Jonathan Thompson

syn·the·sis /ˈsinTHəsəs/ noun: the combination of ideas to form a theory or system. @teksupport x @peggygou_ #teksupport #peggygou #techno #warehouse #party #lighting #lasers #visuals #touchdesigner #malighting

Proof that time is an illusion, my last visual performance of 2020. @cityfoxexperience Live 2020 @ray_zuniga__ & @nikitaneverstops Ft. @gregpaulus @timengelhrdt @rodriguezjrmusic & so many more. I created a custom visual pipeline chaining 3 RTX 6000 GPUs together using #touchdesigner GPU 1 [ Generative Content, incl. pieces by @404.zero ] | V GPU 2 [ Simulated Refraction / Water #glsl Shaders ] | V GPU 3 [ Postprocessing & Feedback Effects ] Lighting Programming & Operation : @van_roon Lasers : @megalasersmark Videographer : @im.your.shooter Lighting Design : @geffreyjioioso Visual Support : @change.is Soundtrack : Haussmann by @rodriguezjrmusic Shoutout to the homies, @kealaevans @gleix @whereistengo @whosjohn @soundsofneeko @aramsun @hayataishikawa and the rest of the @avantgardnerbk crew. I miss making art with you. Special thanks to Billy & Stephen for letting me do my thing.

DREAMWALKER (2016) Excerpt 5 : Core ‘Every accomplishment starts as a decision to try.’ - JFK Shortly after learning #blender3d , I decided to produce a 12 minute short to my own mix. Rendered with #cycles on a 50 node #aws cluster. Mix: Jonathan Thompson - DREAMWALKER Track: Múm - Slow Down Track: @bjork - All Is Full Of Love

DREAMWALKER (2016) Excerpt 4 : Portal 'Every accomplishment starts as a decision to try.' - JFK Shortly after learning #blender3d , I decided to produce a 12 minute short to my own mix. Rendered with #cycles on a 50 node #aws cluster. Mix: Jonathan Thompson - DREAMWALKER Track: @bosarismusic - She's on Fire ( @calibresignature Remix ) Track: @machinedrum - Vizion

DREAMWALKER (2016) Excerpt 3 : Chase 'Every accomplishment starts as a decision to try' - JFK Shortly after learning #blender3d , I decided to produce a 12 minute short to my own mix. Rendered with #cycles on a 50 node #aws cluster. Mix: Jonathan Thompson - DREAMWALKER Track: @bodylanguageband - Really Love ( @machinedrum Remix ) Track: @bosarismusic - She's on Fire ( @calibresignature Remix )

DREAMWALKER (2016) Excerpt 2 : Entry 'Every accomplishment starts as a decision to try.' - JFK Shortly after learning #blender3d , I decided to produce a 12 minute short to my own mix. Rendered using #cycles on a 50 node #aws cluster. Mix: Jonathan Thompson - DREAMWALKER Track: @londonelek - Billion Dollar Gravy Track: @bodylanguageband - Really Love ( @machinedrum Remix)

DREAMWALKER (2016) Excerpt 1 : Formation 'Every accomplishment starts as a decision to try' - JFK Shortly after learning #blender3d , I decided to produce a 12 minute short to my own mix. Rendered using #cycles on a 50 node #aws cluster. Mix: Jonathan Thompson - DREAMWALKER Track: @machinedrum - Take Good Care

'You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work...' - Plato This is where I began. Sequencing lights to the #powerpuffgirls and #dnb using #ableton and #max4live in a drama department basement. Oh yeah and I wore a knockoff #daftpunk helmet 🤣 Cut from 'I like drums. And bass.' as DJ Autom8, 2013

The 2019 Halloween Cityfox Experience : Great Hall Visuals. Combining traditional visuals and real time fluid, smoke, and cellular simulations using #touchdesigner and #notch . Visual Lead, Simulation Programmer, Systems Developer: @pointshader Visual Operator: @gleix Notch Specialist: @change.is Rendered Content: @silasveta Lighting: @van_roon Lasers: @megalasersmark Videographer: @im.your.shooter Special guest: @ezeroca Soundtrack: 'Leather Bears Cinematic Suite Level II: Flames' by Dusty Kid Special thanks to Billy, Stephen, Jeff, and the rest of the amazing @avantgardnerbk crew for helping create such an amazing show.

First perfomances of @pacothecharm 's interpretation of 'La Jetee' tonight! Featuring a multicam multisurface real time sampling engine powered by #touchdesigner .

Still a few days left of Kiss by Guillermo Calderón at the Yale Rep! With projections by @pacothecharm using #touchdesigner systems I helped develop.

My systems built with @touchdesigner controlling lighting and lasers for @djsqunto at @tlaphilly ! Less than 7ms perceived latency after calibration. Film credit - @gleix