Recent Seminar Postcard Responses

Mike Patterson & Candace Reckinger
- A-ha video, "Take on Me" re-interpretted

XSI Face Robot & Ice tools
- inspired me to look up XSI Mod tools

Hanson Robotics
- inspired me to search for other robotic applications

Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger Postcard

I figured this time around I'd submit a true example of my thought process during seminars. I often draw abstract art like this during seminar (more examples can be found on my deviantart page, almost all of them from seminar: http://suddenly537.deviantart.com/gallery/ ). I usually tend to draw these images between films to occupy my hand. I draw abstract textures like this because it takes minimal concentration, and I can listen to the speaker while I work (as compared to doing something complex, which would distract me too much). There are examples I've labeled as "Therapy", which basically feature sentences written over and over again in a random order on the page, which I draw in the darkness, not looking at what I'm doing, while watching the films.

I'm submitting this abstract piece as my postcard this week because I've been doing postcards that represent emotional responses to the films we've seen, but I haven't yet touched upon my thought process -between- the films, or what's happening in my mind during the films. That, and I rather like this piece, so I may as well use this as my breaking out postcard for the abstract pieces I draw during class : )

Science & the Five Senses

The New York Academy of Sciences is hosting a 5 part lecture series this week called "Science and the City Science of the Five Senses".

Here is an excerpt:
In this stimulating series, scientists at the cutting edge of sense research team up with cultural icons—including a chef, an illusionist, a filmmaker, an author, and a songstress—to excite each of our senses and explain the science behind your responses.

Jonah Lehrer's blog

Interactive Flash Animation Head

Here's some inspiration for our final Flash Animation project.
Feed The Head. Willie & Laura are going to work on the design.

Jake's Final Project Topic

Paul Ekman has been studying the human face for a number of years and has compiled quite a reputation (and papers) on the subject. He is especially interested in human expression and the perception of human expression. Earlier he has published, along with his partner, a 500 page FACS manual, which allows certification in the study of this topic. While that sounds fascinating, I plan to read his slightly smaller book, Emotions Revealed, and create a final project from this. I will also try to include the blog from last year's seminar on the human face, hopefully without copying. This is the (rather long, but interesting!) article that fascinated me about this topic, other than the usual fascination I've held about the human face from before.


Jake

Postcard Response to Hanson, Zeno and all future androids

David Hanson said in 60 years Zeno and all future prototypes of robots will have brains equivalent to or greater than the human mind. We may one day walk among them, talk among them.... And go to rock concerts with them and scream in the front row....

Visual Music 2 -- Interactive Mirror!