Defektu / Media Artist & Creative Technology

Real-time visual systems for immersive installations, 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 — a media artist and creative technologist from Turkey working with new technologies to 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.

Kontact SALT, Garanti BBVA · 2026 Ugly XTOPIA · 2023 Luminous Resonance: Elemental Soundscapes. Tilde Studio · 2023 Lovotic [w/ Charlotte Gainsbourg, feat. Willem Dafoe, Atom™] Soundwalk Collective · 2023 Ötme Bülbül Ötme (AI Music Video) Doğukan Polat · 2023 Symphonic Companion Paralaks · 2022 Mindflow ha:ar · 2022 5 Movements Nohlab · 2022 Trace Nohlab · 2021 İzmir Typeface Promo İzmir Vakfı · 2020 Magnetiq Promo Video doub.co · 2020

Selected Work

Featured Work

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

Kontact

Four-channel video and sound installation / 2026

Kontact

AI-driven four-channel installation turning Garanti BBVA's 80-year archive into a spatial memory environment of data visualization, motion graphics, and sound.

Client
SALT, Garanti BBVA
Tools
TouchDesigner, AI, Data Visualization
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Ugly

Immersive Experience - Lasts approx. 80' / 2023

Ugly

Immersive theatre at Hope Alkazar combining live performance with anamorphic projection and real-time TouchDesigner visuals across an 80-minute run.

Client
XTOPIA
Tools
TouchDesigner
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Mindflow

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

Mindflow

Nine-channel audiovisual installation combining AI, motion capture, and live improvisation into a synchronized spiral of video and sound.

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

Selected work / 2022

5 Movements

Ten-minute immersive installation at Hall des Lumières NYC: real-time TouchDesigner visuals traced from movement, rendered across walls, floor, and ceiling.

Client
Nohlab
Tools
TouchDesigner, After Effects
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Trace

Immersive Experience / 2021

Trace

Interactive installation where visitor movement steers real-time sound and visuals via LiDAR and TouchDesigner, with immediate, immersive response.

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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