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martin calvino
artist - scientist


Martin Calvino
May 6, 20192 min read
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:...
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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
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 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 & 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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