Replay – Final Project
For my redo, I chose to update my Story project. I added some effects in Dreamweaver to make it interactive and more engaging.
http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/AAH/projects/sa151/ahuang8/final/final.html
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Intro to Digital Art
Virtual Parody
www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/AAH/projects/sa151/ahuang8
I chose to parody the Aramark website for this project. They provide the dining services at our school and I chose to voice my displeasure through a parody.
Internet Art: Sound
Infrasonic Soundspace – 2005
Infrasonic Soundspace, by Hidekazu Minami, allows users to listen to sounds in different parts of New York City. It brings attention to the auditory, which is often overshadowed by the visual, especially in a city environment where there is so much to see.
Looptracks
Conor O’Boyle describes Looptracks as an “interactive music video.” Users slide a button around, changing the placement of certain audio/visual triggers. Clicking on certain buttons produces a different sound. You can hold the click down on some buttons to carry out a sound, or just loop one. It’s simply a fun little game.
MMIX* – 2009
Nicolas Clauss created this work as four individual interactive pieces. Each mouse gesture scrambles sound and video elements to constantly create new combinations.
My Space Sound – 2007
My Space Sound, by Sawako Kato, is described as “an audio popup book about the village called mySpace.” Users can submit their own myspace URL to become part of the story, or just browse if they so choose. Random bits of fact and fiction pulled from the database are pieced together to give the audience “the chance to rethink the chaotic social network space.”
Piano Etudes – 2009
Jason Freeman wrote four short piano etudes (compositions) entitled “Observing Squirrels,” “Learning to Dance,” “Reading a Poem,” and “Trying to be Hip.” Users click on links to connect these fragments into a unique composition of their own. The site even allows you to download your creation as an audio file or print out the musical score.
Identity/Portraiture
Knitoscope Testimonies – 2006
Knitoscope Testimonies is the first web based video using the “Knitoscope” software, which turns video into a “knitted” animation. Cat Mazza started the microRevolt project to educate people about the sweatshop labor crisis. Each person showcased in the videos is a professional working against sweatshop labor.
Rust Mirror – 2010
Daniel Rozin created the “Rust Mirror”, made of 768 oxidized steel (rust) tiles, motors, control electronics, and a video camera. The camera looks at the person in front of the mirror and turns/angles/flips the tiles accordingly to “reflect” their image back.
This Voice Anywhere – 2001
Jeff Talman created an installation that uses a multi-channel sound environment to create a “sonic portrait” that is unique based on the user’s individual voice signature. The user’s voice is the only subject matter of the piece.
National Velvet – 2000
This project deals with the identity of the flag of the United States of America as opposed to individual identity. It illustrates the evolution of our flag and the similarities of each iteration with the British flag. David Crawford made the piece with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
North Country: Part 1 – 1995
Helen Thorington and Eric Schefter created this online mystery ‘game’ way back during the early days of the Internet in 1995. Users click through various clues and read cryptic messages until they arrive at a page asking you to submit your guess at the identity of the victim. You can also read other people’s submissions.
And my own visual portrait: http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/AAH/projects/sa151/ahuang8/
Recycle
For this sketchbook, I decided to take a look at the history of the University of Rochester homepage. Using the Internet Archive’s “Wayback Machine“, anyone is able to see a cached history of any webpage. My jpeg shows the evolution of our homepage from its ugly beginnings in 1997 to a very professional looking 2010.
UPDATE: I guess I just suck at it, but I had many trouble resizing the image for the web. For whatever reason, it was always way too big, and this was the next smallest size I could get. I also don’t understand why so much quality was lost in the downsizing.
Project: Art and Science
I ran through a number of ideas for this project, including lasers, (LED) lights and reflections, and science itself as art before finally settling on the aurora borealis – or more specifically, the cause. Also, surprisingly, the idea of a mobile was one of the first that came to mind when deciding how to represent it. I also knew right away that behind the mobile I wanted an image of an actual aurora representing the final product of the steps illustrated with the mobile. Along the way I chose what objects I would use for the sun, solar particles, and how best to represent nitrogen and oxygen. For the latter, I felt making little “periodic cubes” (paper cubes with each face showing the periodic table listing for the element) would be easiest for the viewers to understand, and would also look nice.
Skin Touch-Up
Original image
Touched up image, taught by Allyson
Reflection
Snoop Dogg, chillin with some water buffalo. Thanks QB
Spring Break
I made this sketch with bits and pieces of photos I took in Canyonlands National Park in Utah over break. I went on a 4-day backpacking trip with my two best friends from home. I tried representing a lot of what we encountered, hence the water and snow. It’s a little sloppy, but I like the amalgamation.
Clone/Pattern Stamp Tools
The tiny girl was created with help from the clone stamp tool, which is very fun.
This Yorkie is a product of the pattern stamp tool, allowing us to take an image and replace it with a paintbrush-style effect. This presentation was taught by Rachel.
Andrew Huang
This is my blog for SA 151 - Intro to Digital Art
