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DIGITAL GRAFFITI
ANNUAL PROJECTION & LIGHTS FESTIVAL
ALYS BEACH
2024
In 2024 I returned to DG to deliver a new piece titled: Check Your Spam. This interactive installation was a short satirical work, commenting on the role of the iconic notification bubble. The audience was invited to physically push away their busy schedules and worries, which was represented in the form of a swarming notification bubble mass.
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There were several iterations originating from my interest in particle systems, which led me to develop this in TouchDesigner for performance and flexibility. This piece was created entirely within TouchDesigner, utilizing a leap motion device to achieve proper hand tracking interaction, and accompanied by a soundscape designed in Ableton Live. I even designed some 3D printed parts to bring it together aesthetically while making it accessible to a wide audience at the fest.
PROCESS
2023
In 2023 I collaborated with Candi Gordon (Candi Skye Designs) to bring IMMATERIAL to life. This interactive install was a lens into the realm of digital fashion and its applications. Our aim was to open conversation on the importance of developing sustainable fashion design practices, while simultaneously generating an engaging immersive interaction which bridged the virtual world with physical.
Mocap data was captured through a singular mounted webcam and fed into Unreal Engine 5 utilizing the GoogleMediaPipe4U plugin by Anders Xiao. This plugin is incredible! Our garments which Candi designed and simulated in Clo3D were rigged to characters in Cinema4D, and given custom accessories sculpted in Adobe Medium. This complex mixture of 3D workflows provided to be challenging, yet highly rewarding in bringing a truly unique experience to life.
PROCESS
EXECUTION
Giving the audience the ability to control model movements from their own gave life to the garment simulations, and allowed viewers to interact with five unique imaginative worlds. Each original work by Candi consisted of elements which supported our view of how digital fashion can help iterate ideas without ever having to waste real world materials.
2022
I was granted the opportunity to return to Digital Graffiti to premiere my latest experimental installation: QUANTIZED CONNECTIONS. Quantized Connections is an interactive audio-visual experience, exploring pathways between light, sound, and creativity. The project provides the individual with a backbone to create live musical sequences without needing to have prior knowledge of musical structure.
Engaging with a 8x8 drum-pad, audience members were free to create progressive drum and bass tracks which remained quantized to a 4x4 beat sequence. Each pad, which triggered a corresponding stem, (bassline, kick, synth, etc.) would then send MIDI information from Ableton Live to Unreal Engine; driving a real-time particle system as synesthetic response. The greater the track complexity grew, the greater the particle reactivity intensified while also modifying it's form in response to the sequence selected.
EXECUTION
PROCESS
Stems were sourced and edited from "VISAGES" sample pack and assembled in Ableton Live. MIDI data was then sent from Ableton to Unreal Engine via OSC, utilizing the Live Grabber plugin and MAX for Live. (Shoutout to Tristan Gieler: https://www.youtube.com/@tristangieler) The scene was then constructed using Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine, and fed OSC and MIDI input to drive a niagara particle system via blueprint.
2021
In 2021, I was granted the opportunity to attend Digital Graffiti to present two projection pieces: FRACTAL HORIZONS & ALWAYS WATCHING. Fractal Horizons explores the beauty resulting from unpredictable outcomes. Long, flowy, abstract forms cascade across the façade to audio provided by John Colette. Always Watching features an array of eyes gazing back upon it's audience; serving as a comment on digital consumption and social monitoring. Both projections were mapped to the Alys Beach Caliza building.
2020
While Digital Graffiti was postponed during 2020, artwork I made for the north buttery entry-way was later exhibited during 2021. DIGI GRAFF is a large scale projection inspired by the festivals name itself. As my first exhibit at DG, massive spray paint cans roll across the façade signifying the collaboration between SCAD artists and the festival itself. Two short loops were produced per each buttery.
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