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Ouroboros is a multi-touch collaborative musical installation reflecting the idea of eternal return within the hub: arrivals, departures, the marking of time and the beat of people moving through the space.

A collaboration with Molly Schwartz

Ouroboros from Molly Schwartz on Vimeo.

The project offers people a way to entertain themselves and create social interactions, all while they wait for the arrival of a person or the departure of a train.

We utilized the following:

45″ round table about 3 feet tall. the tangible surface is about 38″.

A Diffused illumination set up.

Here are pictures of our set up:

My thesis is still being conceptualized:

This is an exploration on how technology is affecting the human condition. The project will be an art installation that will transform users’ reflection depending on their proximity to the screen. The furthest point will provide the user with their human form, and as they move closer to the piece the face will gradually transform into what I think we’ll be in a 100 years from now. I would like to ask the following question: What is human? What will happen as computing and humans begin to merge into a single form?

Here is the first monitor:

The screen will be 15″ x 13″

The enclosure will be made out of wood and will be slightly bigger than the screens’ width. 16″ x 16″

sketching the idea:
The monitor is composed of a ps3 eye camera with a custom lens, a 15″ half silvered mirror, and an LCD screen.

Mini model of a beam splitter with the camera behind it:

Here is a video of the beam splitter

Beam splitter test 1 from diego rioja on Vimeo.

How we will look like:

Dali:

Magritte:

Inspiration/Research:

Jim Campbell

Jennifer Steinkamp

Aegis
Dis-Armor

ECG

The uncanny

Pulse room

Parabola by tool

The human condition

transhumanism

posthuman

errol morris Interrotron

technology

This is a multi-user beat sequencer created by Molly and I. Currently there are 3 parts (kick drum, snare, and HH). Created in Openframeworks. I’m hoping to do some more on screen user testing until wednesday to improve the graphics and the sound. Apparently the high hat sound sucks, and i agree. it sucks.

So the sequencer  is giving us some beats:

Ouroboros from diego rioja on Vimeo.

This is the first working version of the interface.  Molly and I are working on sound design, and graphics. The table interaction will be the next immediate step to complete the final version for the midterm.

Molly and I worked  on this sequencer with the help of Jared, Matt, and Matt R.

This is a great ted talk on television and the web.

Diego & Molly

SETTING:
Train Station

CONCEPT:
Social beat maker with informative train announcements

DESCRIPTION:
A collaborative musical installation set within a train station. The project offers people a way to entertain themselves and create social interactions, all while they wait for the arrival of a person or the departure of a train. The sequencer reflects the nature of the train station, in the idea of eternal return within the hub: arrivals, departures, the marking of time and the beat of people moving through the space. The physical design will be a circular table, ringed by a bench, to allow for sitting, kneeling or for children to stand on the bench and reach the table. Projected on the surface will be a sequencer made of rings, circular and interlocking elements. Some of the sounds and visuals will be loosely inspired by the trains that move in and out of the station. The backgrounds will be watery, the visual elements will appear to rise up from the depths towards the surface. The water elements also reflect the ideas of travel and return. Current train announcements will animate across the surface of the table, so that happily involved users will not miss their trains.

BKPK is a parking community that aims to reduce the woes of parking around the Brooklyn Hights area. Mike Kelberman and I worked on the concept and website, which aims to crowd source parking restrictions. Use this image above to link to the android web app. Thanks to Si Cho for the graphics!

The final presentation of this project can be downloaded by clicking the image above.

Bed Behavior Research Blog

visual music final at issue project room. about 15 minutes of frequencies. max/msp/jitter

Here is the link to the nexus project blog. This project is a new possibility that leverages mobile phones and radio to create meaningful conversations for the youth in Africa. Read more about it…

link to nexus blog