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Memo Akten

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Computational Ǟʀȶɨֆȶ; Curious philomath; Cosmosapience; Cosmos·Consciousness·Life·Intelligence; Ecology·Technology·Science·Ritual·Spirituality; PhD Art×AI; Prof @UCSD; memo.tv superradiance.net

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 18

A selection of work in 5 minutes (upto 2024)
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(Music by @machinefabriek.bsky.social , original composition for my 2014/2015 WAVES piece)

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · 3d

Bringing in musical scales and more intricate control over notes, midi velocities etc in Part 5 of 'Webcam Piano' in Touchdesigner, now live at
www.patreon.com/posts/webcam...

Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · 6d

Continuing this - what ended up being rather epic - series: Part 4 of 'Webcam Piano' in Touchdesigner is here!

POPs, MIDI, Python, GLSL, Ableton Live and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/webcam...

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · 19d

Finally, Webcam Piano in Touchdesigner Part 3 is up! Apologies for the delay. This ended up being quite an ambitious series! A few more videos to come :)
www.patreon.com/posts/webcam...

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Sep 7

Who wants computers to make music that sounds human. That's so boring 😂

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Sep 7

As 'Agentic AI' becomes the new buzzword, I fondly remember mid 2010s 'bot' wave. Especially loved bot-band @mpf.bsky.social's Petita Tatata + my Petita DumDum Techa. Every day Tatata generates, recites & posts beautiful abstract poetry & my bot improvises music over it. Every day a new surprise :)

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Sep 4

Webcam Piano Part 2 is up! This one is a short introduction to MIDI (in particular with touchdesigner and ableton live)

Full video at
www.patreon.com/posts/webcam...

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Aug 28

As I turn half a century old, I'm v happy to share a new touchdesigner tutorial. Recreating one of my old works Webcam Piano. Motion detection with frame differencing, MIDI, POPs, Python, GLSL and more.
Also shout out to David Rokeby!👋
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVHf...

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Aug 22

And since some problems are undecidable (ie uncomputable), physical systems exist which - despite following fully deterministic laws - are inherently unpredictable. Not due to chaos or noise, but due to limits of computation (and laws of the universe) itself.
This is a big deal. More soon :)
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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Aug 22

Navier-Stokes equations (that model fluid behavior) are Turing complete. Ie for any given Turing machine (computation) a stationary fluid flow can be constructed such that tracking the trajectory of a particle in the flow encodes the execution of the computation... (1/2)
(Vid except from WAVES 2014)

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 23

We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
The black night sighs
…
Light of the night
The Earth, a purple blaze
Of sapphire haze
In orbit always
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And so, we pass on by
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As we travel the universe

RIP #OzzyOsbourne
Planet Caravan, 1970

Video: Reincarnation, 2009

Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 18

A selection of work in 5 minutes (upto 2024)
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(Music by @machinefabriek.bsky.social , original composition for my 2014/2015 WAVES piece)

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 17

love it! I remember this from back in the day. Vimeo was such a lovely little place circa 2010!

Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 17

Just remembered the beautiful crazy project 'A Strange Loop' we made with @presstube.bsky.social on @fxhash.bsky.social :)

www.fxhash.xyz/project/a-st...
(SOUND ON :)

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 13

SUPERRADIANCE performance Tech check ⁦‪@JacobsPillow‬⁩ for the opening of the new Doris Duke Theatre ❤️
@katiepeyton.bsky.social

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 3

It gets even more complicated when you realize Houdini POPs (Particle Operators, have dynamics) are very different to Touchdesigner POPs (Point Operators, no dynamics, though you can give them dynamics). Though it's very nice to have these fully GPU accelerated!

Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jul 3

Part 2 of Text Particles with Touchdesigner POPs is up!
Covering field effectors, point cloud mixing / morphing, more attribute math combine etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4L8...

Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jun 29

Friends, my first tutorial video is up! :)

Text particles in Touchdesigner using POPs. (The approach isn't unique to POPs & cld be done w TOPs, SOPs or even CHOPs - 3D textures+UVW mapping. But this provides an excuse to get into POPs :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ed...

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jun 28

Friends, those of you who frequented certain corners of the web twenty yrs ago might remember I was quite active sharing demos & tutorials. After a break, I'm getting back into it! Will probably mostly be touchdesigner, comfyui, AI etc. More soon!
www.patreon.com/memoakten

Artist working with Code, Data and AI; Curious Philomath

www.patreon.com

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Jun 11

Left: 2017; Right: 2025
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#LearningToSee

Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · May 11

I used to believe consciousness evolved to support life, now I question if life evolved to embody consciousness.

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Katie Peyton Hofstadter @katiehofstadter.bsky.social · Mar 28

LA friends, tomorrow night is the premier and reception for Superradiance, a collaboration with @memoakten.bsky.social
at Ctrl Gallery, curated by Paul Young and @neilmendoza.bsky.social. Come celebrate with us! RSVP: partiful.com/e/2jZF62afWi...

RSVP to SUPERRADIANCE Reception • CTRL Gallery • Memo Akten + Katie Peyton Hofstadter | Partiful

Please join us for the opening reception of SUPERRADIANCE, a multiscreen video and sound installation by Memo Akten and Katie Peyton Hofstadter that invites the viewer to extend their bodily perceptio...

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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Feb 28

Chatting about SUPERRADIANCE with @katiepeyton.bsky.social at 'Creative Machine' exhibition, Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, Nov 2024
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Memo Akten @memoakten.bsky.social · Feb 28

Chatting about SUPERRADIANCE with @katiepeyton.bsky.social at 'Creative Machine' exhibition, Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, Nov 2024
superradiance.net