WEEK 1 BLOG
How computation applies to my interests?
I am interested in music, I have two indie music labels, and often curate music shows before the pandemic, so I want to use computation to make some audiovisual interactions. Also I play guitar, drums and violin, and loving doing some experimentation about sounds, so I also want to make some DIY music instruments.
As it is Computational Media, related to "media", which are the communication tools used to deliver information and data, so I also want to make some works not just for entertaining or focused on the advanced technology, I hope my works can also help audience have more in-depth thinking and reflection.
What projects do I love?
https://www.electronicosfantasticos.com/works/barcoder/
(i really love the way they play with barcodes! Lots of projects related to making sounds with barcode in their website, fun and cool!)
https://www.ryojiikeda.com/project/superposition/
(His live performances and installations are combined with sound, visuals, physical phenomena and mathematical concepts, and these are also the elements I want to use in my works.)
The process of creating self portrait
My profile photo for my social media
I didn't want to create a self-portrait exactly like this one, so I decided to make some small changes.
As I am totally new to p5.js, so I was checking out the reference all the time while writing the code, I took some time to understand how to write “arc”, and I did some experiments to figure the rules. About the pitfalls, at the beginning I forgot to think about the layer, the face was fully covered by the black hair…soon I realized the problem and corrected it. After making the portrait, my only question is how to make the sketch as accurate as expected? As I was constantly adjusting the parameters according to the actual display effect, a bit inefficient.