VC | EP30 - Lake Heckaman - A Flowing Lake Of Knowledge, Killer Quotes & Magical Art
Episode 30 is here and with @water__shed/ Lake Heckaman , A real master and magician of generative art & interactive installations.
Lake is a high level Visual artist and developer, with permanent interactive installations all over the world, his works evoke the injunction of nature and digital with a emphasize on generative art and simulation.
We had an amazing and wide spread discussion about Lakes upbringing in a mostly digital free environment, his beginnings in the financial sector, the power of interactive and immersive art and his indoctrination with @TouchDesignerOfficial!
For Lakes SET he took us deep into his immersive & interactive installation and process for creating generative fluid paint like simulations, as well as a sneak peak at some gaussian splatting workflows he is currently working on.
His art, knowledge and sweet and kind demeanor was so inspiring and really powerful, thank you Lake so much for coming on!!!
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:17 Invoking The Ghost In The Machine
00:04:50 Making People Feel Good Via Art
00:08:00 Early Inspirations
00:14:35 Moving to New York: The Big City Experience
00:21:34 Journey from Wall Street to Generative Art
00:31:00 Collaboration with Light Artist Gabriel Bicio
00:32:40 Getting Your Name Out There
00:36:08 Networking at Gallery Shows
00:42:00 Sharing Your Work
00:45:53 Previzing Your Work
00:49:52 Navigating Corporate Culture: Integrity and Creativity
00:51:35 SET - Intro to Fluid Paint Installation
00:57:16 SET - Advanced Blob Tracking for Generative Art
01:04:55 SET - Creating Dynamic Color Palettes in GLSL
01:12:22 SET - Achieving High-Quality Pixelated Effects
01:19:21 SET - Utilizing The Engine COMP for Saving
01:22:50 SET - Sneak Peak of Gaussian Splatting Project
01:26:41 SET - Creating Dynamic Particle Systems
01:34:39 SET - Interaction with Organic Systems
01:42:08 Simulations in Math & Art
01:49:29 Balancing Passion & Intuition in Learning
01:57:02 Seeking Community in Rural & Urban Settings
02:05:09 Finding Support in Club Culture
02:11:59 The Meditative Experience of Music Festivals
02:20:46 The Overhyped State of AI
02:27:13 The possible Impact of AGI
02:39:00 VR, AR & Multi Dimensions
The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world!
We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at beautiful generative art created in Touchdesighner.
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Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Lake for coming on!