Ami Mehta – Winter Show 2020 /shows/winter2020/ ITP/IMA/IMA Low Res Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:35:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /shows/winter2020/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2020/11/cropped-web_plain_2000_1400-1-32x32.png Ami Mehta – Winter Show 2020 /shows/winter2020/ 32 32 Exquisite Corpse (2020) /shows/winter2020/exquisite-corpse-2020/ /shows/winter2020/exquisite-corpse-2020/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:50:32 +0000 https://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2020/2020/12/14/exquisite-corpse-2020/ Continue reading "Exquisite Corpse (2020)"

]]> A digital take on the Surrealist drawing game…for the age of wearable tech.

Ami Mehta

A screenshot of the Exquisite Corpse visuals in a web broswer (in progress)
https://ami-mehta.github.io/ExquisiteCorpse/

Description

Exquisite Corpse (2020) is an interactive installation inspired by the original Surrealist drawing game, Exquisite Corpse, in which players take turns drawing body parts on a sheet of paper, folding it to conceal their contributions, and then passing it to the next person to add to.

In this remixed digital version, users are invited to collectively design an “Exquisite Corpse” for the age of wearable tech using their personal devices (e.g. smartphone and computer). Instead of generating pictures of a head, torso, or legs when the corresponding buttons are tapped, the site displays images of those body parts as transformed by wearables today. The resulting visual juxtapositions can be both amusing and absurd…

ITPG-GT.2301.00005
Intro to Phys. Comp.
Art,Play/Games
]]> /shows/winter2020/exquisite-corpse-2020/feed/ 0 Net-Natyam /shows/winter2020/net-natyam/ /shows/winter2020/net-natyam/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:50:20 +0000 https://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2020/2020/12/14/net-natyam/ Continue reading "Net-Natyam"

]]> Net-Natyam is a hybrid training system and performance platform that explores the relationships between music, machine learning, and movement through electronic sound composition, pose estimation techniques, and classical Indian dance choreography.

Ami Mehta, David Currie, ,

A webcam image of a classical Indian dance pose being detected by the machine learning model Facemesh A screenshot image of a dancer's facial expression, hand gesture, and pose being detected by a webcam and machine learning models A screenshot of the Net-Natyam website (in progress)
https://davidalexandercurrie.github.io/net-natyam/

Description

Bharatanatyam is a form of classical Indian dance that involves using complex footwork, hand gestures, and facial expressions to tell stories. The dance is traditionally accompanied by Carnatic music and an orchestra consisting of a mridangam drum, a flute, cymbals, and other instruments. Net-Natyam uses three ml5.js machine learning models (PoseNet, Handpose, and Facemesh) and a webcam to detect the movements of a Bharatanatyam dancer and trigger a corresponding sequence of electronically composed sounds.

ITPG-GT.2994.001, ITPG-GT.2048.00006
The Neural Aesthetic (Online), ICM – Media
Performance,Machine Learning
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