Workshop: Introduction to TouchDesigner w/ TDBCN crew

A 2 days workshop focused on the basics of TouchDesigner, by The glad scientist and TDBCN crew for those with big ideas at the beginning of their journey with TouchDesigner. We will take you from zero to a fully working interactive artwork and the knowledge to approach future projects with a solid base.

Rundown:
The workshop schedule is designed to ease you into the software and process of creation with TD, the world’s #1 interactive art tool.
Day 1: Basics (4PM to 8PM)
1. Intros (learning is better with friends)
2. Why TouchDesigner? (examples and use cases)
3. Interface and Common Shortcuts
4. Types of Nodes/Operators
5. Creating Flows of Nodes
6. Working Between Node Types

Day 2: Artwork & Performance (11AM to 6PM)
7. Control/Input Systems (Mouse/MIDI/Sensors)
8. Output/Display Systems (Record/Project/Share)
9. Playing with Others (Simple Networking)
10. Project Creation (Creative Combos)
11. Show and Tell (Sharing Creations + Mini Party)

Material:
-Computer with TouchDesigner installed so we can jump right into it. 
-(optional) any type of hardware controller you would like to use with TouchDesigner: XBox or PS, MIDI keyboard

One lucky winner: 
If you wish to attend for free, join the poster hunt.
The rules are simple; Spread out across Barcelona are posters of the workshop, hunt them down, take a picture of as many as you find, stitch your images together to reveal the hidden frame animation. The participant with the most frames wins a free spot.
Make sure to tag us!

Tutors:
Daniel Sabio (aka The Glad Scientist) is a Puerto Rican conceptual media artist living and working in Barcelona. Their practice moves between audiovisual installation, live systems, and immersive production, with TouchDesigner as a core tool for building generative visuals, interactive environments, and real-time performance systems. Their work has been seen at Ars Electronica, Sónar+D, Venice Biennale di Cinema, ISEA, FILE, LEV, Bass Coast, and DreamHack, et al. Commercially they have built TouchDesigner-driven immersive experiences with studios including Cosmic Lab (Japan) and Leviathan/Envoy (Chicago), and for clients such as Ableton, Under Armour, Universal Studios’ Super Nintendo World, and the World of Coca-Cola. They teach advanced visual design as Associate Professor & Researcher in the Master’s in Digital Art and Creative Technologies at La Salle Barcelona and enjoy snowboarding and making music with modular synths when not playing with nodes.

Fransisco Estivallet (aka Chicoe) is a mechatronics engineer and creative technologist, designs and builds experimental hardware, sensor systems, digital and physical prototypes. With 15+ years of experience spanning industrial automation, electronics, data products and interactive systems, bringing engineering resources to creative and speculative projects.

Nancy El Azzi (aka Nansynth) is an art director, multimedia artist, and music maker from Lebanon. Her work spans static illustration, interactive pieces, and sonic journeys that explore human feeling through audiovisual storytelling. Recently, a deeper focus on sound art and spatial audio has led to interactive works that hold stories of war, normalcy, and the paradoxical realities we live in. Her practice with TouchDesigner (shaped by learnings from Bileam Tscheppe, MxZhen, and others) has opened international collaborations across both performance and installation.