Maxime Lethelier

SIGNALS Each species develops its own sensory language to interpret space, time, and movement. Bats trade visual acuity for extraordinary hearing. Through echolocation, they map space with sound, perceiving form and distance as humans do with sight. Drawing inspiration from this alternative mode of perception, SIGNALS establishes a dialogue between hearing and seeing, sound and light. Ultrasonic bat calls captured using detectors that transand analyzed to reveal patterns related to communication and echolocation. The resulting data drives an evolving audiovisual composition. Each bat call is transformed into a pulse of laser light, projected through space via a system of dynamic reflections. The behavior of the light, its intensity, rhythm, and trajectory, is directly shaped by the characteristics of the original sound. When the light reaches specific optical modules, the process reverses: visual signals are translated back into sound, completing a continuous feedback loop, transforming natural signals into an immersive audiovisual landscape. Produced in collaboration and presented at @thesixthsense.in Developed with @touchdesigner Modified laser pointers provided by @laseranimationsollinger Science consultants Rohit Chakravarty @paintedbat and Kartik Chandramouli @kcmouli Big thanks to @kunalisation_ @notreallyzoh @msomil #laserart #sitespecificart #proceduralart #audiovisual #digitalartinstallation

Fosite, a brand and spatial experience studio, is hosting a workshop at the studio exploring the intersection of creative coding, data, and spatial art, in collaboration with two new media artists — @flashbacker and @notreallyzoh — who will share how these ideas come to life through their practice. Maxime Lethelier (@flashbacker ) from the Berlin-based collective @ephemeraltomorrow will open up his @touchdesigner project files, showing how slow-moving scientific data can be transformed into interactive experiences inside exhibition spaces. Joining him is Bangalore-based creative technologist Zoh (@notreallyzoh ) from 1/0, who will break down his interactive installations and show how everyday technologies can be adapted for live artistic environments. What we’ll cover: • Creative adaptation of technical frameworks • Behind-the-scenes project breakdowns • Open Q&A on new media, concept, and execution RSVP via the link in bio to register your spot. Limited spots. See you at the studio. ⚡

SIGNALS draws inspiration from bat echolocation—an alternative way of perceiving space through sound. Within the festival grounds, ultrasonic bat calls are captured in real time and translated into the human auditory range. These signals are analyzed and transformed into an evolving audiovisual composition, where each call becomes a pulse of laser light moving through space via dynamic reflections. Encounter this immersive installation at Alembic City, Whitefield, Bengaluru, February 5–22, 2026. The Sixth Sense Festival India’s first and largest multidisciplinary immersive festival. Buy Tickets now. Visit

Colliders is an architectural data driven mapping audiovisual installation, presented at @monopolberlin to celebrate the 40th anniversary of LaserAnimation Sollinger. Modern architecture’s ambition is to sustain a dynamic dialogue with its environment, responding to the specific conditions that shape a site. The project stages this relationship through the physical behavior of light itself while mimicking the acoustic resonance of architecture — particles moving through darkness, encountering surfaces, and revealing the spatial character of the room. These movements are modulated by real-time solar wind data captured by the Deep Space Climate Observatory, allowing distant cosmic forces to subtly inform the local experience. In this exchange, architecture becomes a field where material presence and ephemeral phenomena continuously negotiate one another. The project used 2 LaserAnimation BLIZZARD projectors and a Quadrophonic Soundsystem. Developed in @touchdesigner and #max4live #proceduralart #audiovisual #digitalartinstallation #generativeart #realtime #realtimegraphics #soundscape #artscience #ephemeraltomorrow #laserinstallation #laseranimation #laseranimationsollinger #laserart #qualitylasers #touchdesigner

Two tinkers in their own worlds of art, Hello Psychaleppo with his unmatched precision in sound, and Flashbaker with his boundary-pushing visual signature. Aleppine music producer Hello Psychaleppo and French visual artist Flashbaker meet on a music video for “Alwa6an.” Find the link in our bio. This track is part of the 36-track fundraising compilation “Fake Lines: Sono Levant,” where most of the proceeds will be donated to the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature to support their project “Revive G/a-z/a’s Farmland.” 🎵 @hellopsychaleppo 🎥 @flashbacker

@flashbacker s insane visuals on my new track Alwa6an. Check link in bio for full video “Alwa6an” is part of a 36 track fundraising compilation “Fake Lines: Sono Levant”, out October 17 on vinyl and digital platforms. The “Fake Lines: Sono Levant” compilation confronts this colonial legacy head on, especially as the ge/n-o/ci/de in G-a/z-a is enabled by the fragmentation of surrounding countries into pseudo states; products of imperial divide and conquer tactics that leave them stripped of real sovereignty. Through this collaboration, the project aims to reconnect the musical fabric of the Levant and reaffirm its shared cultural identity. Released via Fake Lines, which is a non-profit record label. Most of the proceeds will be dedicated to supporting the ‘’Arab Group for the Protection of Nature’’ non profit organization. Which strives for a Levant with food sovereignty, focusing on those who need it the most at the moment. providing seeds, cultivation, and fair access to markets for farmers, while the rest is fairly distributed among the participating artists. أغنية «الوطن» تصدر كجزء من ألبوم جماعي لموسيقيين من بلاد الشام بعنوان «حدود وهمية: أصوات بلاد الشام»، يحتوي الألبوم على 36 أغنية ويصدر في ١٧ أكتوبر على المنصات الرقمية، بالإضافة إلى نسخة أسطوانية مشروع «حدود وهمية: أصوات بلاد الشام» يتجاوز الحدود الجغرافية والاستعمارية، ويجمع أصواتاً من سوريا ولبنان وفلسطين والأردن والشتات، إلى جانب ضيوف من المنطقة العربية والعالم. من خلال هذا التعاون، يسعى المشروع إلى إعادة وصل النسيج الموسيقي الشامي ببعضه وتأكيد وحدته الثقافية. وسوف تُخصَّص عوائده لدعم «المؤسسة العربية لحماية الطبيعة»، التي تسعى إلى تحقيق سيادة غذائية في بلاد الشام Mastered | Mazen Murad @mazenmastering Branding & Booklet Design | HeyPorter! @heyporterposter Booklet & Graphic Design | Hala Kanan @hala_akanan Photo | Restored From/by Kelvin Bown / Reawakening the Past @reawakeningthepast.prints Record Label | Fake Lines @fakelines.studio

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"Light Echoes" is an experimental audiovisual installation transforming two distant mountains into communicative entities through the medium of light and sound. The project establishes an abstract confrontation between the natural landscapes and the human activities within, using seismic activity history and audio traces of the daily industrial activity. The audiovisual creations are the result of two types of data, whose sources both create patterns shaping the landscape. The traces of the mining industry, which is is still affecting the ecosystem of these mountains, are collected through field recordings made on site, while the local seismic data of the last three decades is gathered in a database and recalled as a cycle of events. Each recorded event defines the rhythmic and visual behavior, varying from slow phases resembling geological activity, to rapid light sparkles in which the light traces the paths of the anthropic alteration. [Symbolic Echo Patterns] X Earthquake Location ||| Strength Resonance ▓ Layers Frangmentation Ξ Rest state Landscape 田 Terrain Quantification ⁞⁞⁞ Anthropic Alteration The project was produced and curated by @olivebyolive and @voxmarmoris Laser projectors by @laseranimationsollinger Data, visuals, and laser control made in @touchdesigner Sound composition generated with #max4live Silent disco headsets provided by @silentsystem Images by @junglefilmsrl , @leobert and Ephemeral Tomorrow #laserart #sitespecificart #proceduralart #audiovisual #digitalartinstallation #generativeart #realtime #realtimegraphics #soundscape #artscience #audiovisual

Revisiting some point cloud works, exploring them through new perspectives and going deeper into the granularity thanks to the use of #TDPOPs Visuals by @flashbacker Granular sound composition by @asakomusic Made with @touchdesigner #wip #realtime #generative #generativeart #generativedesign #newmedia #mediaart #design #artandtechnology #digitalart #vfx #mesmerizing #artxcode #creativecoding #codeart #audiovisual #interactiveart #newmediaartists #soundscape #av #realtimevisuals #touchdesigner #realtimegraphics #new_media_art #pointcloud #particles

Generative audiovisual experiments based on the real time position of all Starlink satellites orbiting earth. The first Starlink was launched in 2019 when there were *only* around 2500 active satellites. Today, because of the lack of regulation for geospace sustainability, the Starlink fleet has over 7000 entities and represents about 50% of all active man-made objects orbiting our planet, all operated by a single private company. This topic came to our attention during our data visualisation research initiated by the creation of the satellite location base art installation series “Satellarium” by @ephemeraltomorrow Work in Progress for data driven audiovisual performance by @flashabacker and @asakomusic Made with #TDPOPs in @touchdesigner and #max4live #realtime #generative #generativeart #generativedesign #newmedia #mediaart #design #artandtechnology #digitalart #vfx #mesmerizing #artxcode #creativecoding #codeart #audiovisual #interactiveart #newmediaartists #soundscape #av #realtimevisuals #touchdesigner #realtimegraphics #new_media_art #immersiveart #spacemonitoring #starlink #spacex

“Constitutive Beings” audiovisual performance @alte_muenze // Music Asako Fujimoto Visuals by Maxime Lethelier. Thanks to @vjopenlab for inviting us to perform once again on this great setup for the sommerFest. Visuals are generated in real time by @flashbacker in @touchdesigner Audio is played live by @asakomusic with @Moog Theremini, @SonicwareLIVEN TextureLab, @elektron Model:Cycles, @arturia_official MicroFreak @korg Kaosspad #audiovisualperformance #generativeart #audiovisual #interactiveart #newmediaartists #granularsynthesis #pixelwarping #live #music #livevisuals #vj #realtimegraphics #new_media_art #artandtechnology #immersiveart #3D #futuretech #touchdesigner #max4live #soundscape #proceduralaudio #creativecoding #computationaldesign #maximelethelier #asakofujimoto #theremini #microfreak #modelcycle #texturelab #kaosspad

Are most of instagram users bots? Well that's an open question so here is my contribution with one which wants your good, automatically posting visuals on instagram directly from @touchdesigner ! This is just a work in progress for an upcoming larger art project, to showcase the possibility to embed social media interaction within touchdesigner. Here the generated visuals use a real time ISS tracker I created for the project Atmospharea we did earlier this year with @ephemeraltomorrow This is the first post on a serie focusing on breaking down specific aspects and functionalities used in art projects, focusing more on the technical side of things #instabot #bot #touchdesigner #interactiveart #generativeart #digitalart #snippet #wip #workinprogress #wearetherobots #techshowcase #technical