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syn·es·the·sia syn·aes·the·sia (sĭn'ĭs-thē'zhə)

n.

A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.

The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

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This is part 2 in a 6 part series. This video covers the modeling of the eyes.

In this tutorial series we’re going to be looking at the techniques needed to model a human head. First we’ll set up the primary edgeloops and then move on piece by piece from there. Upon completion you should come away with some good strategies to model your own heads.

An electroacoustic performance realized with PD. Two 6min audio tracks(each are my own works - recordings) are sliced - deconstructed and slices are arranged by their spectral stability(noisiness) from low to high. This arrangement is mapped to the graphics tablet. X axis has the first deconstructed and arranged track and Y axis has the other. I'm using the midi controller to control some parameters in the sampling engine which I've programmed in PD. I'm also doing some stuff with the buttons on the electronic pen. Software used:

* Pure Data - as the main programming environment
* GNU/Linux as the operating system(Ubuntu Feisty with low latency kernel, running jackd)
* Reaper - for the post effects(reverb and compression, whose parameters are controlled in realtime from my PD patch - thanks to wineasio!)
* MEAPsoft - for slicing the master tracks and getting the spectral stability info about each slice(the data is parsed and given to the PD patch)

The graphics tablet is a cheap UC-Logic tablet.

As you may know, I’m in the process of writing my thesis dissertation about the Open Source Architecture. In order to complement my research paper I have put together a Wiki web page, which is titled Wiki Architecture. It is grounds to an experiment in collaborative design ultimately geared towards generating a new concept for the USA’s White House.

However, this rant is really about the painting workshop I’m took, called Architecture through Painting. For the three months, I was be working on a 6×6 foot painting, which, as I decided, was to be a reconstructed vision of the Open Source White House. Of course, since my instructor was Tom Dubicanac, I had to include a nude somewhere in the composition, which made it extra challenging.

So, in the end the painting took 34 painting sessions, about 4 to 14 hours each, totaling in about 270 hours of work (Yes, I know I’m slow), and $500 worth of supplies. The professor, however, was eager and satisfied and I am happy to have found myself a new hobbies and passion. I hope to paint more, and maybe try out some other techniques.

I hope you like it. It is called Intertext. Creative criticism is very welcome!