THE HIGHLINE ABOVE AND BELOW
POSTED IN Blog, projects | TAGS : performance, site specific
29.10.2009
An improv performance performed below the amphitheater on the Highline near 16th street. As a class, we performed a series of constructs as a way to engage the space and the viewer from both above and the “spectators” below.
modern sculpture vs. spandex
POSTED IN Blog, projects | TAGS : bronx museum, site specific, video sculpture
18.10.2009
Mike and I filmed a series of experiments of us playing with spandex as part of our effort to integrate projection with Vito Acconci’s corian sculpture up at the Bronx Museum. Our motivation was derived from an effort to extend Vito’s analogy of the sculpture as body, pulling, poking, tearing, etc., and the idea of conveying emotion through the use of gesture and shadow. So we took it upon ourselves to really manipulate the idea of skin, texture, and surface. See the full blog post here.
blind to the weather
POSTED IN Blog, projects | TAGS : data visualization, processing
16.10.2009
The last visualizing data assignment was parsing the XML from the Yahoo RSS feed using two data sets and two colors.
Since my usual gauge for weather consists of me looking out a window and taking an educated guess, i wanted to create something that would emulate window blinds that were moving in a weather vane like movement. I chose to visualize the relationship between temperature and wind speed by setting the wind speed equal to the rotational speed of my blinds and mapping the color of the blinds from blue (coldest) to red (hottest) using an HSB colormode. It doesn’t run well on the browser, but click here to download source code.
blind to the weather
POSTED IN graphic / screen | TAGS : processing
16.10.2009
My usual, trusty weather gauge is me looking out a window and taking an educated guess. Therefore, I created a Processing sketch that moved “window blinds” in a manner similar to a weather vane. Pulling the data from the Yahoo RSS feed, it visualizes in real time both temperature and wind speed by mapping the blinds’ color from blue (coldest) to red (hottest) using an HSB color mode, and the blinds’ rotational speed to actual wind speed.
The video shows weather data for New York City and Anchorage, AK.
self-portrait
POSTED IN Blog, projects | TAGS : video sculpture
13.10.2009
a self-portrait posed through a forensic exploration of my uniqueness, and how body elements of hair and blood are derived and have roots in cultural, historical, and genetic footprints. References to many female artists who use manipulation of the body, Kiki Smith, Lorna Simpson, Adrian Piper, were considered. Using the metaphor of the hourglass to represent the passage of my time as a living, breathing, functioning human being. Filmed my hair and drops of ink in water using the high speed camera at 420 fps.
ɥsıʇǝɟ | fetish object
POSTED IN Blog, art + photography | TAGS : drawing
3.10.2009
started a canvas years ago, and finally decided last weekend to rework it completely.
gold spray paint, house paint. 30″ x 40″
