Weekly Update

This is one of the keyboards I have circuit bent after watching different tutorials. After the feedback I got in class, I will be making more circuit bent keyboards or toys in order to create a symphony. I will be creating a video with effects to display what these keyboards can do. For the exhibit, I'm planning on displaying the video and having the keyboards around the screen in order for people to experience it for themselves.

 
 

Project update

This video has helped refresh my memory on how to circuit bend different toys or keyboards. I used this to educate myself on where to cut circuits and rewire new ones to make new sounds. I will apply this to different objects I find in thrift stores.

Art 451 Project Ideas

1. I have some ideas I would like to make for this class. I would like to create an interactive piece but not really sure what its actual purpose it will be. In my previous digital media classes, I have explored circuit bending which really caught my attention and found interesting. I would like to create an object in which I have played around with the wires and would like to make a video either playing the instrument or having other people trying to interact with it. I would like to add special effects to my video, using some inspirations from Shana Moulton’s work.
2. As for a class theme, I would like to do something that relates to social media and everyday interaction with the internet. Display how it has changed our culture, society, and generations. It is something important in our day life now that we use technology, social media, and internet unconsciously. We never stop to think how it has shaped us into who we are now and where we get our influences, to identify ourselves, etc.

Critical Questions on David O'Reilly's Basic Animation Aesthetic reading

1. As O'Reilly said on page 2, "the sense of reality in animation can be whatever you want it to be." Hence, how those words are italicized. In animation, can our creations really be whatever we want them and actually be acceptable? Lets say they are, but reading further down, he mentions how leaving the picture simple and not using filters or the blurring button makes the animation seem better, so other animations with too much filter or blur is not acceptable or considered artsy?
2. I really like how he says that everyone is always worried about originality. That no one ever wants to copy off others but yet always end up doing whatever everyone else is doing. I highly agree that originality starts from the ground up. How do we know when something is original and never been seen when trying to create an animation? We do use the same tools and programs, right? How can we actually begin an original animation and not be criticized? What I mean by "being criticized" is how will our creations be accepted in society if it's something that has never been seen before. 

GIF storyboards

I chose this piece because it seemed scary from the start. Her face expression and the way she is dressed is what caught my attention the most. I wanted to keep this piece the way it was and just add a little tweaks to it. I first started with changing the filter and making it look more scary. After, I needed to add some motion to it so I began to use the clone stamp on the butterflies. These butterflies are pretty much the only objects in this picture that aren't scary so adding motion to it and making them look visible is what I intended to do.

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