2016

Face Study

This work explores several topics that I am interested in: the development of instruments for visual performance, the relationship between visuals and sound / music, as well as exploring non-verbal communication: what new modes of communicating one's emotional state can be created?

Audiovisual performance software

Facial reactions Study

This work explores several topics that I am interested in: the development of instruments for visual performance, the relationship between visuals and sound / music, as well as exploring non-verbal communication: what new modes of communicating one's emotional state can be created?

In this project, I recorded several facial expressions, and explored different subdivisions and different mappings with the sound. I simply assigned the intensity of different frequency bands obtained through a fast Fourier transform (FFT) to different parts of the face. This mapping can be changed dynamically, turning the software into an instrument.

Programmed using Processing.

Face Study: a portrait with duplicated, inverted pairs of eyes.
Face Study: a transformed portrait with the mouth closed.
Face Study: a wide-eyed portrait with the mouth open.
Close-up portrait with the mouth open in Face Study.
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