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December 2012
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PEDRO Girl meets Boy… or does she? A typical awkward first conversation that gets weirder with a twist. Up to interpretations.
Dec 13th
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SMUDJ This is an updated version of the SMUDJ application for iOS devices. “SMUDJ” is a mobile application for iPhone and iPad that lets the user smudge his/her own images. Unlike retouching applications that enable users to edit their pictures in order to make them prettier, “SMUDJ” helps users deform their pictures, turning them into either uncanny portraits or abstract “artsy” artworks. The...
Dec 13th
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CATT at Pratt CATT was shown in the Fall 2012 Miami Art Basel, as well as in the “Interactive Arts Student Exhibition” at Pratt Institute’s Digital Arts Gallery from February 25th 2013 to March 8th 2013. CATT is an Augmented Reality Application for Iphone and Ipad done by me and my classmates, in collaboration with Augmented Mountain (Phoenix Toews, Meredith Drum and Mitch...
Dec 6th
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June 2012
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May 2012
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DON’T EXPLODE “Don’t Explode” is an interactive installation that treats the issue of obesity. It is composed of a 2D animation projected on the wall, which flow is controlled by the participant’s walking cycle. Done with Arduino and Processing. Click Here to watch the stand-alone animation.
May 7th
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DON’T EXPLODE 2D Animation short for the Interactive Installation with the same name. Click Here to watch the Interactive Installation.
May 7th
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THE DOG-ROACH “The Dog-Roach” is an interactive robot designed to focus on a treatment for cockroach phobia (Katsaridaphobia). The concept behind this project is that the cockroach should be the one scared of you and not the way around. It encourages the player to vanquish his fear of cockroaches, a practice the phobic player would hopefully do against a real cockroach. It is a robotic...
May 4th
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CONDUCTOR  Conductor was shown at Pratt Institute’s Digital Arts Gallery in the exhibition “Interactive Arts Student Exhibition” showing from February 25 2013 to March 8 2013. “Conductor” is an interactive installation that sets the participant in the role of a special orchestra conductor. The participant would take control of 3 instruments, using his/her hands...
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April 2012
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FADE TO BLACK (Kinect Interaction - Test) Interactive piece produced in Processing, that portrays one day of your life (You as in the participant), composed of a series of events linked one to another, and happening depending on the choices you make. The message behind this piece is that fate is pre-written and inevitable. This video is a run-through of the piece. There are two versions of...
Apr 23rd
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FADE TO BLACK (Mouse Interaction - COMPLETE) Interactive piece produced in Processing, that portrays one day of your life (You as in the participant), composed of a series of events linked one to another, and happening depending on the choices you make. The message behind this piece is that fate is pre-written and inevitable. This video is a run-through of the piece. There are two versions of...
Apr 23rd
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MOTION STRING Motion String is an installation where the user’s movements are what is creating the sounds you’re hearing. This video is a performance showing off how users can interact with the artwork. - Done with Max6 and using a webcam.
Apr 21st
December 2011
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YES… I MEAN NO! “Yes… I Mean No!” is an interactive awareness piece dealing with the issue of women’s roles in the government worldwide. This video is a run through of the interaction.
Dec 21st
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TRANSBEAT TransBeat portrays one dramatic night for this transvestite where she got beaten up on the streets because of her lifestyle choice. - Done with Flash AS3, this video presents the a user interacting with the artwork.
Dec 21st
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SOUNDPUSH SoundPush is a music generation game, which is controlled by the real time projection of the player. It is a simple attempt to introduce players to sampling, by playing different loops together, forming a composition. This installation was done using the Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor with Processing. The loops come from a Logic Pro soundfile I created
Dec 21st
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STUCK Stuck is an interactive video that sheds light on the poor architecture of the Pratt Grand Avenue Dorm’s building, which might put lives in danger in the case of a real threat like a fire where you have to get out of the building the fastest possible to be safe. This piece shows the complexity of getting out of the building when the elevator doesn’t work, expecially when...
Dec 21st
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KALEIDOSCOPE Kaleidoscope is a piece done in Processing, which reminds me of what I see when I look through a kaleidoscope. The interaction with this piece is through moving the mouse across the screen, which will change the visuals you’re seeing. There are 2 versions of this piece, a duotone feel and a colored one. This video represents the interaction with the piece.
Dec 21st
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B VS B “B vs B” is an interactive piece that portrays my feelings of homesickness when I first moved to New York from Lebanon. It takes the user around my neighborhood in Brooklyn. The user would perceive the neighborhood the way I perceive it, looking at things that remind me of cherished things in Beirut. Done in Flash. Brooklyn pictures appropriated from Google maps.
Dec 21st
June 2011
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SOUND ASLEEP “Sound Asleep” is a short 2D animation promoting the newly standardized Lebanese Sign Language. Done in Flash. Logo and character also fully designed by me. I have also developed a font (same as logo).
Jun 21st
December 2009
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SOUNDPROOF “soundproof” is an informative interactive website about the Official Lebanese Sign Language, a topic that I developed within my undergrad thesis paper. It starts with an animated splash introduction of the logotype followed by the homepage. The sound waves light up in different colors on roll-over throughout the website’s pages, highlighting the fact that there are different dialects...
Dec 21st
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BEANS “Beans” is a stop motion animation done using a bag of beans and edited on Adobe After Effects.
Dec 21st
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LEMON TREE “Lemon Tree” is a stop motion animation done using wires and printed material. It is representative of the song “Lemon Tree” by Fool’s Garden. Put together in Adobe After Effects.
Dec 21st
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HOW DID THE BRA GET ON THE TREE? “How did the bra get on the tree?” is a short video montage responding to a random question using a digital camera, a tripod, and Final Cut Pro.
Dec 21st
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SUNNY SIDUP “Sunny Sidup” is a short stop-motion animation featuring Sunny, an obnoxious alien model. Put together in Adobe After Effects.
Dec 21st