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martin calvino
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Martin Calvino
Nov 22, 20173 min read
'Cuatro Palabras' is a short film exploring the emotional tension of a tango couple
'Cuatro Palabras' is a short film about a tango story that explores (and emphasizes) the emotional tension of a couple. It uses visual...
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Martin Calvino
Nov 20, 20173 min read
week_3 to 4: 'Cuatro Palabras' a short film inspired on draft from stop motion animation wor
'Cuatro Palabras' is a short film about a tango story that explores (and emphasizes) the emotional tension of a couple. It uses visual...
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Martin Calvino
Nov 16, 20171 min read
Sound story: a night of tango in NYC with Marta Chaban
What does it mean to go out to a night of Tango? For Marta Chaban, it involves the ritual of listening to greek music while driving to...
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Martin Calvino
Nov 11, 20172 min read
prototyping (first stages) of Genome AudioPlayer
In order to start materializing on the idea of building a Genome AudioPlayer, I focused my attention on prototyping all the stages...
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Martin Calvino
Nov 9, 20172 min read
summary of comments after user testing of project idea: 'genome audioplayer'
During class I had the opportunity to explain and user test the concept idea for final project on physical computing. I found it very...
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Martin Calvino
Nov 7, 20174 min read
draft of final project: 'Genome AudioPlayer'
Here I present the first draft of an idea to be realized as the final project for Introduction to Physical Computing class. I propose the...
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Martin Calvino
Nov 6, 20172 min read
week_2: storyboard for short film + animation project
This project aims at integrating knowledge learned during the first part of the semester (video & sound class) with recent concepts on...
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Martin Calvino & Michael Allen Fuller &
Nov 2, 20172 min read
week_1: stop motion animation using dragonFrame
For this week assignment we focused on familiarizing ourselves with the technical aspects of stop motion animation, mainly: setting the...
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Martin Calvino & Haiyi Huang
Oct 25, 20172 min read
week_8: controlling Kinect v1. with a light-sensor interface
As part of our work towards the mid-term project we explored the possibility to use a light-sensor interface to control the motion and...
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Martin Calvino
Oct 19, 20173 min read
'Dance What You Read': a short film as promotional material for the recently published book
Narrative The short film I present here was intended to be placed at the intersection of art and commerce, with the initial idea of...
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Martin Calvino
Oct 18, 20172 min read
week_5 & 6: presentation of rough cuts for tango video piece
Based on what I learned during shooting the first clips of the storyboard, I got more confidence in the procedure taking to create a...
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Martin Calvino
Oct 5, 20172 min read
week_4 (updated): draft of infomercial of new book 'Tango Intoxication'
For this assignment I reversed the overall idea of an informercial of a fictional product promoted with a real video piece, and focused...
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Martin Calvino
Sep 28, 20172 min read
A sonic journey into a night of tango
Here I present a sound story describing the journey of a women from her home in New Jersey to a tango event in New York City. The...
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Martin Calvino
Sep 26, 20173 min read
week_3: analog sensors
During class we discussed the use of analog sensors as means to obtain data stream from the environment that can be used to design...
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Martin Calvino
Sep 23, 20173 min read
week_3: summary of comments to the cockroach's sound piece
Here I share the comments and critiques heard in class relating to the sound walk piece that we presented during last class (week_ 3...
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Yuan Hau & Martin Calvino
Sep 21, 20174 min read
week_3: A sonic journey throughout ITP's 4th floor from a cockroach's perspective
The sonic journey described here narrates ITP’s 4th floor from a cockroach’s perspective. The conceptual aspect of the narrative in our...
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Martin Calvino
Sep 19, 20171 min read
week_2: switches & LED circuits
Here I describe the implementation of the fist projects included on the Arduino's companion booklet as concrete examples of the topics...
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Martin Calvino & Yuan Hau
Sep 14, 20171 min read
week_2: the soundscape of transitional space
During this week our work focused on practicing the collection of sounds and getting trained in the proper use of the H4 Zoom audio field...
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Martin Calvino
Sep 14, 20173 min read
week_1: commenting on the sound walk 'Her long black hair' created by Janet Cardiff (2004-05
Note: this comment is about track #1 (out of 6 tracks in total) Project URL: https://phiffer.org/hlbh/ I like this piece from the first...
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Martin Calvino
Sep 14, 20173 min read
week_1: remixed influence as deliberate mechanism to achieve creative novelty
Creativity is a complex process and by no means linear. This week's reading material addressed concepts of remix, influence and...
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