Paketa12 (Aurelian Ionus)

Aurelian Ionus, a.k.a Paketa12, is an IT engineer from Romania. He worked in the field of graphic design, identity, web, and 3D until he began creating visuals with algorithms. He has thousands of followers on social networks and runs the paketa12 YouTube channel, one of the most important learning sources about Touchdesigner, a node based visual programming language. His work has been exhibited at international events such as the FLARE 2022 International New Media Art Festival in Shanghai, China and KUNE Festival, in Ungdomsøen, Denmark.

Creating art with algorithms

A tour through the artist’s portfolio’s most outstanding works, with comments on applied techniques and how he went from being afraid to write code to becoming a visual programming enthusiast.