Rhythmic Patterns

Rhythm as a generative method

Year

2026

Info

Rhythmic Patterns is an MFA thesis project arguing that rhythm functions as a practical working method and cognitive framework for graphic designers working in time-based and interactive digital practice. The project spans two physical installations, a generative poster system, and a suite of interactive tools, each using rhythm as both subject and structure. Research draws from percussion history, synesthetic color systems, neuroscience, and the physics of sound. Completed as part of the MFA Graphic Design program at ArtCenter College of Design, Spring 2026.

Resonance is a fabric-based installation using MediaPipe wrist-tracking to drive particle visuals in TouchDesigner and MIDI string audio in Ableton Live. Visitor movement becomes the compositional input, collapsing the boundary between performer and viewer.

Antinode is a real-time cymatic visualization housed in a mirrored acrylic cube. Live BPM signal is routed into TouchDesigner to generate interference patterns that shift with each audio pulse, rendering rhythm as physical form.