Ben Heim

Excited to share my work with @afterlife_ofc , who made history by being the first to show artworks in real-time on @spherevegas with @touchdesigner for the @anyma residency. We implemented a variety of real-time techniques including generative noise, point clouds, generative camera movement, and gaussian splatting to allow us to create artworks which could dynamically respond to the performances of @tiesto , @chrisavantgarde , @therealmikedean , @charlottedewittemusic and many others. All this allowed for real-time control over elements including amplitude and speed of generative animations, moving between programmed “states”, and full control over virtual cameras. It was an honour to work on this momentous project, a huge thank you to @michael__titze and @plusyes for having me, and shout out to the incredible team that made this all happen: Creative Direction: @michael__titze Touchdesigner / Renderstream Implementation: Jarrett Smith Sphere mapping system: Tharyn Valavanis Sphere testing operator: Brian Miller @disguise_one team + show operators: @ryan_darkmatter @drzkrz @adam_darkmatter @darkmatter.to More info on the individual artworks coming soon. . . . #sphere #spherevegas #touchdesigner #technomusic #afterlife #audiovisual #audiovisualart #generativeart #realtimegraphics #concertvisuals #pointcloud #gaussiansplatting #newmediaart #vr #ledwall #immersiveart #immersiveexperience #digialart

Super excited to share my latest generative work: GARDEN. This artwork represents a fusion of my pointcloud and painterly simulation styles. A camera meanders endlessly through an animated flowerbed pointcloud, stopping at intervals to allow the points to spatially dissolve into abstracted brushstrokes, filling the screen with colour. The first artefact from this work will premiere this Thursday at @projekt.______ ’s exhibition “Points for Clouds” in conjunction with @acmsiggraph . Stay tuned for the full generative version coming later too. . . . . . #touchdesigner #generative #generativeart #generativedesign #generativegraphics #pointcloud #pointillism #digitalart #newmediaart #procedural #proceduralart #particles #creativecoding #ambient #audiovisual #audiovisualart #codeart #techart #computergraphics

SEEING SYNESTHESIA - A Sound Painting. Excited to reveal this new collaboration with the amazing jazz pianist @jamesfrancies88 . James experiences synesthesia, seeing colour when he hears and performs music, so I worked with him to develop my music visualisation system into a form where it could display the colours James sees in his head while playing. We recorded this incredible improvisation live at @yasinewyork and then fine tuned the visuals so you can have some insight into how this incredible musician perceives music in real time. Full video via the link in my bio! And a big thank you to James for lending his remarkable talent to this project. This is just the beginning...

FEEDBACK EXPRESSIONISM at @genesishousenyc . Artefact rendered from real-time generative artwork, site specific immersive display. Thanks to @matteprojects @thisreo for having me as part of the Cellar Creator Program. 📷: @aussielockhart #touchdesigner #generativeart #newmediaart #techspressionism #artinstallation

Loading techno-psychism.exe :: meaning in a technological future can be found through art exploring frontier technologies :: generative sculpture :: process aesthetics :: welcome to the singularity :: . #newmedaart #digitalsculpture #3dprinting #generativeart #singularity

2026_SKR_V01 :: Figure Painting. A new real-time generative artwork transforming the fluid motions of figure skating into digital pigments, perturbed and propagated across the screen through their own motion vectors. The skater is more than just subject, nuances of movement dictate form and micro detail, they are both subject and brush. Big thanks to @cheryldouglass for collaborating on this work and bringing her beautiful art and movement to this piece. Shout out also to @lakesideprospectpark for providing a stunning setting, and allowing us to create in their venue.

Laser tests in the NYC blizzard. Snow flurries as illuminated slices in the night. #laserart #touchdesigner #newmediaart

Four color field studies [after Velázquez] - attempts to reduce form to color using techniques based on Gaussian splatting. The original painting is abstracted through splat quantization, elongation, early pull, and replacing splats with brushstrokes. . #touchdesigner #gaussiansplatting #newmediaart #creativecoding

Glitch cam photos -> 3d Gaussians with ml-sharp. Obvs the glitches mess with the algorithm’s depth perception, makes for some interesting effects . . #touchdesigner #generativeart #gaussiansplatting #glitchart

2026_CTH_AV1 :: Cut Hand [polarity]. A real-time generative digital artwork created in response to Basquiat. Translating the physicality of mark making into an endlessly repainting digital canvas covered in rippling motion vectors. . . . #touchdesigner #basquiat #generativeart #newmediaart #creativecoding

2026_MNS_AV1 :: Las Meninas [after Velázquez] . A real-time generative reimagining of Las Meninas. The original painting’s form is transposed into a 3d environment where a generative camera constantly seeks new forms and compositions within the masterwork. The motion of the camera serves also to rip apart the fabric beneath, causing its pixels to flow into eddies and trails, whose texture recalls both wet paint, and digital glitches. This disruptive layer hints at a tension between the original paintings, and its newly digitally enhanced nature. . #touchdesigner #newmediaartist #velazquez #generativeart #creativecoding

Thoughts on interactive art (?) . #touchdesigner #interactiveart #generativeart #newmediaart #interactiveinstallation