Learn how to create visual compositions using GLSL code!
(Intermediate level)

In this workshop, you will learn how to code shaders by creating a visual composition with GPU code and a little bit of math. This is an ideal way to create music visualizers, or any interactive abstract graphics of the sort. We will briefly go over how to use the shaders we create in a variety of other real-time engines like Unity, p5.js & touch designer. You will learn about where the shader exists in the graphics pipeline, the basics of how the language works, and how to quickly iterate on writing your shader using livecoding tools (code that compiles on the fly). You will also be given some tools to build upon what you learn, so you can keep learning and practicing beyond this workshop.

This event is part of Research Ireland’s Science Weeks programme created by So Simpatico in partnership with Beta Festival.

Char Stiles is a computational artist, educator, and programmer. She works creatively in the lower levels of graphical computational systems & makes jokes about how computers work. She is currently at the MIT Media Lab's Future Sketches group researching the future of creative coding in performance. She is a part of the Livecode.nyc collective & she co-founded Hex House, an artist studio and event space in East Williamsburg. She has performed internationally, including festivals such as Electric Forest, Portola, and Mutek Nexus. She has lectured and led workshops at Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University, University of Limerick, MIT, and NYU.

Image Credit: Filip Wolak