TEKKA: TouchDesigner Intermediate Workshop (FULL)

This workshop will guide participants to explore the unique and innovative Operator family in TouchDesigner. The course begins with an introduction to the fundamental POP nodes (Operators), then gradually advances to attribute-level operations. Through practical examples and hands-on demonstrations, participants will discover how POPs can be applied flexibly in both creative workflows and design thinking, offering entirely new possibilities.

Workshop Fee

  *Limited quantity.  
**Student Bookings (limited quantity) – Please WhatsApp us at +6018 227 7212 with the necessary details (name, student’s ID / IC, school name & department, phone and email for verification).  
Online Purchase: https://www.cloudjoi.com/ 
No phone sales and over the counter sales. E-tickets only.
Enquiry: WhatsApp / Call +6018 227 7212

Requirements
Skill level: This workshop is for those who have used TouchDesigner 1 year or more.

This workshop is hands-on and active participants are required to bring:
i) Windows laptop with Nvidia or AMD GPU, or MacBook 2020 or newer (System Requirement)
ii) TouchDesigner 2025 is required - Download here. Please confirm you can run TouchDesigner 2025 before signing up for the workshop.
iii) Mouse with 2-buttons and scroll wheel is required.

Please note:
• Please arrive at least 15 minutes early for registration.
• There will be no replacement class for absentees.
• The workshop fee is non-refundable.
• In the event that the workshop does not commence, the organiser will refund the fee fully to the participant.
• Please ensure that you have read the workshop requirements stated before completing your purchase. No refunds will be entertained.

Ben Voigt / Instructor
Ben Voigt is Product Manager at Derivative where he designs, develops, and deploys TouchDesigner as part of the R&D team. Ben also spends much of his time on education and support to forward people's understanding of TouchDesigner. With a background in Computer Science at the University of Toronto, he later found his passion for visuals through film, visual effects, and games. TouchDesigner’s hybrid of art and technology and the opportunity to work with artists and engineers keeps him engaged with the TouchDesigner community wherever he goes.

Yea / Instructor
Yea (Chen Pin-Chen) is a multimedia developer in the performing arts. He specializes in node-based programming and shader languages. His learning and practical experience span stage technology, stage machinery, digital control, woodworking and metalworking, cinematography and lighting, editing and post-production, painting, graphic and optical techniques, machine vision principles, basic electronics, network communication, programming, and fundamental narrative theory—broad, eclectic, yet relatively shallow.
Yea is able to examine existing crafts from multiple perspectives and explore ways of transforming them into digital methods. He is also the community manager of the Taiwanese TouchDesigner creative programming community.

About TEKKA
TEKKA is Kuala Lumpur’s platform for audiovisual culture, a space where sound, light, and systems converge. Rooted in Malaysia and connected to global frequencies, TEKKA invites audiences into a living interface where art, technology, and the human signal meet.

This inaugural edition marks a new chapter for the city’s creative landscape, a dialogue between the tactile and the virtual, rhythm and reflection. Whether you’re discovering audiovisual art for the first time or are already part of the scene, TEKKA invites you to experience how sound and image can move, shift, and reimagine the world around us.

The festival is presented by RHIZO in collaboration with klpac, with support from ArtsFAS, Yayasan Hasanah, The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur, Chirpybird, National Culture & Arts Foundation (Taiwan), Blackbody Emission and Derivative, with Fluid Noise as programme partner. TEKKA also marks the finale of klpac’s 20th anniversary series.

IG: @tekka.my

What's On @ TEKKA
19 - 21 Dec 2025 (Fri - Sun): TEKKA: Audiovisual Liveset
19 Dec 2025 (Fri): TEKKA: TouchDesigner Beginner Workshop with Ben Voigt
20 Dec 2025 (Sat): TEKKA: TouchDesigner Intermediate Workshop with Ben Voigt & Yea
21 Dec 2025 (Sun): TEKKA / DIALOG (Coming Soon)