soft_launch Collective

There’s still a few spots left for Synthetic Worlds workshop happening next weekend at @interaccessto ! Deep dive into generative AI conceptually, ethically, and technically! Link in bio for more information & to sign up! #genai #newmedia #touchdesigner #comfyui #stablediffusion

A rundown of my interactive projection installation called Sketching Flock! 👾 Exhibited at InterAccess and The Bridge in Toronto in 2025 🖼️ Less than a week until the first @softlaunch_net workshop “Internet Canvas: Creative Coding with the Browser” where you can learn to make interactive web-based art like this! 🌐 🗓️ March 7-8, 11am-3pm 🔗 Register at link in bio and learn about our other upcoming workshops! #creativecoding #p5js #interactiveart #newmedia #netart

Curious about creative tech but don’t know where to start? Our upcoming three weekend intensives with @softlaunch_net at InterAccess are designed for artists, designers, and curious beginners who want to learn by making, alongside others. Take one, or all (for bundled rates, please email [email protected]). Why join? • Small cohort learning • Hands-on creative tech skills • Supportive community environment (participants receive a monthly membership to InterAccess) • Create a finished project • Exhibit your work in our gallery during Doors Open Toronto You won’t just learn tools, you’ll leave having created a project you can share with the public. No prior experience necessary, curiosity is more than enough. 📍 Toronto - InterAccess (32 Lisgar St) 🎟 Limited spots available 🔗 Registration & more info via links in bio If cost is a barrier, please reach out!

Tara Rose Morris @taramoves (she/they ) is a mixed desi new media artist, creative technologist, and educator based between Toronto and Montreal whose practice spans video, installation, performance, and sculpture. They use compositing as a material and epistemic strategy to examine the way technology intervenes in our relationships to the world around us, each other, and ourselves, producing layered speculative worlds from fragmented and reassembled source material. She has taught workshops internationally in creative coding, web3, generative AI, and animation and is looking forward to sharing her approaches and experience during the soft_launch weekend intensives! Slide 1 📸 @grahamperry1

Benjamin Lappalainen ( @blapcode ) is a new media artist, creative technologist, and educator based in Toronto. His interactive installations expose technology’s mechanisms rather than hiding them—asking participants to negotiate with systems instead of passively consuming them. He teaches workshops, builds technical infrastructure for cultural projects, and makes art that’s playfully critical about our relationship with machines. 🤖 Benjamin is very excited to have the opportunity to nerd out about code and TouchDesigner, and share his creative technology skills and experience in the soft_launch weekend intensives! 👾

☁️🚀soft_launch HARD LAUNCH 🚀☁️ soft_launch is a new media education collective bridging creativity and technology. Are you an artist looking to integrate tech into your practice? A software engineer interested in exploring creativity? Somewhere in between? We’re hosting three weekend intensives this spring: 💻 Creative Coding with the browser 👋 Interactive Installations with TouchDesigner 🌏 Synthetic worlds with Generative AI Link in bio ✨

Synthetic Worlds: Making Images and Video with Generative AI 🗓️ Sat–Sun, May 16-17, 2026 | 11 AM-3 PM 📍 In-person at InterAccess 🎟️ Pricing TBA | Register via TicketTailor, link in bio Demystify generative AI by learning how image and video models actually work, then use them to create your own visual worlds. Over two days, you’ll develop both technical proficiency and the critical framework to engage meaningfully with these rapidly developing tools. Through hands-on projects and critical discussions, we’ll explore: - How AI image and video models function under the hood - Identifying AI-generated content and understanding its markers - Ethical considerations in AI art-making - Advanced prompting techniques for image and video generation - The evolving landscape of AI art and contemporary practitioners - Building your own creative AI projects Leave with working projects and the knowledge to continue developing your practice with these tools critically and creatively. Learn more and register at the link in bio! #generativeai #aiart #machinelearning #toronto #newmedia

Reactive Space: Building Interactive Installations with TouchDesigner 🗓️ Sat–Sun, April 18-19, 2026 | 11 AM-3 PM 📍 In-person at InterAccess 🎟️ Pricing TBA | Register via TicketTailor, link in bio Learn to build interactive art installations using TouchDesigner, the industry-standard visual programming platform for real-time media. Over two days, you’ll explore the tools and techniques behind contemporary media art and walk away with hands-on experience building interactive pieces. Through practical projects and installation exercises, we’ll explore: - Node-based workflows for real-time media - Audio-reactive visuals and generative systems - Computer vision for body tracking and interaction - Projection mapping techniques - Networked video routing and project optimization - Contemporary media art practices and context By the end of the weekend, you’ll understand how to realize technically ambitious artistic visions and have working prototypes to build upon. Learn more and register at the link in bio! #touchdesigner #interactiveart #projectionmapping #computervision #toronto

Internet Canvas: Creative Coding with the Browser 🗓️ Sat–Sun, March 7-8, 2026 | 11 AM-3 PM 📍 In-person at InterAccess 🎟️ Pricing $250 | $150 for Members | Register via TicketTailor, link in bio Code your own net art using the web as both medium and canvas. Over two days, you’ll learn the fundamentals of web development—HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—while exploring how artists use browsers, networks, and user interaction as creative tools. Through hands-on projects and creative experiments, we’ll explore: - Building and hosting your own websites - Updating projects with GitHub workflows - Making sites responsive to internet data and user interaction - Working with creative coding libraries - Vibe coding strategies to support project development - The historical context of net art from early pioneers to today’s practitioners Learn more and register at the link in bio! #creativecoding #netart #webdevelopment #torontoartist #newmedia

Spring 2026 Weekend Intensives at @interaccessto Build foundations in contemporary new media arts practice and creative technology: Internet Canvas (March 7-8) Code net art with HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Build and host your own responsive website. Reactive Space (April 18-19) Create interactive installations with TouchDesigner. Learn projection mapping, computer vision, and real-time media. Synthetic Worlds (May 16-17) Demystify generative AI. Understand how image/video models work and use them critically to bring your vision to life. Each workshop runs 11 AM-3 PM over two days. All three cohorts will showcase their work in a group exhibition in late May. Registration and details at the link in bio. #creativecoding #touchdesigner #generativeai #newmedia #toronto

soft_launch is here! Educational programming providing artists the opportunity to build technical skills + providing technologists the opportunity to develop creative practice. In Spring 2026, we’re partnering with @interaccess to run three weekend intensives: creative coding for the web, interactive installations with TouchDesigner, and worldbuilding with generative AI. These intensives will culminate in a showcase in late May, providing an exhibition opportunity for all participants. Learn more and register at the link in bio! . . . #creativecoding #touchdesigner #generativeai #newmedia #toronto