From November 18 to 21, The NODE Institute runs four hands-on TouchDesigner workshops at Dubai Future Week, one each evening from 5 to 9 PM. Stefan Kraus and Lynn Mayya teach the workshops.
Dubai Future Week
Dubai Future Week brings keynotes, debates, prototypes, workshops and public activations to Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future in Dubai. Its five tracks ask how we will live, think, innovate, feel and do business in the future.
Our workshops are part of STARS, the part of the programme where science, art and technology meet around one question: what makes us human?
The workshops
Wednesday, November 18: Data Comes Alive
What if data could become a living, moving artwork? You bring numbers, spreadsheets and datasets into TouchDesigner and turn them into visuals that respond in real time through colour, shape and motion. We look at how real-time data works for science communication, artistic work and interactive installations.
Thursday, November 19: The Body as an Interface
A simple webcam and MediaPipe track hands, faces and bodies, and those movements drive visuals and synthesised sound in TouchDesigner. You try interactive particle systems, gesture-based interaction and procedural audio, with an eye on installations and live performance.
Friday, November 20: Drawing with Artificial Intelligence
You build drawing systems in TouchDesigner where marks, colours and trails keep changing, and see how visual feedback leads to results you did not plan. Live demonstrations of StreamDiffusion show AI reinterpreting the drawings in real time.
Saturday, November 21: When Sound Becomes Image
Music and voice become shapes, colours and motion through real-time audio analysis and beat detection. We also connect TouchDesigner and Ableton Live in both directions, so the images can shape the music too.
No coding, music production or TouchDesigner experience is needed for any of the workshops.
How to attend
- Register for Dubai Future Week. One registration covers all four days.
- Book the workshops in the Dubai Future Week app (App Store, Google Play), using the email you registered with.
November 18–21, 2026, 5–9 PM Dubai time · STARS, Emirates Towers, Ground Floor, Dubai · full programme