Andres Burbano - Optical/Motion-Computational Processes


Schedule
Camerin Obscura

May - 2d week -> Develop it again with the new computer.
June - 2nd week -> Built it again, ready for exhibition.

Modular Solution for Corridor Reactive Installations

May - 1st week -> Adapt the software applications.
May - 3th week -> Physical interfaces.
June - 1st week -> Plan an exhibition in CNSI building.
Description

 Camerin Obscura is a hand made Camera Obscura - an ancient tool for visualization - that includes a basic artificial vision system and a sound server looking for an unusual experience integrating image, audio and computation. From a cultural point of view the project is an attempt to explore the Do It Yourself roots as an important characteristic of American culture.On the optical part the camera obscura has a plane convex lens, a (brighter) mirror and a fresnel lens which receive the final projection. On the computational part -hardware- the project runs in a mac mini with a firewire video camera and sound speakers. The project works with Processing which reads the visual information -video real time- and SuperCollider server which translates some parameters from Processing into sound.

Modular Solution for Corridor Reactive Installations is an sketch for a set of solutions to create installations which use real time video as the main input source. This work should be understood in the context of projects done in the “Computational Optics” course. The visual component of MSCRI explores light masses in real time working with present and near past of video image. The body of the spectator affects with his/her motion the system, but nothing is attached to his/her body. In MSCRI the real time video image is self mixed or self blended but it happens using different previous frames. Visualization of algorithms are used as a curtain -mask- behind the video in real time and the previous frames. Additional video filters are explored in order to enhance the predominance of certain luminance conditions. Additionally some basic robotic elements are included in order to scan a wider area with a distance sensor.