Marcos for coming on!

    1 hr 59 min

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The Visual Cast is A uniquely visual, recorded live, hybrid podcast!