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martin calvino
artist - scientist


Re-appropriation of short films for video art creation
In this brief essay, the author describes the re-appropriation of the previously created and released short film named "Ocho Cortado:...
Martin Calvino
May 6, 20192 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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'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: 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: 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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