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 ideas 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
- Concept
- Stay sharp and critical during the conceptual phase
- Don't try to combine to many things at the same during the concept – focus only on one strong aspect
WHAT DID I ACHIEVED FROM MY 1ST TRIMESTER WISHLIST?
- the way of thinking in code
- learned the basics of Terminal
- learned the basics of Python
- trained my research skills
- trained my writing skills
- found also ways how to connect with my work (Python – DrawBot, Python – Cinema4D, Python – Blender)
WHERE DO I WANT TO GO?
- Investigation into Makefiles
- Investigation into Git
- Investigating a research into steganography / abusing file formats and creating a project with it in Python
- doing a project with Pi
- learning more how to think in code and realise my ideas
- developing further my Python3 skills
- diving into Python – DrawBot, Python – Cinema4D, Python – Blender
- diving into Touchdesigner in combination of Python
- diving into Openframes
- learning more about Wiki (+styling of it)
- open shaders
- vvvv
- open GL
- pure data
- p5.js
WHY?
- graduation project next year → live generated 3D environments ↔ audiovisualisation
- A – Z → founding a studio in collaboration with Alex Roidl – collaborative and hybrid practice in borders of new technologies and visual culture
- the studio should have two foundations:
- visual culture (graphic design, art direction, motion design, visual identity, website, 3D animation)
- digital culture (design research, creative coding, light - space installations, audiovisual performances)
- the studio should have two foundations: