Flash 
A-Z Midterm — As a proof of concept for a kinetic text sculpture I've been working on I created a text gathering and processing system. The concept is simple: gather text via incoming email and out put the characters through movement in wooden type. The concept has remained the same throughout the process of creating the system. However, the technical execution and architecture has shifted quite a bit since I originally proposed this project. But then again that's what the creative process is; creating, observing, and creating again based on our observations.

In this example, the text is gathered from incoming mail to my NYU email account. The text is stored and retrieved one character at a time and out put to a visualization. In this case, rectangles are drawn on the screen where the characters would appear on a keyboard. Because I've been working in Eclipse the source files are java files. You'll need to, plug in your own email account info, and compile the java files if you want to run the source code on your own.

Java Files: a2z_midTerm.zip

Published: 03.08.2006

View Project World Oil Clock   — Oil consumption data is used to generate line drawings based on each countries rate of consumption. In this example the top ten consumers of oil are used to create a composition. The predatory nature of consuming at a higher rate becomes obvious as countries which consumer more oil dominate the screen and search out new areas in which they can consume.
View Project Video Tracking (Background Differencing method)  — The image to the left is a screen shot from a background differencing program I created for my Computational Media mid-term. The video feed is analyzed and used to calculate the percentage of change in each cell of a grid. The data was then sent to a the PIC illuminating an LED for each corresponding cell. The code requires a video camera if you want to run it. Built with Processing.
View Line Drawing — This study uses objects (instead of the draw method) to build compositions very quickly. It reminds me of Rothko painting. Completed using Processing.
View Noisy Lines   — This is a study of the noise function in Processing. Demetrie and I were both particularly interested in this function because it uses Perlin noise and return values which in theory are closer to natural moment than the generic random function. Completed using Processing.