Isaiah Fleischer – Computer Vision Gestures

Computer Vision Gestures – Isaiah Fleischer For this project I was inspired by my discover weekly playlist on Spotify. Every now and then a song will come on that’s just so good you want to play along with it. You’ll find yourself doing air-guitar, jamming on a drum kit, or even playing a theremin! A…

Isaiah Fleischer – Meme Remix

Isaiah Fleischer – Meme Remix For this project I decided to remix the classic Pirated of the Caribbean meme. A fair number of these memes feature the famed penny-whistle, and it an effort to spare the user’s ears I chose to make only one out of the eight memes actually feature the instrument. I took…

Isaiah Fleischer – Paper Nature Revision

Paper Nature Revision I had two main goals when doing the revison of this project. First, I wanted to make the piece easier to interact with by setting up capacitive mode on the MakeyMakey board. Second, I wanted to add some features to the project, namely an audio component. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get…

Isaiah Fleischer – Paper Nature

Paper Nature For this project I attempted to capture the feeling of NASA’s aerial photography through an interactive paper globe. I achieved this lighting up the world’s largest cites with LEDs beneath the surface of the paper globe. The user simply selects the local WPI time on the controller and the globe automatically updates the…

Isaiah Fleischer – Paper Nature Concept

Paper Nature Concept Earth After Dark For this project I was inspired by NASA’s aerial photography of Earth at night. It’s always so beautiful to see the cities and countries form from collections of lights. Further, these photos show very clearly where nature still reigns king on our blue marble, so I thought representing that…

Isaiah Fleischer – Interactive Animation

Interactive Animation The inspiration for this project came from JPR’s in class demo and my goal of combining fantasy with reality. To accomplish this I used a picture of my apartment in Worcester for the canvas and implemented surreal elements and actions. These ranged from Clint Eastwood’s character in Gran Torino to a meteor strike….

Isaiah Fleischer – Abstract Animation

Isaiah Fleischer – Abstract Animation   I drew inspiration for this piece from two musical pieces, Alors On Dance by Stromae, and Bedford by Too Many Zooz. Both prominently feature the saxophone and strong bass lines. This style really appealed to me, and I felt like it would be a could candidate for this assignment….

Isaiah Fleischer – Assignment 2, Geometric Abstraction

Isaiah Fleischer – Geometric Abstraction Inspired By: Dulles (Capital)  by Sarah Morris I saw many interesting pieces while I was browsing through the Artist Inspiration page on the Canvas site, but Dulles (Capital) by Sarah Morris stood out. The illusion of 3D space represented only with rectangles and an abundance of white space appealed to…

Isaiah Fleischer – Assignment 1, Short Bio and Artworks

Hi All, I’m Isaiah! While I may be pursuing a career in engineering, I’ve always had an artistic side. I’ve enjoyed drawing and making clay sculptures since I was a little kid, but I’ve never taken it too seriously. I took a few art classes in high school, ranging from digital art to darkroom photography….