My final piece is a painting that changes when viewed through a red filter. It evolved from an abstract painting, where I was going to overlay an animation. When I made my maquette, I randomly chose red and blue paint, and realized that using red/blue LEDs made the red/blue paint disappear, respectively. I ran with…
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Everything Working – Jesse Frey
This week, I focused on fleshing out my idea for my painting, as well as cleaning up the letters. I also tweaked the color of blue gels that I’m using, since I realized that my paint color does not match the pure blue gels I have. Right now, I have two blue color gels plus…
Failure, Recalibration & Iteration – Jesse
Okay guys don’t laugh because I am being very vulnerable and I am kind of embarrassed about the seriousness of this painting… I know I shouldn’t be embarrassed and it’s a sweet and meaningful message to me but I can’t help but feel like I am bearing my heart wide open for you all. Anyway,…
Maquette and Shopping List – Jesse Frey
For my maquette, I made a small scale (4″x4″) painting and played with how different lights on it. There was one picture taken with blue LEDs and one taken with red LEDs. Some aspects of the painting appeared/disappeared based on what color LED I was using. This color playfulness is quite to me, and I…
Concept Proposal – Jesse Frey
I would really like to do something with a static painting, and then some kind of animation overlayed on top, using my projector. I’m not entirely sure what direction I want to go with this yet, I mean if I want it to tell some sort of story, or if I want it to be…
Light Artist Presentation – Jesse Frey
For my light artist presentation, I chose Jenny Holzer. She is a prolific artist who often uses LEDs as well as projections in her work. She typically expresses herself through display of written essays and short, meaningful sentences. Twice she has had the privilege to design a gallery for the Guggenheim in NYC. Below I…
Introduction!
Hello! My name is Jesse, and I’m a senior at WPI. I’m almost done with my dual degree (mechanical engineering & environmental and sustainability studies). I’m originally from Brewster, New York (not in the city) and I now live in Fernandina Beach, Florida. One day I want to be an artist full time, maybe when…