Interfacing the law Assessment Zalan Szakacs

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Special Issue

• Understanding pirate libraries and the ecosystem around them
• Deeper inside view into monoskope + memory of the world

Software

• Learning about CGI & TF-IDF search engines
• Learning about Comma separated catalogues
• Learning about networks
• Learning about tunneling
• Started to learn JavaScript
• Exploring the ThreeJs library

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

• Basics into Comma separated catalogues / JavaScript / HTML / CSS / ThreeJS
  • Shifting the role from a classical designer into a more developer - explorer role
  • A lot of people have good ideas, but the question is the execution - this is the key for a successful project
  • If you want to work in the computational field - you need to become an expert in it (understanding the way of thinking and executing in code)
  • IDEAS + KNOWLEDGE (SKILLS) = EXPERT IN THE FIELD
  • Your portfolio is your → main project → your businesscard
  • If you want to propose a project idea come already with a halfway working mockup / prototype and not with a vague idea
  • Make only concepts that you can execute yourself
  • Using reddit, internet console, GitHub and stack overflow for help in debugging
  • Having discipline for learning new programming languages

• Concept
  • Data visualisation system thinking exploration (which data will be translated and how – this is a key of a successful data visualisation project)
  • Trust your first intuition during the conceptualisation phase of the project
  • Better time planning (calendar) of the project - to do lists

WHAT DID I ACHIEVED FROM MY 1ST + 2ND TRIMESTER WISHLIST?

• the way of thinking in code
• creating dynamic and hybrid systems (XPPL Volumetric Catalogue - my first website)
• wiki structure to use for documenting the process
• learned the basics of JavaScript
• exploration of ThreeJs library
• found also ways how to connect with my work (WebGL, ThreeJs)
• Investigating a research into steganography / abusing file formats and creating a project with it

WHERE DO I WANT TO GO?

• learning more how to think in code and realise my ideas
• Developing further my ThreeJs skills (WebGL)
• Developing further my Python3 skills
• Starting with GLSL (Shaders)
• OpenGL
• Diving into Openframeworks
• Diving into Touchdesigner in combination of Python
• Creative coding and spatial light design installation
• Developing further the data visualisation system thinking (which data will be translated and how – this is a key of a successful data visualisation project)
• Developing a deeper understanding of sound visualisation

WHY?

• graduation project next year → live generated 3D environments ↔ audio visualisation (sound = data → data visualisation)
• creative coding, light - space installations, audiovisual performances delivered from a strong conceptual and technical (software - creative coding) foundation