In Video Sculpture we were asked to use video projection to bring an antique to life. I choose to experiment with this letter box in order to test a variety of ways these materials might be animated by media. What follows is my one-page write-up … Read More →
Category Archives: Video
The Fountain of Memory ~ Re-Visioning the Fontaine Saint-Michel
Built between 1858 and 1860, the Fontaine Saint-Michel presides over the entrance to Paris’s Latin Quarter. Known both as meeting place and wishing well, crowds gather at the fountain in all weather. One might see someone turn their back and toss a coin over their … Read More →
A Study in Influence ~ Days of Heaven and Terrence Malick’s Magic Hour
As part of my thesis, I’d like to create a system of expressive techniques that bring poems off the page in a way that is not quite theater, not quite art installation, and not quite public reading, but which incorporates elements of all of these. … Read More →
Found Letters ~ Thesis Proposal
The Idea Found Letters : Jack & Matilda Elevator Statement Found Letters: Jack & Matilda is a work of historical literary fiction and an environmental reading experience that follows a World War II-era couple, Jack and Matilda, from occupied Paris to post-war rural Kansas, engaging … Read More →
Evolution ~ Interactive Letter Box becomes Found Letters : Jack & Matilda
Collective Storytelling Professor Marianne Petit & ITP Spring Show 2011 Collaborator: Kevin Bleich For the last part of the spring semester, I collaborated with my friend and classmate Kevin Bleich to evolve the technology, content, and concept for Interactive Letter Box into a functioning installation … Read More →
Refined User Scenario & ITP Show Submission ~ Interactive Letter Box
Collective Storytelling Professor Marianne Petit Collaborator: Kevin Bleich I drafted a new user scenario and elevator statement, then submitted the project for inclusion in the ITP Spring Show 2011. We find out on May 6th if it’s accepted. Project Summary Interactive Letter Box is an … Read More →
Collective Storytelling Final ~ Interactive Letter Box
Collective Storytelling Marianne Petit In-Class Presentation ~ April 20, 2011 Inspiration Inspired, in part, by a collection of letters my grandfather wrote my grandmother during World War II, and the work of Janet Cardiff and Heidi Kumao, Interactive Letter Box will explore the experience of … Read More →
Family Album ~ Memory, Objects, Location
Collective Storytelling Professor Marianne Petit When family photos are, more and more often, digital, what could the keepsakes we make with them look like? In the case of museums and archives with collections built from such artifacts, are there new ways to bridge the analog/digital … Read More →
Soundwalk ~ Grand Central Terminal
Sound and The City Professor Daniel Perlin Date: February 3, 2011 Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm Tasked this week with creating an audio tour of one of New York City’s public spaces, I was eager to explore the acoustic qualities of Grand Central Terminal. The terminal’s … Read More →
Interactive Letter Box ~ Progress Log and Prototype Demo for Final Project
Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan Introduction to Computational Media Professor Danny Rozin Concept Inspired, in part, by a collection of letters my grandfather wrote my grandmother during World War Two, and the work of Janet Cardiff and Heidi Kumao, “Letter Box” explores the … Read More →
Interactive Letter Box ~ Technical Considerations for Final Project
Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan Introduction to Computational Media Professor Danny Rozin User Experience: Proof of Concept Prototype You see a large, rectangular piece of paper on the table in front of you. A desk lamp shines light on the page, revealing three … Read More →
Found Letters ~ Video Sculpture Final
Found Letters is a transmedia verse novel that translates history into fiction, immersing readers in the objects, documents, and letters a genealogist uses to reconstruct her family story. This proof-of-concept prototype reveals one of the seven media channels through which this story is told: a … Read More →