Defektu / Creative Technology

Real-time visual systems for rooms, stages, and impossible media.

I'm Çağatay Güçlü Pronunciation Guide Easy: Chata-tie Gooch-loo Medium: Chaah-ta-tay Gyüch-lü Expert (IPA): /t͡ʃaː.ta.j ɟyt͡ʃ.ly/ Nightmare: Saying it confidently in front of a Turk. , known as Defektu online. I build generative visuals, interactive installations, projection systems, and production-ready TouchDesigner workflows for works that need to hold up in rehearsal, calibration, and public presentation. Explore selected work or get in touch.

Selected Work

Featured Projects

Selected projects where the visual language, technical system, and venue conditions had to be designed together.

Ugly

Immersive Experience - Lasts approx. 80' / 2023

Ugly

Ugly (Çirkin) is an immersive theatre experience by XTOPIA at Hope Alkazar, Istanbul. I built real-time generative visuals with TouchDesigner, integrating interactive environments into a live performance.

Client
XTOPIA
Tools
TouchDesigner
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Mindflow

Audiovisual Installation, 9 ch 4k video + 9 ch audio, 6"20'. / 2022

Mindflow

Mindflow is a nine-channel audiovisual installation by ha:ar in Istanbul combining AI, motion capture, and classical improvisation. I developed creative technology merging performer data with architectural CGI.

Client
ha:ar
Tools
TouchDesigner, Motion Capture, AI
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5 Movements

Selected work / 2022

5 Movements

5 Movements is an immersive audiovisual installation by Nohlab at Hall des Lumières, New York. I contributed visual art to this large-scale choreographed experience blending dance, slit-scan aesthetics, and spatial projection.

Client
Nohlab
Tools
TouchDesigner, After Effects
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Trace

Immersive Experience / 2021

Trace

Trace is an interactive experience zone by Nohlab at AKM Istanbul where visitors guide sound and visuals with body movement. I contributed creative technology for this generative, real-time finale of the FLOW exhibition.

Client
Nohlab
Tools
TouchDesigner
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Working Modes

What I build

Live Visual Systems

TouchDesigner, Resolume, sensors, playback logic, and show-control setups that stay adjustable on site.

Spatial Media

Projection mapping, immersive rooms, anamorphic viewpoints, and visual systems designed around architecture.

Generative Direction

Code, data, motion, and AI-assisted image pipelines shaped into production-ready visual language.

Selected Signals

Selected Collaborations

  • Nohlab Trace at AKM, 5 Movements NYC, KONTACT at SALT Galata
  • ARTECHOUSE Luminous Resonance, Washington DC
  • Soundwalk Collective Lovotic music video
  • Istanbul Digital Experience Museum installation work
  • CSO Ada Ankara performance venue
  • XTOPIA / BKM Ugly immersive theatre at Hope Alkazar
  • Togg CES installations, R&D, design, and project leadership
  • Garanti BBVA KONTACT archive installation commission
  • ha:ar Mindflow installation
  • Decol TV Echoes of Basilica, OMNEA Metaverse, Trace

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