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Will Tallent is a visual artist, creative technologist and composer. He trained as a 3D environment artist and digital sculptor, and his work now spans public art, interactive installation, real-time systems and sound. His recent public sculpture work with artist Matthew Mazzotta include The Nature of Sound in Austin and Critical Path at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Additionally, much of his work involves using data to drive sound and visuals in immersive spaces. The best-known example is The Long Fall, an interactive plankton sonification developed with Jiabao Li, Michael Bruner and Stanford’s Prakash Lab. It has been presented at SIGGRAPH 2026, performed at Ars Electronica, Fusebox Festival and the National Academy of Sciences, and it is published in the ACM SIGGRAPH 2026 proceedings and was selected for ISEA2026.
Will is co-founder of Interactive Nature, an Austin-based studio that creates experiential and interactive work for major brands and entertainment companies. He teaches Arts and Entertainment Technologies at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed the courses in 3D Asset Creation and 3D World Building. He lives and works in Austin, Texas.
Will Tallent is a visual artist, creative technologist and composer. He trained as a 3D environment artist and digital sculptor, and his work now spans public art, interactive installation, real-time systems and sound. His recent public sculpture work with artist Matthew Mazzotta include The Nature of Sound in Austin and Critical Path at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Additionally, much of his work involves using data to drive sound and visuals in immersive spaces. The best-known example is The Long Fall, an interactive plankton sonification developed with Jiabao Li, Michael Bruner and Stanford’s Prakash Lab. It has been presented at SIGGRAPH 2026, performed at Ars Electronica, Fusebox Festival and the National Academy of Sciences, and it is published in the ACM SIGGRAPH 2026 proceedings and was selected for ISEA2026.
Will is co-founder of Interactive Nature, an Austin-based studio that creates experiential and interactive work for major brands and entertainment companies. He teaches Arts and Entertainment Technologies at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed the courses in 3D Asset Creation and 3D World Building. He lives and works in Austin, Texas.
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