For my final project, I used MAX grid matrices, a heart rate sensor, and a camera to convey the metaphor/idea that “One need to be present to experience the Present“. Description:The user stands in front of a display and camera, and is presented with a prop “vine / tree branch” with a heart rate sensor…
Author: Colin Ancalmo
Colin Ancalmo – Sensor(y) Metaphor Concept
For my final project, I am planning to use MAX grid matrices, a heart rate sensor, and a camera to convey the metaphor/idea of “We bring life to the things around us“. More on this theme at the end. My plan is to use the 3D grid matrix plane from my Audio-controlled animation and have…
Colin Ancalmo – Augmented Selfie
I made a selfie filter that plays music and adds visuals when you dance. It is build on the Motion Scrubber and Faces2GL2 patches from class. The faster you dance, the faster the song plays. Song: Earth, Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland Used images: https://www.hiclipart.com/free-transparent-background-png-clipart-ixlhg https://www.jing.fm/iclip/u2q8t4a9u2w7y3o0_cool-sunglasses-png/
Colin Ancalmo – Sound Animation
I tried creating an audio visualizer for my sound-based animation. My idea was to create some sort of sheet or surface and have the sound deform that surface. With the help of jit.multiple and a tutorial of manipulating shapes via jit.multiple (link here), I got a plane of square shapes that moved in a sin…
Colin Ancalmo – Meme Remix
For this meme remix assignment I focused on the music genre of V A P O R W A V E. Below is a quick background on the genre and why it’s a meme. Vaporwave is an offshoot of Downtempo that similar to LoFi. While it also uses low-fidelity sampling, Vaporwave takes a more surreal-future-nostalgia…
Colin Ancalmo – Paper Nature
For my Paper Nature project, I took inspiration from the Icosahedral, a mathematical shape found in nature, to make an interactive origami piece. Icosahedrals can be made of paper using modular origami sub-parts called Sonobe modules. 30 Sonobe modules are needed to make this shape, of them I had 5 pieces that had either aluminum…
Colin Ancalmo – Paper Nature Concept
For my Paper Nature project, I will be taking inspiration from the Icosahedral, a mathematical shape that is found in nature, to make an interactive origami piece. Icosahedrals form in pure mineral growths such as Iron Pyrites, and are seen on the microscopic level in micro-organisms and viruses. Icosahedrals can be made out of origami…
Colin Ancalmo – Interactive Animation
I took a picture of the Alden’s orchestra room and used it as the base for a instrument-focused interactive animation. Unfortunately the room has been rather unorganized this week, so I went into photoshop to highlight and add instruments to hint the interactive areas of the image. The interactive instruments are the violin, piano, xylophone,…
Colin Ancalmo – Animated Abstraction
For this assignment I made two spheres scale and change to the rhythm of “I Will Survive”. I ended up spending a lot of time shape control from audio / midi inputs, so that is why there ended up only being two shapes on a white background. For inputs, I had one patch load a…
Colin Ancalmo – Geometric Abstraction
The pieces I took inspiration from were Richard Anuszkiewicz (specifically Splendor Of Red, 1965) and Nassos Daphnis (specifically 6-87 THE EXPLOSION, 1987). Anuszkiewicz’s Splendor Of Red use multiple lines close to give a sense of deceptive depth, while Daphnis’s THE EXPLOSION uses thin shapes and bold colors to show movement and direction. Starting with the…
Colin Ancalmo – Bio & Artworks
Hi folks. I’m Colin, a senior ME undergrad. I’m originally from a boring part of Connecticut. I’ve always had a passion for art, it’s something that has filled my free time since middle school. I did my humanities concentration in art and after doing an IQP on interactive museum exhibits, I’m taking this course to…