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martin calvino
artist - scientist


'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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 22, 20173 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 20, 20173 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 16, 20171 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 11, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 9, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 7, 20174 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Nov 6, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino & Michael Allen Fuller &
Nov 2, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino & Haiyi Huang
Oct 25, 20172 min read
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'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...
Martin Calvino
Oct 19, 20173 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Oct 18, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Oct 5, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Sep 28, 20172 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Sep 26, 20173 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Sep 23, 20173 min read
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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...
Yuan Hau & Martin Calvino
Sep 21, 20174 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Sep 19, 20171 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino & Yuan Hau
Sep 14, 20171 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Sep 14, 20173 min read
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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...
Martin Calvino
Sep 14, 20173 min read
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