Role: TouchDesigner
Client: Moustrappe Media
Associated: Studio Dave Tennent
Team: Dave Tennent, Luke Hildreth
Location: Downtown LA
Date: Summer 2024
"The Gallery, Downtown’s immersive new fine-dining spot, takes you on a visual and culinary journey through the elements." - TimeOut
Our team was asked to create a TouchDesigner system for an immersive dining experience. Using TouchDesigner and real-time hand and object tracking, we developed multiple interactive states for the various elements of the show.
Driven by the incredible creative and technical team at Mousetrappe Media, all of the creative direction and content was provided- we just had to make it work!
Using Dave's YOLO tracking module in TouchDesigner, Luke and I developed the interactive visuals for Aether, Air, Earth, Water, and Fire. Since all of us were working remotely, we built each module in a way that could be easily integrated into the overall show control system.
Special thanks to the Mousetrappe team on the ground in LA who made this project happen! (Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out)
Photograph: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
Photograph: Stage and Cinema
The "Earth" table interaction - Photograph: Stage and Cinema
Photograph: Stage and Cinema
The "Air" table interaction - Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out
The "Fire" table interaction - Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out
The “Aether” dessert - Photograph: Eater / The Gallery
The “Aether” table interaction - Photograph: LA Times
Screen capture from development phase - real-time YOLO tracking overlay on Fire interactive raster.