Author: Ryan Rotella
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APM Week 2: Generative Design
In Class Documentation Phone footage from Class OBS Documentation of Network TouchDesigner ZIP File Approaching Generative Design The effect from this book I would choose to model in TouchDesigner is: Typography, P_3_1_3_01 If I were to do it, I might twist it to show different messages as people put their hands in different places/gestures with…
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Reaction to Photosculptures
The Reading My Reaction Reading about Francois Willeme’s photosculptures in mid-1800s France sparked a few reactions from me. First, I’m stunned that he and other French sculptors of the time were automating camera networks (activating quarter plate cameras with one trigger) and seeking to automate the sculpture making process. Historically, since the Industrial Revolution had…
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My Ode To Cubism with MediaPipe
I think I may have misunderstood the assignment, as I did my own custom projection piece. No matter, here’s how it turned out. My Projection Disclaimer: I had to use two separate takes and put them together due to space being small, so it’s not the most accurate representation. But it is all real time!…
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Out On The Field
by Ryan Rotella The hopes of my Saturday rest on the shoulders of 18 to 25 year old men who I’ll never know But who used to be my father, uncles, and grandfather On the field The men clad in armored pads and helmetsAllow me to project onto themManifesting more passion than most anywhere else in lifeMy side…
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Thesis Progress Update 4
This week marked a significant pivot in my thesis direction. After exploring theatrical immersive performances over the past few weeks, I’ve decided to shift toward creating a satirical gambling app that reveals the gambling logic embedded throughout modern society. This experience will combine a mobile app built in Swift/SwiftUI with projection mapping via TouchDesigner, using…
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YouTube: Entertainment Innovation
YouTube has fundamentally transformed how I consume media every day of my life. What started as a simple video-sharing platform of lip syncing and parodies has evolved into a digital behemoth that adapts to whatever I need at a given moment. For me, Youtube now functions as an oscillator of content between background noise and…
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MoCap Final: Out On The Field
Enjoy the rough draft of my Masculine Movements in Football video collage. I re-targeted a lot of motion data in Blender using a process that my colleague, Galt, documented very well on his blog with my Python script that I created and in conjunction with Mwni’s blender-animation-retargeting plugin.
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Thesis Progress Update 3
For my Research-by-Making these past 2 weeks, I made 2 storytelling projects in 2 different mediums. First, I made a video collage by using Motion Capture data retargeted to 3D models in Blender as well as archival footage of my grandfather, father, and uncles playing football. This was a final for my class, Mocap for…
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An Ode To Bridges
iterated on sand castles: project link here I walked past the Manhattan Bridge the other day. It made me stop and wonder. How many workers did it take to build the whole thing? How many setbacks? How did anybody get people to agree to actually go out into the water and lift each stone to its…
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Project Update before the Final Week
Currently, our final project (Capturing Movement in American Football) is underway and making good progress. We had our third motion capture session last Saturday, October 4th. For this session, I invited a friend who is an actor, Nick Yañez-Atkins, to don a suit and play the role of a coach in my football concept. He…
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