Audio Reactive Type x Beatbox Installation

To celebrate the 2025 Members Holiday Party for The One Club for Creativity, Type Directors Club (TDC), and Art Directors Club (ADC), we produced a one-of-a-kind live beatboxing performance paired with an audio-reactive typographic installation.

The performance featured SPIDERHORSE, the world-champion beatboxing duo of Chris Celiz and Gene Shinozaki, known for pushing the boundaries of vocal music through intricate rhythms, melody, and multi-instrumental sound. Over the past eight years, they have redefined what the human voice can do on stage.

Designed specifically for the event, the installation was a fully generative, audio-reactive system built in p5.js. All visuals were generated live—driven exclusively by the duo’s microphone inputs and rendered entirely through live variable fonts manipulated by code. No pre-made graphics were used; every form emerged in real time, making the installation as improvised and expressive as the performance itself.

All variable fonts were designed by WeType.co.