We were lucky to catch up with Tench Cholnoky recently and have shared our conversation below.

Tench, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

The most meaningful project I’ve done is my work in my art collective, //PIXELMOUTH. Pixelmouth is a collective consisting of me and two collaborators, and we’ve been hosting shows in New York City for a little over two years now. In January of 2025 we had our first Residency, Cult of Consumption at Grace Exhibition Space. Being a creative in New York is tricky. There are plenty of opportunities out there, but they can be hard to find. The biggest limiting factor that I’ve seen for artists in the city is space. So creating our own space to showcase different artists work has been a transformative experience. Working as both artist and curator has opened up a lot of opportunities for me in my creative community, as well as leaving me constantly inspired by the folks I get the honor of working with. It’s a humbling experience to have larger production crews all working together on a shared vision, and to know that it started all with a hope to give people the space and opportunity to show their creative passions.

Tench, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I’m a creative technologist and artist specializing in realtime visuals. I primarily work in Touchdesigner, supplementing with photoshop and steel fabrication work. I also work as a curator and production manager. I got into creative tech through explorations in Glitch Art in the 2010s, which led me to find Touchdesigner. I provide front end and back end functionality for interactive installation art, projection mapping, and other live digital art. In my personal practice, I explore algorithmic botany, light as a medium, and have been doing a lot of steel sculptures recently. I excel at an iterative artistic practice, which allows me to think on my feet and try a variety of different options before pursuing the best one to its fullest extent.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

Disentangling the art industry from the commercial industry is a big part of this, more federal and state funding for the arts so that artists don’t have to rely on the private sector to create new work. Breaking up the way that freelance structure has taken over many of the arts.

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

Creative Capital is a big one, I recently took a fantastic tax prep workshop they ran, and I’m always looking at their artist opportunities lists for grants and residencies to apply for.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://tenchc.rodeo
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tench.nology/

Image Credits

Eli Jacobson (images 2-5)