Pocket full of memories

The Pockets Full of Memories Project was a collaboration between Dr. Timo Honkela, the C3 Center for Culture and Communication, Projekttriangle, Dr. Brigitte Steinheider, Andreas Schlegel, and CREATE lab. it was shown in the Centre Pompidou (Paris) in 2001. The project was interactive, allowing the viewers to scan objects with them into a database from which the computer selected 280 images and grouped them on a screen based on the descriptions viewers provided with the items. the algorithm continually reorganized the map based on the new scans and the descriptions provided.

The project deals with memory in an interesting way. It is a visual representation of the connective way the human mind processes memories, based on the way we think of them. For instance a hand might be placed next to money or keys since you use hands to carry them. This suggests that memory is not a temporal function but a relational one. The constant change of the images in relation to each other implies an ever changing mental slew of relational connections.

I think the only suggestion I have that could have made it better would be to have more of a web-like structure for the production. The grid of squares suggests an ordered connection, which the objects don't really agree with; they imply a more random connection.

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Illustrator Self-Portrait

Here's my final Illustrator project! :D

Pen Tool Sketch

Music Sketch

Self Portrait Pictures

I stole these pics from Facebook. It seemed appropriate.

Alexis Rockman

Alexis Rockman had an exhibit at the National Portrait gallery when we went as a class a few weeks ago, so I decided to use him for my artist blog post. His work revolves around themes of environmental hazards and post-apocalyptic worlds. The image above is called East 82^nd Street, depicting the total take-over of an urban setting by futuristic looking plants.

The actual painting has very visible drip marks from the paint, which is caked onto the surface of the piece. This really accentuates the idea that the plants have grown over something that was there before. There is a glaze over the entire painting giving the plants an almost futuristic shine on them. The flies and the flower are the only part of the piece that are not red; this leads the viewer to the conclusion that there is a small amount of hope in the outcome, even if that hope has no place for any animal larger than a fly.

The only suggestion I can think of to better the piece is to make the plants (some of them) look more like they are crawling over things, rather than hanging off of them. It would make the invasive, harmfulness of the red plants more apparent.

Source: Alexis Rockman

New and (hopefully) improved Project 1

Hopefully the changes make it easier to understand...