Touch Designer Workshop: Data as Behaviour by DATASONIC CLUB @ NECESSITY.INK

This session explores how large-scale data can be translated into dynamic visual systems. Using TouchDesigner’s POP operators, you will build particle-based structures and experiment with workflows that move from raw data to emergent visual behaviour. The session moves beyond conventional data visualisation and focuses on how data can operate as a system that evolves, reacts, and generates form over time.
You will explore different approaches, from particle simulation to procedural modelling, and develop a basic system where data actively shapes movement, structure, and visual output in real time.
Tools: TouchDesigner (POP, SOP, CHOP).
Outcome: A dynamic visual system where data drives behaviour and form
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.