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The End is Near…
Semester one is almost over. We had our last class yesterday, and now it’s all about finishing up projects. I’m currently in three groups working on three separate projects, and it’s nonstop work for the next week to see them all through to fruition, but I feel good about it. After that I’ll be able to go back and post a number of things I simply haven’t had the time to put up here.
Looking back on this semester, I feel good. I didn’t learn many of the things that I thought I would when I came here (mad software skills, for instance), but I’ve had my mind opened up like I never imagined possible, and I feel that I can stand up and say “I am a designer.” It feels good. I’m already looking forward to next semester, when I’ll be taking some really cool sounding classes of my own choosing, including one on generative sound and visualization taught by Golan Levin (an artist who is currently making some of the coolest stuff I’ve ever seen), and a course in ‘Mapping and Diagramming’ taught by Karen Moyer, in which I hope to continue improving my visual skills.
And, since I’m not offering up any of my own work today, check out the following link - this is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time, I just wish I knew how he did it: http://tinyurl.com/2j3nrv
Also, I just have to say, for anyone interested in electronic music, go download Daft Punk’s new Alive 2007 album, which was recorded live on their North American tour this past year. It is absolutely incredible - I’ve been listening to it nonstop for a week, which is a really long time for me. Get it on iTunes for the extra track (it’s a really good one). They basically remix all of their songs from the past decade into eachother on the flay, and it sounds incredible.
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December 7th, 2007
Posted by Paul in CMU, Music and Movies, Photography |
December 10th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The photography looks like it was done with a fish eye lens and then stitched together with a custom photoshop plug-in. But his choice of subject to use this technology on is his true artistry. For an interesting way of looking at the world try Mark Jenkins art at http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/. I particularly like the way he plays with our perceptions and expectations of the built environment with his street installations.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
How it is done is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jftphotography/sets/72157600232700728/
And it wasn’t done in photoshop but the free competitor GIMP.