Topher Rasmussen

Based in Chicago.

This is where I keep experimental projects and writing I'm working through. Essays, code, a tarot game, music things. Figuring out what I actually think and whether I can write it.

Start wherever.

Vibe Coded Projects

Horror Movie Tarot

Draw a nine-card spread of curated horror films presented as tarot cards, with generative ambient music and streaming links for each pick.

Radiohead Ensemble Invitation

An interactive, glitchy canvas poster for a December 14, 2025 Radiohead ensemble performance in Chicago.

Writing

The Fantasy of Machine-Assisted Authorship

An essay about AI writing tools, shame, "linguistic money laundering," and what gets lost when we outsource our sentences.

Analytic Introspections from an Actor's Perspective

Long-form thoughts on acting, attention, and psychoanalysis, written from the inside of the rehearsal room.