Ami Mehta
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…
Ami Mehta, David Currie, ,
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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.