Derivative
is dedicated to advance the way we make art. Derivative produces interactive art projects and provides TouchDesigner,
Derivative's software product for designing interactive art and visualization.
August 12, 2008 - Our next-gen beta of TouchDesigner is now available at touch077.com.
Derivative produced custom live visuals for nine songs of the 2007 and 2008 tours. Visit the Rush 2004 tour pages.
INTERVALS by Warne / Krivel and next-gen TouchDesigner
INTERVALS is a series of interactive video artworks that explore the stretching of live video in time to visualize the monstrous time creatures we have become. Using surveillance systems and custom applications built in TouchDesigner, the project culminated in an electronic public artwork for Toronto's first Nuit Blanche.
YouAreWatchingUs - Weimar, Germany
Take apart a bunch of image scanners, mount them on the walls and in the washroom stalls of a Weimar club, connect them to TouchDesigner, and you get this manifestation of unrestrained creativity. More appearances coming soon. Bring your own Windex (Sidolin).
Richie Hawtin and Derivative introduced new technologies that enable him to perform music-synced visuals from Ableton Live and his new CTRL MIDI controller. Hawtin a.k.a. Plastikman headlined Montreal's Mutek festival in June 2004.
Japanese media artist Noboru Tsubaki's work Cochineal is featured this year as part of the Fantaisies Cybernétiques: Hommes et Robots exhibit at the Japanese Cultural Centre in Paris. In the form of a large fiberglass insect that lures visitors into its "web", Cochineal is one in a series of socially and politically motivated installations by Tsubaki.