I am a Graphic Design and Digital Media major working on finding my artistic focus. As a designer, I do a lot of work for a 'client' that is trying to communicate with an audience. Sometimes I have a problem when I feel that I am trying to sell something to someone who may not want or need an item. As a designer, I am interested in doing work that tries to communicate in new ways to or to make portals for fair information.
My artistic practice can sometimes be in opposition to typical design work. I have a deep interest in trying to explore modern culture and globalization. I fear that our culture is becoming overly influenced by corporations that spend countless hours trying to equate happiness and beauty with a product. I also am interested in money, identity, and choice as it applies to both the physical and digital world.
My favorite project that I have done so far is titled Ad Shades: A Visual Simplification System. It is a live mobile video processing piece that aims to reduce the amount of advertising and other non-natural objects in an environment. The new system of vision is supposed to make the viewer realize and thing about the manufactured messages in their environment. The piece runs on a mobile computer and feeds video in through a webcam and processes it into video glasses.
Here are screenshots of the live video.
From top to bottom Oaks Mall, 50% off Sign, Sleep Number Store, Victoria's Secret.
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