Interactive Media Design

GJ Goes to Earth

This is my soundscape based on a nightmare I had earlier this semester. I wanted to let the viewers recline into a happy dream. Waves crashing in the background. Wind chimes gently chiming. Kids laughing around. Then the atmosphere darkens, thunder storms roll in. The distorted sounds get ...

While reading the tales of Marcovaldo’s life, I noticed my ability to be engulfed by the setting that was being written about. I could see the mushroom patches, the night filled with noises and smells, the birds in the sky, or the snow on the ground. I realized the ability to delve into these ...

To properly understand my portrait, we must first transport ourselves back to the time of the renaissance. In this period, eye glasses were a new invention, not as common and easily attainable as they are today. The first pair of wearable glasses had been invented in the 1280s, just a few hundred ...

Since my proposal, I have done research into the symbolism of decorum in renaissance portraiture. I have researched symbolism for eyes especially, discovering the meaning of certain birds, plants, and saints that can help with references to poor sight. I have also sketched my portrait. While waiting ...

When developing my ideas to create a self portrait, basing myself in the Renaissance, I was flooded with many concepts. To draw a machine that represents myself, rather than a portrait based on the human. To create a painting, melding and falsifying myself into a reigning Italian family. To make ...

When I was very young, my parents found out I had a series of things that caused me to have poor eye sight. As a young girl, my farsighted, astigmatized, and crossed eyes prevented my from seeing the world around me. The detail of flowers, the legs of a lady bug, the tinkle of the nights starts, all ...