[project dev studio] dancelligraphy final
The goal of the project is to translate dance movements into a script that is a symbolic notation system for the dance. A series of characters/symbols are generated that have a calligraphy style to them.
The dance is based on the motion capture data and examples from the Perfume global project. http://perfume-global.com/
[spatial media] Expanded final look
Ivana and I finally finished fabricating our wearable sculpture. It took a long time but we finally got there and are happy with the result.
We cut apart a sheet of translucent plastic sheet into triangle shapes and taped the triangles together from the inside following the wireframe that we already made with aluminum wires.
We got the pump working but it sadly died a few hours before our class presentation 
So we only got to present the light part.
view from Liberty State Park
view from liberty state park
movement studies – movement of the subway
more movement studies.
letting the movement of the subway leave a trace on the paper through the tip of my pen.
With this study, I am searching for new ways of drawing, more specifically the idea of using natural movement itself as an improvisation for drawing.
landscape #1
sensitive tree
landscape #2
dance -> calligraphy draft test
using the bvh files of Perfume Global’s dance for now. I have been doing my own motion capture with Brekel Kinect which captures into bvh files. But those files for some reason has not worked so well with the ofxBvh library as provided by the perfume global development team.
Next I want to save the line visualisation every few seconds into unique characters/symbols thereby generating a script of the dance. Hopefully this will happen 
visualizing a hard decision
decision sketch
Annelie asked me to either talk or write/draw about a hard decision. I chose to draw. This is showing the decision graph when getting dressed for an important event.
drill hack
Today we did a little hardware hacking. We decided to use the motor on a hand drill for our spatial media project. The trick is we need to reverse the direction of the motor with Arduino but this is controlled by this mechanical switch on the drill – i.e. a button that you press.
We removed the switch and make the drill go through a double relay circuit. One relay controls the on/off of the motor and the other relay controls the direction of the motor. Both relays are then controlled by the arduino. There problem solved.
opening up a hand drill
drill hack from yin liu on Vimeo.
[spatial media] ‘Expanded’ progress
Ivana and I made a frame for our wearable sculpture out of soft(ish) aluminum wires.
frame of the sculpture
[spatial media] project design proposal
approxi. 3D render
Expanded project design from yin liu on Vimeo.
Storyboard is here