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  • 24MayPortrait of Cati II

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    This community of artist-researchers is amazing! After Portait of Cati by Stefan Agamanolis, my friend Orit Zuckerman made Portrait of Cati II to differenciate her art work from Stefan’s. I helped her in being the same person in both installations, but in hers I pretend to be a femme fatale (which I cannot be) and myself (which is easier).

    Her idea is that if the viewer is male, he would see in me the femme fatale, and if the viewer is a female, she would see the real Cati. She uses her photographic skills and by only using a web cam and a set of dramatic lights she succeeds in rendering this portrait.

    Portrait of Cati II is a portrait that reacts with a different aspect of Cati’s personality if the viewer is a man or a woman. She is more of a representation of a woman for men and more intimate and natural for women. When a viewer stands and looks at the portrait the system will detect if it is a man or a woman and trigger the right gesture.

    In featuring in art work


  • 24MayPortrait of Cati II

    If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed to receive the latest Architectradure’s articles in your reader or via email. Thanks for visiting!

    This community of artist-researchers is amazing! After Portait of Cati by Stefan Agamanolis, my friend Orit Zuckerman made Portrait of Cati II to differenciate her art work from Stefan’s. I helped her in being the same person in both installations, but in hers I pretend to be a femme fatale (which I cannot be) and myself (which is easier).

    Her idea is that if the viewer is male, he would see in me the femme fatale, and if the viewer is a female, she would see the real Cati. She uses her photographic skills and by only using a web cam and a set of dramatic lights she succeeds in rendering this portrait.

    Portrait of Cati II is a portrait that reacts with a different aspect of Cati’s personality if the viewer is a man or a woman. She is more of a representation of a woman for men and more intimate and natural for women. When a viewer stands and looks at the portrait the system will detect if it is a man or a woman and trigger the right gesture.

    In featuring in art work


  • 06JunThe Texture of Light at Siggraph 2006

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    My research poster The Texture of Light has been accepted at Siggraph 2006. The reviews are very encouraging and I have been recommended to suggest it to a Emergency Technology session . It will be part of the Art and Design tools category.

    Abstract : The Texture of Light is research on lighting principles and the exploration of life feed video metamorphosis in the public space using reflection of light on transparent materials. The Texture of Light is an attempt to fight the boredom of everyday life. This project employs the simple use of chemistry, Plexiglas, and plastic patterns to form a reconstruction of reality, giving it a texture and expressive form. The transformation of life feed video comes from physical, plastic circles that act as different masks of reality. These masks can be moved around and swapped by the public, enabling collective expression. This metamorphosis of the public space is presented in real time as a moving painting and is projected on city walls. The public can record video clips of their ‘moving painting’ and project them back on different city locations.

    I plan to develop it on a larger scale such as building-size panels the public could mechanically control using remote devices. Each panel will be pattern and transparent material specific. Two Plexiglas sheets could embed a water-fall, or viscous transparent material the user could distribute along his/her selected point of view. The software will allow media distribution among cities so that the outcomes of the public performances could be exposed on the panels of other cities …

    More about the project by Regine Debatty.

    In tangible video in the public space


  • 06JunThe Texture of Light at Siggraph 2006

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    My research poster The Texture of Light has been accepted at Siggraph 2006. The reviews are very encouraging and I have been recommended to suggest it to a Emergency Technology session . It will be part of the Art and Design tools category.

    Abstract : The Texture of Light is research on lighting principles and the exploration of life feed video metamorphosis in the public space using reflection of light on transparent materials. The Texture of Light is an attempt to fight the boredom of everyday life. This project employs the simple use of chemistry, Plexiglas, and plastic patterns to form a reconstruction of reality, giving it a texture and expressive form. The transformation of life feed video comes from physical, plastic circles that act as different masks of reality. These masks can be moved around and swapped by the public, enabling collective expression. This metamorphosis of the public space is presented in real time as a moving painting and is projected on city walls. The public can record video clips of their ‘moving painting’ and project them back on different city locations.

    I plan to develop it on a larger scale such as building-size panels the public could mechanically control using remote devices. Each panel will be pattern and transparent material specific. Two Plexiglas sheets could embed a water-fall, or viscous transparent material the user could distribute along his/her selected point of view. The software will allow media distribution among cities so that the outcomes of the public performances could be exposed on the panels of other cities …

    More about the project by Regine Debatty.

    In tangible video in the public space


  • 09JunHarvard University commencement 2006

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    The 2006 commencement ceremony at Harvard University

    Official news about the commencement …

    So, I did it! I decided to enjoy the experience of US commencement’s ceremony. My Bostonian family was here: Daisy & Adam. I did rent the academic dress and marched to Harvard Yard 🙂 and Daisy and Adam took pictures under the rain …

    Finally I received my degree at the Harvard Design school. A Master in Design specializing in product design and architecture …

    I received my grades. Among the grades I received a High Pass from Dr Antoine Picon and Distinctions from Marco Steinberg. What a nice ending for such a challenging degree!

    My ID, a last glance at it before starting the exciting journey of a MIT PhD at the Media Lab, in the Tangible Media group run by Prof. Hiroshi Ishii …

    In academic achievements


  • 09JunHarvard University commencement 2006

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    The 2006 commencement ceremony at Harvard University

    Official news about the commencement …

    So, I did it! I decided to enjoy the experience of US commencement’s ceremony. My Bostonian family was here: Daisy & Adam. I did rent the academic dress and marched to Harvard Yard 🙂 and Daisy and Adam took pictures under the rain …

    Finally I received my degree at the Harvard Design school. A Master in Design specializing in product design and architecture …

    I received my grades. Among the grades I received a High Pass from Dr Antoine Picon and Distinctions from Marco Steinberg. What a nice ending for such a challenging degree!

    My ID, a last glance at it before starting the exciting journey of a MIT PhD at the Media Lab, in the Tangible Media group run by Prof. Hiroshi Ishii …

    In academic achievements


  • 13JulA haptic psycho therapeutic Barbie for violent kids?

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    Recently, Florence Gallez –Moscow correspondent for the Bureau of National Affairs– sent me two articles about the future of the Barbie dolls. Either to mention that it is time to kill her or that ‘Barbie’s new dad is searching for the doll’s missing wow‘ …

    Well, I remember a WOW and this by only switching voices between Barbie and GI Joe dolls. Maybe Mattel could receive some advice from Mike Bonanno (the Yes men) …In any case, I think it is time for us to make a Psycho-therapeutic Barbie that squeezes violent kids with her tiny little hands … Touchcasting is working on that new Barbie revival!



    Barbie as Cat Woman

    In psycho toys


  • 18JulWhat is happiness?

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    The french artist Sbastien Schuller

    (from the Yvelines, Versailles or Trappes) has the best definition so far:

    ‘In the mildness of the spring

    You feel creepy like a worm

    In your lost enchanted brain

    You’re proud to go

    With the fairness of your skin

    You feel funny in this world

    In your lost enchanted dreams

    Weeping willow’

    From his album Happiness.

    Video-clip

    In French music as we like it


  • 19JulEveryday life on wow

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    I play World of Warcraft.
    So little is said about the social life and the partnership difficulties of one wanting to fight spiders while the other one wants to gather some herbs. This comic was sent to me by Adam (a powerful priest who collects herbs) … enjoy (wow humour only)

    My character is a warrior, profession engineer, level 28. I am in the peaceful Alliance maybe I’ll try the Horde.

    And later, I found a super wow fitness program on Nicolas’ blog that I will be sure to follow

    In favorite games

  • 20JulA placebo coupled with a non-invasive form of treatment

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    The benefit obtained by the patient is at least partially due to his or her sense of hope, positive expectation, and activation for self-healing processes Institute of Medicine

    I position therapy with haptic systems as part of the spectrum of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Now, how can we evaluate the efficiency of CAM? For invasive forms of treatment in conventional medicine, studies include a placebo. However, with most complementary and alternative medicines, the placebo effect becomes an inherent part of the treatment.

    If the outcome of a placebo can be equal to the one of an invasive treatment, I think there is a lot that can be designed around the placebo effect coupled with a non-invasive form of treatment

    A key reference

    Complementary And Alternative Medicine in the United States By Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press, 2005.

    In Haptic therapy