Katherine Chen
Audiovisual Systems
My audiovisual systems explore the dynamic interplay between sound, motion, and light through real-time generative design.
Each piece functions as a living feedback loop—where audio frequencies, sensor data, and algorithmic behaviors continuously reshape one another.
I compose environments that transform rhythm into form, vibration into color, and perception into structure.
From multi-channel installations to sound-reactive terrains and marine-inspired data flows, these works investigate how the ephemeral nature of sound can be translated into visible architectures of emotion and energy.
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Audiovisual Cosmic Journeys
A real-time audiovisual performance exploring the entanglement of sound, motion, and perception.
Developed in TouchDesigner, this 11-minute system transforms MIDI and live audio signals into generative visual environments inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Through audio-reactive particle systems, PBR displacement, and cosmic point-cloud transformations, sound becomes a spatial and temporal force shaping light, rhythm, and form.
The project examines how audiovisual coupling can evoke states of immersion and affective awareness. Rather than visualizing music directly, it treats sound as energy that deforms space—inviting reflection on perception, scale, and the fluid boundary between hearing and seeing.
02
Spectral Summer I & II
An audiovisual study that transforms sound frequencies into evolving constellations of light and form. It reacts in real-time to rhythm and tone, generating a living choreography of color and geometry. Through frequency analysis and particle displacement, Spectral Summer explores the visual texture of sound and the fluid boundary between hearing and seeing.
03
Pulseform
A real-time jellyfish form shaped by sonic vibration—an organism built from resonance and decay.
Sound frequencies drive the pulsation and motion of a generative jellyfish, turning audio data into fluid, bioluminescent gestures.
Through the interplay of rhythm and light, Pulseform visualizes the resonance of sound as an underwater choreography of life and motion.
04
Sonic Topography
A generative audiovisual field that visualizes sound as shifting terrain.
Frequencies shape height, light, and rhythm, composing a living map of acoustic motion.