Tina Tarighian: Art | Work

I conceived and coded VeoVJ, a tool for live-remixing visuals generated with Veo, Google's gen video model. By setting the model's early, often surreal 6-second outputs to music, I transformed them into cohesive, high-energy audiovisual performances. This project went from a creative spark to a mainstage reality, opening for major events including the Google Cloud Next Gen Keynote, the I/O Developer Keynote, and Google Marketing Live across 7 performances and three continents. The tool has powered experiences seen by over 6 million people online, and I've performed with it live for audiences of over 30,000.

Logo by the brilliant Jocelyn Zhao and motion graphics by the talented Tiff Tedy.

For Google I/O's mainstage, I co-created and performed a completely live demo of the new Gemini Canvas features. Alongside my colleague Aaron Wade, we designed "What's Your Vibe?", a high-energy game show where we were challenged to build an app with randomly selected vibes. In minutes, we built a functional, poetic, vintage-style camera app and shared it instantly with the audience by having Canvas generate its own QR code on the fly.

The randomizer was designed by the wonderful Tania Lili.

In partnership with Google Developer Relations, I pioneered the #30DaysOfGeminiCanvas challenge to showcase the creative power and speed of the new API. Every day for a month, I would "live vibe-code" a new generative toy or tool, demonstrating how quickly ideas can be brought to life. The daily challenge was designed to demystify generative AI development and inspire a community of builders to experiment.

Follow the journey on twitter!

I art-directed and generated the countdown for the Google Cloud Next keynote using Google's Veo model. Following that, I joined a small, brilliant team at the Creative Lab to produce the Google I/O 2025 countdown, leveraging new seamless generation tech to create a fluid, end-to-end visual narrative. Combined, these openers were seen by over 7 million people.

I helped shape the voice and creative strategy for Gemini's social media presence across some Instagram and X posts. My focus was on making advanced AI concepts feel accessible and fun, developing novel prompting techniques and creative campaigns to engage a wide audience and clearly communicate the power of new features.

I developed two experimental projects that demonstrate the creative applications of Gemini 2.0:

• Word-to-Code: An interactive tool that generates p5.js sketches based on the semantic meaning of words, creating visual interpretations through code.
• Handspew: A playful hand puppet interface using MediaPipe that responds to your surroundings with AI-generated commentary.

DOOMERS is a play about OpenAI's Sam Altman by Matthew Gasda. I created the website doomers.fyi and developed Moral License as part of a viral marketing campaign that uses AI to generate personalized moral licenses for any action or decision.

The campaign received extensive media coverage in The Guardian, Airmail News, and The Free Press, helping to sell out performances in both NYC and SF.

Invited to MESA to leverage my expertise as a creative technologist, AI experimenter, and viral marketer to develop rapid prototypes for a specialized client board.

Working under NDA constraints, I developed 4 distinct prototypes in just 5 days, culminating in a comprehensive client presentation that showcased innovative solutions at the intersection of technology and creative design.

Developed a demo of the Multimodal Live API for Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental that fetches real-time weather data and presents it in user-selected creative styles.

Featured panelist at ARTECHOUSE's inaugural session discussing the intersection of art, AI, social media, and emerging creative technologies.

Served as visiting professor at Parsons School of Design, teaching Introduction to JavaScript for Web Design as part of Simone Cutrí's Core Interaction class. Selected Slides

Original visuals coordinator and creative director for FCUKERS, creating immersive live-coded visuals and AR installations for performances at major festivals.

I developed and controlled real-time visuals at numerous venues including Governors Ball, SXSW, and Portolla Festival. Co-directed with Maria Galebach.

Ongoing creative direction and live-coded visual experiences for Chlomosexual's multi-thousand attendee events.

This ongoing collaboration began in January 2024 and continues to the present, creating distinctive visual identities for each event.

Lead iOS developer for an innovative augmented reality tour guide application acquired by Syracuse University.

Utilizing precise geolocation technology, this application creates immersive campus tour experiences. I developed the core AR functionality that allows visitors to explore and interact with virtual content throughout the university grounds.

Led development of Aesthetic Computer's "Happy Hands" series, creating hands-free controlled immersive gameplay experiences for Jeffrey Alan Scudder.

The project includes three distinct experiences:

• Wave: An intuitive hand gesture mapping system
• Handtime: A communication platform using hand gestures and camera input
• Staka: A challenging pinball game controlled entirely through hand gestures

Collaborated with Uye Surana's head designer to create "magic mirrors" for a fashion brand emphasizing inclusivity and body positivity.

Featured at New York Fashion Week Fall and Spring 2023, this project created an interactive AR mirror experience that celebrated diverse body types and enhanced the fashion show experience for attendees.

Developed an intuitive hands-free fingerpainting experience for IAMB literary magazine's third issue, "NOSTALGIA."

This interactive landing page evokes childhood wonder through gesture-based digital painting, perfectly complementing the magazine's nostalgic theme.

Artist-in-residence creating live-coded visual experiences to enhance musical performances at Pianos NYC, a Lower East Side venue.

This ongoing residency involves creating responsive, real-time visual experiences that react to and enhance live musical performances.

Collaborated with a Dutch design team while living in Berlin to create low-poly AR portals for their innovative 3D-printed footwear.

This project created immersive AR experiences that allow users to explore virtual environments through their physical interaction with the shoes.

Partnered with Fit4U Solutions dedicated to helping transgender individuals with body dysmorphia through specialized clothing solutions. See my process here.

I created a specialized AR try-on filter that simulates the effects of the company's products, helping users visualize results before purchasing and supporting their journey toward physical comfort and gender affirmation.