JOÃO DA FONSECA
Creative Developer and Technologist
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Lisbon-based creative developer specializing in interactive installations and real-time generative visuals. Width a multidisciplinary approach that merges design and art through creative coding and visual programming, producing responsive environments that evolve through human interaction and data. From large-scale LED installations to motion-tracking experiences.
I develop coded visual systems that transform abstract concepts into engaging, immersive artworks. My generalist technical expertise enables me to navigate projects from conceptual development through technical execution.
TOOLS
glsl hlsl webgl webGPU javascript C# C++ python
unity unreal_engine touchdesigner
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SELECTED WORK
ANIMA IKI 2014
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
A digital sculpture of sound and light that explores the relationship between itself and its surroundings. Anima consists of a giant sphere, a 360º interactive installation that invites the audience to investigate and be immersed in a surreal dialogue.
Fluid patterns flow around its surface while deep tones oscillate in the room. The installation keeps redefining its visual complexity and behaviour by shifting shapes and colours while reacting to human presence in the space.
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SANDWALL 2022
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
An immersive interactive installation featuring a large-scale LED screen that responds to human movement through motion tracking.
Inspired by the organic formations of desert dunes, the visuals simulate flowing grains of sand that shift and reshape in direct response to viewers' gestures and motion, creating ever-evolving patterns that mirror the natural forces shaping desert landscapes.
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SAMSUNG THE SERO 2023
REALTIME AMBIENT SCREENS
Custom-coded reactive visuals designed for Samsung's »The Sero« TV to demonstrate its innovative rotating display technology. The real-time animations seamlessly adapt to the screen's orientation shifts, transitioning fluidly between vertical and horizontal formats while simultaneously responding dynamically to audio input.
Through generative algorithms and sound-driven compositions, the visuals create immersive experiences that highlight the display's unique versatility, showcasing how the rotating screen enhances content across different media formats and orientations.
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IBM MASTERS 2024
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
Built from nine years of data — 289 players, 266,939 shots — this project transforms golf history into a spatial, walkable experience.Reconstructed hole-by-hole using elevation and satellite data, every shot since 2016 is mapped to its exact position. Visitors don’t just view the past, they move through it, discovering intention, risk, and near misses.
Powered by watsonx, real-time analysis reveals new insight into legendary moments and the ones history almost forgot.
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IBM CALLING THE SHOTS 2025
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
This hands-on experience transforms a ping-pong rally into a live, expressive canvas — capturing instinct, rhythm, and style beyond the score.A custom tracking system mirrors each match in real time, weaving motion, momentum, and micro-decisions into a lasting signature. What emerges isn’t a cold metric, but an evolving expression of how you play.
Powered by watsonx, live commentary and insight respond to the flow of the game — revealing not just what happened, but how it felt to make it happen.
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ONEPLUS 8T 2023
REALTIME LIVE WALLPAPER
Real-time coded live wallpapers for OnePlus devices, developed in OpenGL to transform the home screen into a responsive visual surface. Each wallpaper reacts fluidly to touch and device data, creating a sense of immediacy while remaining lightweight enough to run continuously in the background.
The project focused on extracting maximum visual impact from limited resources, requiring careful optimization across multiple hardware profiles. Through adaptive frame rates and efficient rendering strategies, each piece was tuned to preserve battery life without sacrificing clarity, motion, or responsiveness.
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ONEPLUS 7 2019
REALTIME LIVE WALLPAPER
Real-time interactive live wallpapers for OnePlus 7, built in OpenGL to bring responsive, data-driven visuals directly to the home screen. The wallpapers react to touch and device signals while running efficiently in the background.
A key challenge was optimizing performance across different hardware profiles, carefully balancing visual fidelity, frame rate, and power consumption to ensure a smooth, battery-friendly experience.
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URBAN LUMINANCE 2024
INSTALLATION
Urban Luminance is a real-time generative artwork that evolves in sync with Singapore's natural day-night cycle. The installation transforms throughout the day, mirroring the changing light and atmosphere of the city, from gentle dawn pastels to vibrant evening neons.
Inspired by Singapore's distinctive blend of modern architecture, lush greenery, and the interplay of light and shadow, abstract geometric forms reminiscent of building facades and interior spaces move across the digital canvas.
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IBM WATSON 2023
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
An interactive experience designed to launch IBM's watsonx AI platform at major industry events worldwide, including World Summit AI Amsterdam, Gartner IT Symposium Orlando, and IBM Think 2024 Boston. The installation allowed attendees to directly engage with watsonx's capabilities through hands-on demonstrations.
IBM representatives guided visitors through intuitive interactive elements that simplified complex enterprise AI concepts, transforming abstract technology into tangible, real-time explorations of the platform's unique strengths.
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IBM FLUX 2016
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
Flux is a data-driven art installation visualizing the different facets of the Internet of Things and cognitive technologies. Through four unique visual modes, the sculpture cycles through mesmerizing imagery created through streams of living data.
Intelligently engaging with its viewers, the piece is a focal point of the IBM Watson Headquarters, Germany.
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TRUE FALSE 2018
KINETIC INSTALLATION
An art piece which poses the question between purpose and process. Constructing patterns and images though a laborious and methodic process, it portrays perpetual motion. Choreographed and intelligently steered through its algorithm, it carefully places each individual element in its right place.
The piece has to be seen in motion in order to understand its mechanics. Behind a minimalistic appearance it encases a very elaborate and complex collection of circuitry and logics.
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NOTCH 2017
KINETIC INSTALLATION
A kinetic installation of drone-powered tiles operating in unison to create swarm-like behavior. Each tile acts as a self-aware agent, reacting to airflow from neighboring units through choreographed movement. Inspired by Nantou facade tiles and fabricated as printed circuit boards, the piece blurs boundaries between product, functionality, and art. It reflects on Shenzhen's rapid transformation from villages to megacity through dynamic patterns and drone sounds.
Built during a two-month residency in Shenzhen and exhibited at the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture.
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