{"id":691,"date":"2019-08-24T13:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T17:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/?p=691"},"modified":"2019-08-24T13:01:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T17:01:59","slug":"cem-alemdar-humans-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/bio-artworks\/calemdar\/cem-alemdar-humans-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cem Alemdar &#8211; Humans and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello beautiful people, my name is Cem (pronounced as Gem). I make games and music. I am from Istanbul, Turkey. I have a huge interest in different cultures and had the opportunity to visit over 50 different cities in 30 different countries. I love playing games as much as making games, and building communities using those games. I enjoy working and creating things with people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Background &amp; Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a decent background in programming and design. I am very familiar with many tools, but have mastered none. I enjoy working with sounds. I have been playing drums for 11 years, but I explain my experience as being able to hit stuff and make them sound good. I have a band that I started here at WPI, called Cassava. I have been working with Arduino and other open source software for the past 2 years, creating small but useful projects. Here is a link to my portfolio: <a href=\"https:\/\/calemdar.github.io\/\">https:\/\/calemdar.github.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big project I am working on right now is my MQP, which is a project I have been designing since my freshman year. Trying to make procedural levels using songs as an input. Ask me about it if you are interested, I enjoy talking about it. I also made a VR toy over the summer only using cubes, cat meows and Unity.  This video shows how much entertainment can be made only using cat sounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cat Piano | Morose Delectation and Music\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3I1pEbiYSCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also made a tap dance sock that sends MIDI notes into Ableton using Arduino and some pressure sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Creative Inspirations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am greatly inspired by the progressive movement. Most of my inspiration comes from trying to make something that hasn&#8217;t been made before. Even though this might sound like some sort of an impossible goal, I have realized how easy it is to get few different ideas together and make something that is out of the scope of all those ideas. Mixing an audio visualizer with a procedural level system was one of them, which ended up being my MQP. I have a strong aspiration towards folk music and traditions, because it gives me a good idea for humanitarian design. Usually the artists making these folk tales or stories focus on accessibility and simplicity, while trying to touch a very primal and culturally accepted feelings and ideas. It is also one of the biggest tools for unifying people. I have put a creative goal on myself to create humanitarian technology, rather than abusing this knowledge of what is entertaining, and negatively impacting people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Some Bands I Enjoy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opeth, Paus, Leprous, Jack White, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Muse&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/cat-vr3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"700\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/cat-vr3\/\" class=\"wp-image-700\" 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I make games and music. I am from Istanbul, Turkey. I have a huge interest in different cultures and had the opportunity to visit over 50 different cities in 30 different countries. I love playing games as much as making games, and building communities using&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/bio-artworks\/calemdar\/cem-alemdar-humans-and-technology\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-artworks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Life-is-Better-with-a-Husky.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}