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louiselessel

@itp_nyu class of 2020
Creative Technologist // New York / Copenhagen

32x32 pixel video test on LED matrix, while workin

32x32 pixel video test on LED matrix, while working on new projects for @_james_clar. I have never rendered anything out this small before. #raspberrypi #pi3d

Succumb, 2019. Dance performance. Code based on dr

Succumb, 2019. Dance performance. Code based on drawing and fluid dynamics.
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Whenever I built a new project I think of it much more as a tool with parameters and stages that I can change over time. Often in response to tracked movements. In Succumb, one dancer draws calm ink patterns, another busier dancer brings in the erratic ink rain that will inevitably destroy the calm patterns of the first dancer. But staying erratic for too long will make you succumb to your own chaos. And eventually leads to a completely black canvas. While staying calm and refinding the patterns that make sense within ourselves - even in a transformed environment in which you feel like you are drowning - makes it possible to resurface. The piece is inspired by the two dancers personal styles of movement.
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The 6 minute video is a demo of all of the stages we programmed for the performance.
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With @monica_jingyi @amandaklepper @university_yoga
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#projectionart
#generativeart
#danceperformance
#processing
#p5js
#shaders
#itpnyu
#barnard

If your works don’t double as sci-fi weaponry. Y

If your works don’t double as sci-fi weaponry. You’re doing it wrong. (Just kidding, obviously).

Got to do guest art crit this week for the Pratt I

Got to do guest art crit this week for the Pratt Institute course on ‘Interactive - Light + Space’. Always so fun and inspiring to see other people’s work and process. Thank you @elvvvvvv for having me 🖤

The Armillaries, 2020. Work progression. To be sho

The Armillaries, 2020. Work progression. To be shown @illumination.nyc. October 22-24.
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#lightart
#generativeart
#dataart
#spacetrash
#satellite
#arduino
#lasers
#teensy
#ableton

Study of light diffusion through metal and fabric

Study of light diffusion through metal and fabric scrim, 2019.
Pre-study for my ITP thesis ‘Homo ex Humo’.
Might return to this idea again. I quite like the layering effect.
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#lightart
#generativeart
#creativecoding
#arduino
#neopixels
#dataart

“Press Reset”. Work in situ. Documentation in

“Press Reset”. Work in situ. Documentation in progress.
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With @_james_clar. @janelombardgallery 58 White st. #tribecagallerywalk

Almost done. The Armillaries. #lightart #lightinst

Almost done. The Armillaries. #lightart #lightinstallation #arduino

New installation in the making. ‘The Armillaries

New installation in the making. ‘The Armillaries’ premiere at Illumination Light Festival in October. #lightart #lightinstallation #space #inthestudio

Out soon... Testing testing. Shaders on Raspberry

Out soon... Testing testing. Shaders on Raspberry Pi 4 running LED matrixes or large screens. With @_james_clar

Admiring our handy work at @janelombardgallery for

Admiring our handy work at @janelombardgallery for The Tribeca Gallery Walk. Shader programming 👩‍💻 for @_james_clar, with @kcconch

Light observation, 11 am, August 18th 2020 Crown H $Light observation, 11 am, August 18th 2020 Crown Heights ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Differing angles of light hitting a window causing refraction with a plant shadow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lightandinteractivity #lightobservation$

I’m very honored to be included in the p5.js Con

I’m very honored to be included in the p5.js Contributors Zine along side of so many of my personal heroes in the creative coding community. Together with @kcconch for our work on shaders in p5.js.
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Everyday I’m humbled by the open sharing and creative support from this community, so thank you thank you thank you! <3

I never dreamed I’d be mentioned in a publication that also features #danielshiffman and my favorite book #generativedesign (which has been something like a bible to me when I first started out) by Benedikt Groß, Hartmut Bohnacker, Julia Laub, & Claudius Lazzeroni with contributions by Joey Lee & Niels Poldervaart. Just wow.
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The publication is a limited edition print and sold out fast in support of BLM, but you can still read it here https://processingfoundation.press/product/p5-js-1-0-contributors-zine-entries/
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Read more about the publication here: https://medium.com/processing-foundation/p5-js-in-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter-85a99efb9d5f
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Our featured project can be found here https://itp-xstory.github.io/p5js-shaders/#/ (now go learn some shaders!)
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@p5xjs
#shaders #glsl
#generativecode
#creativecoding
#p5js
#itpnyu

I promise I’m doing ok in quarantine... really.

I promise I’m doing ok in quarantine... really. I promise. 😑

Inwood, NY. The sound of all of these glass pieces

Inwood, NY. The sound of all of these glass pieces drew me in. #soundsofnewyork

Homo ex Humo (Man from dirt) is a memento mori for

Homo ex Humo (Man from dirt) is a memento mori for nature, an interactive sculpture about the human disconnect from nature.
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Follow the ITP Live Thesis presentations on this link: https://itp.nyu.edu/shows/thesis2020/ Tuesday through friday.
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I present Wednesday, May 13th at 2.36 - 2.46 PM.

Robot robots robots. Thesis ITP documentation from

Robot robots robots. Thesis ITP documentation from home. #interactiveart #itpnyu

Preview of my thesis project at @itp_nyu. Homo ex

Preview of my thesis project at @itp_nyu. Homo ex Humo (Man from dirt) is a memento mori for nature, an interactive sculpture about the human disconnect from nature.
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Happy belated Earth day.
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#arduino
#led
#interactiveart
#itpnyu

I quite like this idea. From the Liberty Science C

I quite like this idea. From the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey. Where we showed the laser harp in February. #lightandinteractivity #itpnyu

A collection of magnetic fields sound recordings f

A collection of magnetic fields sound recordings from my apartment. Mixed binaurally. The true sounds of the electrical devices that keep us connected and sane during COVID. (The cricket like sound is the cell phone). - freezer
- fridge
- toaster
- computer playing Spotify
- computer on youtube - computer rendering in fusion
- internet router
- internet router phone plug
- cell phone
- cell phone camera
- Microwave
- LED plug in kitchen ... among others.

This little contraption lets me listen to electrom

This little contraption lets me listen to electromagnetic fields emitted from the electronics around me, directly in my headphones. Now I just need to solder it to a permanent board and I have built myself an electromagnetic microphone. I’ll post sounds later! 🦾

Interactive installation for thesis #itpnyu - got

Interactive installation for thesis #itpnyu - got rudimentary movement implemented in 3 joints. Next steps are to remodel the look like a branch and to implement the knobs that will hold and move the leaves 🍁

Movement tests. Thesis project at #itpnyu #lightan

Movement tests. Thesis project at #itpnyu #lightandinteractivity

Light study for upcoming work about the slowness a

Light study for upcoming work about the slowness and sensing of plants (aka my thesis) #slowart #itpnyu #lightart #installation

Making a (very modest) light show at the ITP NYU f

Making a (very modest) light show at the ITP NYU floor from my Arduino Nano sitting on my desk here in Bedstuy. The Arduino connects to my home WiFi and sends commands to the Hue Bridge at ITP. (Thanks to @t.igoe who adapted the #lightandinteractivity class to work remotely with cameras and all!). I’m a sucker for network programming and this is just so much fun! DMX remote control is up next.

Home office. And behind the scenes look at initial

Home office. And behind the scenes look at initial light tests for my thesis project in robotic plants at ITP. #lightandinteractivity #itpnyu #slowart

On slowness. And the acceleration of human culture

On slowness. And the acceleration of human culture.

New stuff brewing. That hardcore DSP course I did

New stuff brewing. That hardcore DSP course I did in 2017 is finally coming to some fruition #soundinspace #itpnyu #medialogy

Proud to be a part of p5.js official launch of ver

Proud to be a part of p5.js official launch of version 1.0 ! And the online showcase (https://p5js.org/showcase/) that curator Ashley Kang @kangashley will present today in LA.
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Ashley reached out to Casey Conchinha @kcconch and I last fall for interviews about the work we have done for making shaders more easy to learn for beginner programmers. I know we have reached programmers from all over the world by now and I'm so grateful our work is useful to you! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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http://p5isfor.us ⠀⠀#p5js @p5xjs congrats!!! #processing @processingorg

Light Moments no. 2 #lightandinteractivity #itpnyu

Light Moments no. 2
#lightandinteractivity #itpnyu
Monday, December 25 2019. 6PM, RUN entrance.

The light in this image is creating a simultaneous futuristic and 80’s vibe, which caught my eye. The colors remind me of bioluminescence in deep sea jellyfish. This is the entrance to the RUN experience at the Luxor in Las Vegas. It is an optical illusion that protrudes from the entrance and spells out “RUN” (a show name). As you walk towards the entrance (about 10 meters), the word disappears and becomes more like a feeling of speed stripes passing by you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItaY_6JayA
The LEDs are diffused to a soft light and flushed with the columns to make a coherent structure. The light barely reaches the the floor because of the spread. There is movement in the lights on the columns.

Experimenting with moving sound around in space fo

Experimenting with moving sound around in space for the next couple of months. Starting with movement in mono. I decided the only way I could think of, was playing with reverb delay. When my harp is held upright the sound is co-located. When tilted the sound comes from the distance. Sound in Space class at #itpnyu #soundinspace

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