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BREAKING IN

Custom made for a 120-feet long wide screen, Breaking in is a short movie about giving up your own prejudice and embracing your true self

BREAKING IN

Screen dimensions in pixels with specifications of the three columns that covers part of the huge canvas

Screening at IAC’s building, NY

BREAKING IN

Still frames

BREAKING IN

Link: Watch preview

Classes:

Big ScreensTags:

Film, Live action, Public spaces, Storyboard, Black Magic camera, Big screens

Skills practiced:

Filming, Directing, Editing, Stitching, Production, Visual research

Status: Finished

Screened at Big Screens 2016In collaboration with Namira Abdulgani

COMMUNIONA 360º documentary and installation, Communion invites users to peek at families formed by same sex couples during dinner time.

COMMUNION

Mishas (yes, both have the same name) and their three adopted children Users watch the piece during ITP Winter show 2016

COMMUNION

Classes:

In Their Shoes

Tags:

Documentary, VR, 360º Video, Go Pro, Installation, Gay, Parenting

Skills practiced:

360º Filming, Stitching, Editing.

Status: Finished

In collaboration with Yifan Hu, Namira AbdulganiITP Winter show 2015

SOLAR MAN A social performance intended to reflect upon the sources of the energy we constantly consume.

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SOLAR MAN

Link: watch the video.

Classes:

Energy

Tags:

Solar panels, Circuits, Performance, Street art, Public spaces

Skills practiced:

Electric Circuits, Costume Design, PerformanceStatus: Finished

Two public appearances

SOLAR MAN

In collaboration with Oryan Inbar

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WELCOME TO

MIXGOGO

A music “dating” app that allow users to preview the sounds of events happening in the city they live or are visiting

MIXGOGO

WireframesMockups

MIXGOGO

Business Model evolution over 5 days of iterations and interviews with potential clients and partners

MIXGOGO

Classes:

Dynamic Web Server, 5 Days Lean Launchpad, Data Personalization

Tags:

App, Service, Startup, Business Model, User Research.

Skills practiced:

Customer Discovery, User Research, UX, Javascript, Node.js, Express, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, Business Model Canvas

Status: Proof of concept

Business Model Canvas Partially functional prototype

In collaboration with Namira Abdulgani

DISCONTROLImagined for house parties, Discontrol is an interactive disco ball controlled by a glove endowed with sensors

Made as part of the course Physical Computing at NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program, Discontrol is a prototype which circuit includes an arrduino, a motor shiel, a stepper motor, and two LED strips. It was imagined as a device for house parties and amateur DJs.

DISCONTROL

Classes:

Physical Computing

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Skills practiced:

Electric Circuits, Programming with arduino, Neopixels, Motors, Motorshield, Lasercutting

Status: Finished

ITP Winter Show 2014

Installation, Playful systems, Lights, Motors

VOGAMEVogame invites players to follow the steps of a fierce Voguing dancer.

Incentive texts overlayed set the tone of voice.Player has to match its silhouette with one from the dancer.

VOGAME

VOGAME

VOGAME

Classes:

Intro to Computational MediaSkills practiced:

Processing, Drawing with Pixels, Kinect FilmingStatus: Proof of Concept

Partially Functional prototype

Game, Creative Coding, Installation, Playful systems, Dance

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LIGHT ROPE

A jump rope that lights up powered by the jumping kinetic energy.

LIGHT ROPE

LIGHT ROPE

Classes:

Energy

Tags:

Toy, Kids, Movement

Skills practiced:

Analog Circuit, Fabrication, 3D printing

Status: Proof of concept

Piecing it together TBDIn collaboration with Magdalena KovarickFunctional circuit

BLACK BEACHA mindfulness exercise in the shape of an animation of water movements at the beach, triggered by a physical shell.

BLACK BEACH

3D printed shell endowed with a Yun and light sensor triggers the waves animation

Seashell resonance inspired the interaction on the project

BLACK BEACH

Classes:

Nature of CodeSkills practiced:

Processing, Sine waves, Animation, 3d Printing, Wireless, Arduino YunStatus: Proof of Concept

Unfinished physical object and Wireless connectivity

Installation, Creative Coding, Animation, Meditation, Mindfulness

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BLACK BEACH

HIMNamed from the acronym of “How I Meet”, HIM is collective storytelling's platform for sharing the histories of how we meet our dearest ones.

Frontpage

Wireframes

HIM

HIM

Classes:

Networked MediaSkills practiced:

Database, Javascript, JSON, Servi.js, HTML, CSS

Status: Finished

Functional prototype

Web, Blogging, Community, app, Storytelling

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RITUALS

A performance that addresses the rite of passage, mixing tribal references with abstract projections

RITAULS

RITUALS

Classes:

Drawing on EverythingSkills practiced:

Storytelling, Performing, Improv, Visual research

Status: finished

Performed at MOMI

Performance, Rituals, Lights, Projection, Body painting

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In collaboration with Sergio Mora-Diaz

SOLAR TIMELAPSEA low energy camera that takes pictures periodically.

SOLAR TIMELAPSE

Example of pictures generatedCircuit prototype

SOLAR TIMELAPSE

Classes:

EnergySkills practiced:

Electric Circuits, Physical Computing, Arduino Mini

Status: finished

Functional prototype

Solar Energy, Photography, Timelapse, Data logger

Tags:

In collaboration with Oryan Inbar

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