Slow Design – Amelia Lozada

Artist: Bram Van Breda, both works from their exhibition “BONANZA, A Diorama of the Near.” Principles of slow design used: EXPAND & REFLECT In the two works pictured above the artist utilizes objects from their surroundings to create scenes/installation works. These works were created during a residency and they really tried to evoke what is…

Interactive Assignment – Amelia Lozada

For my interactive project I chose to make an interactive coded song. First, I started off by choosing a snippet of a song I wanted and then converting it from an mp4 file to midi file. Then upload it to a site that converts the song into a code for Arduino. The outcome ended up…

Interactive Project Proposal – Amelia Lozada

Student Name: Amelia Lozada Title (tentative): Music Box  Project or Assignment Summary: I will be recycling a suitcase record player that I no longer use in order to create a “music box”. On this record player there is an adjuster for speed that I thought would be fun to play with. I wanted to code…

Creative Switch: Light Up Jewels

For my creative switch I wanted to make a necklace that lit up. Specifically I really wanted the clasp to serve as the switch. So the motion of closing the necklace would light up the LEDs. The LEDs also take place of gems/charms that are usually on a necklace. Materials: Necklace 3 LEDs Wire (green…

Form+Code-Hello

Upon reading this article and getting clarification via google on what is considered software, I started to think about the software’s that I have used the most. While I would like to talk about a video game I like, I don’t play video games as often as I’d like. Since I am in an art…

Assignment 1

I didn’t really know what kind of image I wanted to create so this image came about as I was learning different things on Processing.  I didn’t get too elaborate as I came across a lot of errors when I did, sadly.  But along the way I came up with the idea of drawing a…