the project |
our process | my role
Fluxus - The Art of Conversation
www.fluxus.ca
Fluxus was designed and built as part of our Building Virtual Worlds class. Our teacher was
Jeffrey Ventrella and the course took place
in our second semester of the Masters of Digital Media.
Building on an already established 3D world the team had chosen the task to
featuring nonverbal avatar expression. Fluxus is an exploration of the art of conversation.
In a digital environment dominated by emoticons and abrvs, we created a system which abstractly
elevates standard text chat to a stimulating, organic, and emotive visual experience.
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Our process
The assignment that inspired fluxus was to create a communication system for a networked virtual environment.
Our first brain storming session evolved from a very accurate reenactment of the scene from the movie Big where Tom Hanks dances
on the piano floor. From there the notion of fluxus started to emerge. Lets create a world that reacts to the conversation.
The group quickly locked on the fundamental notion and started to develop the idea and how we were going to execute it.
Read all about our inspiration, the Making of... and the technology we have chosen here.
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My Role
Fluxus at Midforms 2009.
I was in charge of our web presence on this team, additionally, I
created avatars that are abstract and gender neutral enough to invite all members of our audience to participate in the conversation.
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