Patchbent Sessions: Visualizing Audio with VCV Rack & TouchDesigner

The Patchbent Sessions are a meeting place and learning community for women, trans, and non-binary people. Each session features a workshop in sound technology presented by a teaching artist.
At this time, Patchbent Sessions are open to women, trans, non-binary and gender expansive participants in an effort to encourage equity in sound and audio spaces. All levels welcome, no experience necessary. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot by clicking the Donation button on this page.
Sunday, April 6, Lorelei d'Andriole will teach a workshop in visualizing audio using VCV Rack and TouchDesigner, a software that is free for non-commercial projects. Participants will learn the basics of TouchDesigner and then have the opportunity to connect a patch from VCV Rack to explore the potential of audio reactive visuals in the software. Participants will walk away with knowledge and experience in this visual programming language and with multiple patches to experiment with after the workshop.

Lorelei d’Andriole (she/her/hers) is an artist, educator and writer whose work is at the intersections of intermedia and transgender studies. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, d’Andriole toured across the country in punk bands and played hundreds of shows in venues ranging from house shows to amphitheaters before entering the academic world. d’Andriole earned her BFA in New Media from the University of Central Oklahoma (Magna Cum Laude) in 2018 and immediately went on to earn her MA and MFA with honors from the University of Iowa’s Intermedia program. In 2022, d’Andriole completed a visual arts fellowship at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in New York City, NY and currently works as an Assistant Professor in Electronic Art and Intermedia at Michigan State University. d’Andriole served as a board member for the International Alliance for Women in Music where she advocated for queer and trans* composers and musicians between 2022-2024. She has completed artist residencies at Public Space One in Iowa City IA, A.P.E. in East Hampton MA, Signal Culture in Loveland CO, Wave Farm in Acra NY, and the Institute for Electronic Art at Alfred University in Alfred NY. She has published scholarly articles on sound studies and transgender studies in the Media-N Journal and Resonance: Journal for Sound and Culture and has shown work nationally in galleries, universities, media and film festivals, and DIY spaces.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Experimental Sound Studio, 5925 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, United States