Author: gkupfers@andrew.cmu.edu

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Looking Outwards 12

My partner and I were inspired by two specific generative artworks for our project. The first being a project on “codepen” by Sara B. This project works to create an interactive map in which the user can click through different aspects of the map and view different areas. Though there is not as much interaction/information as we would like to provide in our final project, there is a quality to the visuals of the map as well as the concept of creating an interactive map from code to view certain details of the map.

https://codepen.io/aomyers/pen/LWOwpR

The second generative project was created for a hotel in NYC, Sister City. Created by Microsoft and the musician Julianna Barwick, they were able to create a project which takes from what is happening outside in the sky and reflects it in a music/composition form. So, for example. when clouds pass by as certain sound in the composition is generated, and changes based of things such as the size and color of the clouds. This inspired my partner and I through looking at cities in terms of represented as sounds, rather than the usual representations of pictures, words, and feelings.

https://www.microsoft.com/inculture/musicxtech/sister-city-hotel-julianna-barwick-ai-soundscape/

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Project 12-Proposal

For Sarah Choi and I’s final project, we wanted to focus on the aspects of living in a city- from the noises inside them to the places we go to eat to how we feel the atmosphere of different parts of the city is as a whole. Our project would be specific to Pittsburgh, and would show different areas of the city, along with the differences among them through clicking throughout the map. The user would also be able to hear sounds/music to match the vibe of different areas or locations which we would show as some of the places we visit/recommend (like coffee shops or restaurants).

Since both of us grew up in city areas, we see and importance in highlighting aspects of the city in a visual way, along with allowing people to better understand the “vibe” of specific places or areas in cities before visiting. We also wanted to highlight how much we enjoy recommending places to others from our point of view as opposed to other services like yelp that have so many random people’s reviews added.

Though we would both equally work together and help each other, one of us would focus more heavily on the aesthetic creation of the map and building it, while one of us would work towards the interactive sounds and texts of the map.

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Looking Outward-11

As a graduating project, Hannah Rozenberg of the Royal College of Art created a project by the name of “Building without Bias: An Architectural Language for Post-Binary”. This project is a digital aimed to calculate underlying gender bias in our english architectural terms to hopefully create more gender-neutral environments. The project works by using a algorithm which helps you find out whether or not a building is biased & helps the user add or subtract elements to improve the balance. The calculator in the program basically assigns a “gender unit” to various architecture terms (such as steel, cement, or nursery) and based of their “gu”, the user can then create spaces that are not weighted either more feminine or masculine by the calculation of all the components. I appreciate how Rozenberg has began to tackle something like gender biases and spaces in architecture because I think its something that isn’t given enough attention in terms of gender-studies. Rozenberg’s project allows design to still occur in a responsible manner and align traditional practice like architecture with ideas and societal advancements in the 21st century.

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/12/gender-neutral-architecture-hannah-rozenberg-rca-graduate-building-without-bias/

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Project 11- Landscape

sketch

   //initialize variables
    var terrainSpeed = 0.0005;
    var terrainDetail = 0.005;
    var groundDetail= 0.005;
    var groundSpeed = 0.0005;
    var cactus = [];
    var col1, col2;

function setup() {
    createCanvas(480,480);
    frameRate(10);
    //start landscape out with 3 cacti
    for(i = 0; i < 3; i++){
      var rx = random(0,width);
      cactus[i] = makeCactus(rx);
}
}
 function draw (){
    //create gradient colors
    c1= color(255, 149, 0);
    c2= color(235, 75, 147);
    setGradient(c1, c2);
    
    //call functions 
    drawDesertMtn();
    updateCactus();
    removeCactus();
    addCactus();
}

function setGradient(c1, c2){
    //create the gradient background
  noFill();
  
  for(i = 0; i < height; i++){
    var grad = map(i, 0, height, 0, 1);
    var col = lerpColor(c1, c2, grad);
    stroke(col);
    line(0, i, width, i);
  }
}

function drawDesertMtn(){
    //back mtn 
    fill(255, 155, 84);
    noStroke();
    beginShape(); 
    //make the terrain randomize and go off screen
    for (var x = 0; x < width; x++) {
        var t = (x * terrainDetail) + (millis() * terrainSpeed);
        var y = map(noise(t), 0,2, 50, height);
        vertex(x, y); 
    }
    vertex(width,height);
    vertex(0,height);
    endShape();
    
    //middle mtn
    fill(245, 105, 98);
    noStroke();
    beginShape(); 
    //make the terrain randomize and go off screen
    for (var x = 0; x < width; x++) {
        var t = (x * terrainDetail) + (millis() * terrainSpeed);
        var y = map(noise(t), 0,1, 100, height);
        vertex(x, y); 
    }
    vertex(width,height);
    vertex(0,height);
    endShape();
    
    //closest mtn
    fill(224, 54, 139);
    noStroke();
    beginShape(); 
    //make the terrain randomize and go off screen
    for (var x = 0; x < width; x++) {
        var t = (x * terrainDetail) + (millis() * terrainSpeed);
        var y = map(noise(t), 0,1,200,height);
        vertex(x, y); 
    }
    vertex(width,height);
    vertex(0,height);
    endShape();
    
    //groud
    fill(165, 196, 106);
    noStroke();
    beginShape();
    //make the ground randomize and go off screen
     for (var x = 0; x < width; x++) {
        var t = (x * groundDetail) + (millis() * groundSpeed);
        var y = map(noise(t), 0, 1,400,480);
        vertex(x, y); 
    }
    vertex(width, height);
    vertex(0,height);
    endShape();
}


//change x value of cactus as cactus moves
function moveCactus(){
    this.x += this.speed;
}

function makeCactus(cactusX){
    //create the cactus as an object w some random parts
    var cactus={
        x:cactusX,
        speed: -6,
        breadth:311,
        color: random(0,100),
        length: random(50,100),
        move: moveCactus,
        display: displayCactus,
    }
    return cactus;
}

function updateCactus(){
    //loop through an array of cactus to update as adding and moving
  for(i = 0; i < cactus.length; i++){
    cactus[i].move();
    cactus[i].display();
  }
}

function displayCactus(){
    //create the cactus visuals with object parts
    noStroke();
    fill(this.color, 107, 9);
    //translate to x value of new cactus
    push();
    translate(this.x+157, height-40);
    ellipse(0,0,94,137);
    fill(this.color, 107,9);
    ellipse(61, -52, this.length,48);
    fill(this.color, 115, 28);
    ellipse(47,-83,19,27);
    fill(90, 115, 22);
    ellipse(81, -74, 24,24);
    fill(90, 115, 22);
    ellipse(-34, -86, this.length, 74);
    fill(this.color, 115, 22);
    ellipse(-18, -131, 41,41);
    fill(252, 197, 247);
    //create flower on cactus
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(-1, -150);
    curveVertex(-7,-152);
    curveVertex(-7, -147);
    curveVertex(-10, -157);
    curveVertex(-5, -141);
    curveVertex(-4, -135);
    curveVertex(1, -140);
    curveVertex(8, -135);
    curveVertex(8, -142);
    curveVertex(8, -147);
    curveVertex(3, -148);
    curveVertex(3, -153);
    curveVertex(-1, -150);
    endShape();
    pop();
}

function addCactus(){
//add a new cactus to the array
  var newCactus = 0.01;
  if(random(0,1)< newCactus){
    cactus.push(makeCactus(width));
  }
    
}
function removeCactus(){
    //remove cactus from array as it goes off the screen
  var keepCactus = [];
  for(i = 0; i < cactus.length; i++){
    if(cactus[i].x + cactus[i].breadth > 0){
      keepCactus.push(cactus[i]);
    }
  }
  cactus = keepCactus;
}

I was inspired by desert landscapes in which the sun is setting and there are cacti as well as communicate the vastness of a place like joshua tree.ca.

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Project 10 Sonic Sketch

sketch

//gretchen kupferschmid
//gkupfers@andrew.cmu.edu
//project 10
//section e

var banana;
var lick;
var mouth;
var eyes;


function preload() {
    // call loadImage() and loadSound() for all media files here
    banana = loadSound("https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/15-104/f2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/banana.wav");
    lick = loadSound("https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/15-104/f2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/lick.wav");
    mouth = loadSound("https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/15-104/f2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mouth.wav");
    eyes = loadSound("https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/15-104/f2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/eyes.wav");
    
}


function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 480);
    useSound();
    //======== call the following to use sound =========
   
}
function soundSetup() { // setup for audio generation
    banana.setVolume(0.5); 
    lick.setVolume(0.5); 
    mouth.setVolume(0.5); 
    eyes.setVolume(0.5); 
}



function draw() {
    background(241,198,217);
    
    
    //mouth lips
    noStroke();
    fill(255,0,0);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(68,359);
    curveVertex(101,319);
    curveVertex(133,304);
    curveVertex(150,312);
    curveVertex(175,302);
    curveVertex(196,329);
    curveVertex(188,360);
    curveVertex(197,416);
    curveVertex(156,431);
    curveVertex(111,404);
    curveVertex(68,359);
    curveVertex(101,319);
    endShape();
    
    
    //mouth black
    fill(0);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(87,357);
    curveVertex(100,350);
    curveVertex(112,337);
    curveVertex(130,328);
    curveVertex(146,327);
    curveVertex(170,320);
    curveVertex(181,330);
    curveVertex(178,363);
    curveVertex(142,363);
    curveVertex(87,357);
    curveVertex(100,350);
    endShape();
    
    //mouth toungue
    fill(240,110,270);
    noStroke();
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(84,357);
    curveVertex(127,358);
    curveVertex(176,365);
    curveVertex(177,408);
    curveVertex(133,398);
    curveVertex(84,357);
    curveVertex(127,358);
    endShape();
    
    
    
    //mouth teeth
    fill(255);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(107,341);
    curveVertex(129,328);
    curveVertex(148,327);
    curveVertex(171,320);
    curveVertex(180,327);
    curveVertex(175,340);
    curveVertex(158,343);
    curveVertex(150,340);
    curveVertex(146,342);
    curveVertex(127,341);
    curveVertex(120,345);
    curveVertex(114,340);
    curveVertex(107,341);
    endShape();
    
    //banana
    fill(235,222,176);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(325,39);
    curveVertex(325,45);
    curveVertex(326,10);
    curveVertex(336,9);
    curveVertex(347,39);
    curveVertex(363,77);
    curveVertex(352,90);
    curveVertex(332,89);
    curveVertex(325,39);
    endShape();
    
    
    //banana peel
    fill(240,201,66);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(304,166);
    curveVertex(311,149);
    curveVertex(310,102);
    curveVertex(318,80);
    curveVertex(331,86);
    curveVertex(343,92);
    curveVertex(349,86);
    curveVertex(364,80);
    curveVertex(364,64);
    curveVertex(407,89);
    curveVertex(423,115);
    curveVertex(412,117);
    curveVertex(395,108);
    curveVertex(379,104);
    curveVertex(373,96);
    curveVertex(383,132);
    curveVertex(412,189);
    curveVertex(398,194);
    curveVertex(372,181);
    curveVertex(340,134);
    curveVertex(331,104);
    curveVertex(329,113);
    curveVertex(331,134);
    curveVertex(326,161);
    curveVertex(306,167);
    curveVertex(304,166);
    curveVertex(311,149);
    endShape();
    
    //banana dots
    fill(96,57,19);
    ellipse(359,155,6,6);
    ellipse(366,160,4,5);
    ellipse(363,165,3,5.5);
    
    //ice cream cone
    fill(166,124,82);
    triangle(337,437,290,310,384,310);
    
    //ice cream cone shadow
    fill(124,88,53);
    ellipse(337,320,80, 20);
    
    //ice cream
    fill(240,110,170);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(275,296);
    curveVertex(283,279);
    curveVertex(299.270);
    curveVertex(304,259);
    curveVertex(317,255);
    curveVertex(321,240);
    curveVertex(330,236);
    curveVertex(336,220);
    curveVertex(349,210);
    curveVertex(347,226);
    curveVertex(357,234);
    curveVertex(362,245);
    curveVertex(364,247);
    curveVertex(378,256);
    curveVertex(362,268);
    curveVertex(394,292);
    curveVertex(397,311);
    curveVertex(352,319);
    curveVertex(351,314);
    curveVertex(293,316);
    curveVertex(277,304);
    curveVertex(275,296);
    curveVertex(283,279);
    endShape();
    
    //eye line
    noFill();
    stroke(0);
    strokeWeight(4);
    beginShape();
    curveVertex(59,129);
    curveVertex(97,102);
    curveVertex(150,99);
    curveVertex(184,124);
    curveVertex(182,128);
    curveVertex(152,145);
    curveVertex(100,147);
    curveVertex(60,132);
    curveVertex(59,129);
    curveVertex(97,102);
    curveVertex(150,99);
    endShape();
    
    //eye interior
    noStroke();
    fill(0,174,239);
    ellipse(126,124,50,50);
    fill(0);
    ellipse(133,119,14,14);
    
    //eyelashes
    strokeWeight(4);
    stroke(0);
    line(65,123,52,108);
    line(75,114,64,95);
    line(94,104,87,86);
    line(108,98,105,82);
    line(129,95,130,77);
    line(150,99,155,81);
    line(163,107,178,88);
    line(178,118,192,102);
 
}

function mousePressed(){
    if(mouseX > 305 & mouseX < 423 && mouseY > 7.2 && mouseY < 195){
        banana.play();
    }
    if (mouseX > 275 & mouseX < 398 && mouseY > 211 && mouseY < 436){
        lick.play();
    }
    if (mouseX > 70 & mouseX < 196 && mouseY > 302 && mouseY < 432){
        mouth.play();
    }
    if (mouseX > 52 & mouseX < 192 && mouseY > 76 && mouseY < 150){
        eyes.play();
    }
}

I wanted to play with icons and the sounds that could possibly go with these when clicked on. I could see myself implementing this into my website later on so that sounds can accompany my illustrations.

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Looking Outward-10

A new piece of sound art was installed at the San Fransisco Art Institute which mimics and/or satirizes the sinking & tilting Millennium Tower in SF. Created by Cristobal Martinez and Kade L. Twist (known together as Postcommodity), the piece uses computational algorithms to represent the movement of the tower. These sounds are supposed to create a soothing audio and beats which transforms this sinking and tilting into a therapeutic sound. The goal of the project was to encourage relaxation through the power of SF’s scenic beauty. I appreciate how the project aims to take a dire situation and flip it to call for relief from stress in a city. It is not often that art installed in museums is meant to aim to calm people or help soothe anxieties, so I appreciate this approach to art, especially through all you can do with something that can be so calming as sound. Though it doesn’t debut until the 15th, I am excited to see how the sounds themselves might sound and the effect it has on its viewers/listeners.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiSvfvXyMrlAhUxvlkKHfrtCJoQFjACegQIABAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfai.edu%2Fexhibitions-public-events%2Fdetail%2Fpostcommodity-the-point-of-final-collapse&usg=AOvVaw05NthM2gw_u99Ngo4gDnE_

Gretchen Kupferschmid- Project 09- Portrait

sketch

 // Gretchen Kupferschmid
 // gkupfers@andrew.cmu.edu
 // Section E
 // Project-09 

 var underlyingImage;
 var myText = ['egg','on','toast']
 function preload() {
     //loading the image
     var myPic = "https://i.imgur.com/bgyIRdv.jpg";
     underlyingImage = loadImage(myPic);
 }
 
 function setup() {
     createCanvas(480, 320);
     background(0);
     underlyingImage.loadPixels();
     //changing how fast loaded
     frameRate(1000);
 }
 
 function draw() {
    //variable to fill photo
    var px = random(width);
    var py = random(height);
    var ix = constrain(floor(px), 0, width-1);
    var iy = constrain(floor(py), 0, height-1);
    //color at current pixel
    var ColorAtLocationXY = underlyingImage.get(ix, iy);
     
    //text at mouseX & mouseY
    var ColorAtTheMouse = underlyingImage.get(mouseX, mouseY);
    fill(ColorAtTheMouse);
    //fill image with text based off mouse
    textSize(random(8));
    text(random(myText), mouseX, mouseY);

    //ellipse at random
    noStroke();
    fill(ColorAtLocationXY);
    //ellipses to fill photo with random sizes
    ellipse(px, py, random(2,4), random(2,4));
    

 }

In this project, I want to work with two different shapes that come together at different times to make a portrait. I also want to make my portrait in colors that were different than a traditional photo.

Gretchen Kupferschmid-Looking Outward-09

For this looking outwards post, I will be analyzing Angela Lee’s Looking Outward-07 post. Like Angela described, I also am intrigued by this project’s large focus on emotion and how it relates to humans as well as how emotion can be created into a data visualization even though its not necessarily quantitive data. I thought a couple other things were interesting about this project, like how it was asked to be created by the Dalai Lama and the circles/shapes themselves represent much more complex ideas than the shape would suggest. Each emotion is represented as its own “continent” and the movement of these continents reflects how emotion varies in strength and frequency in other people’s lives. This project is also an attempt to express ideas visually and crisply even though the data has varying levels and accuracy and reliability. In relation to the Dalai Lama, he hopes that in order to reach a level of calm, we must map the emotions. I appreciate this entire work towards looking deeper at our emotions, especially in a way in which we can see them interactively and comparatively next to each other.

https://stamen.com/work/atlas-of-emotions/

 

Gretchen Kupferschmid- Looking Outwards-08

Jake Barton is the creator/founder of Local Projects which is an experience design company that has won multiple awards for museums and public spaces. The work he does focuses on storytelling and engaging audiences through emotions. He is well known for the algorithm 9/11 victims by affinity instead of alphabetically. He also created the Cooper Hewitt interactive museum (which I visited a couple times in the past couple years and always love) which allows visitors to have experiences where they can save different things throughout the museum that you want to view later and you can also do things such as create your own “art” pieces on the interactive tables on each floor of the museum. Jake Barton is not a new name to me, in fact we learned quite a bit about his work in my design course “Environments”, which focuses on the hybrid of physical and digital spaces. Through this course we learned about a lot of the ideas that Barton hopes to include in his work- from creating a narrative in your designs, to finding ways to balance digital and physical, and also focusing on the user and how they fit into the space.

A couple of things Barton mentioned in his talk were different projects he has created, which I listed two below.

-Urbanology Project: You get to chose different tokens (affordability, transportation, livability, sustainability, & wealth); take your place and argue your convictions-this models how cities actually work. Effective way to teach people about cities themselves with technology that is modeling scenarios and creates a data set that can be compared with other datasets and cities. This helps to connect people with the future of cities.

– For the Cleveland Museum of Art: A place with amazing history and architecture, they wanted a new visitor experience. A smart table was the first idea to give an access of information, but Barton wanted to actually make the art more relevant and meaningful. Pulled all interfaces into the center of the gallery and worked with slogans/guiding principles and looked to these principles the curator was trying to explain and create things like representation into experiences. Question of “What does a lion look like? then can chose your definition and see how other visitors voted – crowdsourcing and getting visitors to think about perception- you can experience and interpret with other visitors.

Through his talk, I realized he truly tries to connect with his audience by bringing his work in the form of telling a story or how he solved a problem. But, it is not in a analytical or robotic way, instead, he brings emotions and human experience to the table so that his audience can connect with the work he’s done.

https://localprojects.com