HC Looking Outwards Week 1

I found the following three projects on the Media Art Tube and wanted to analyze and compare them.

The Prouduct: Sound Machines

This project intrigued me but dissapointed me. I’ve seen many projects that involve music have a more interesting, noticable and exciting musical outcome than this. Perhaps it is limited by how the designs are put on the disks, or the number of disks. However, I feel there is much potential to this project but it was overall an anti-climactic intro video.

Joshua Kirsch- Light Sculpture Interactivity

This was a project that surprised me because it was not what I was expecting after seeing the thumbnail. I’m not sure what exactly I thought I would see, but it was far more interesting than I imagined. The movement of the center piece is such a unique design, a form of joystick or control method that I have never seen before, amazingly created. The light patterns, although a bit random seeming, were pleasant and mesmerizing to watch. I would love to play around with this sculpture if it were here.

Paul Prudence: A/V Performance

This video was one that intrigued me and amazed me the most, because I am one who’s used graphic and visual effects software such as AE that can create videos and visualizations like this but this one looks so cool. I just wish it could have had music and the rings and dials could appear/disappear, spin and move to the beat. Like each one could be a different instrument or something.