September 19, 2019 Alizarin Zroob

For one intensive weekend with professor Matt Richardson, a class of ITP nerds had the chance to get familiarized with the tiny, trendy Raspberri Pi computer and some of it’s applications in making media-making devices. Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi is a small affordable computer (starting at $35) that can do basically anything you tell it to do. It’s highly customizable and it’s official documentation is geared to kids, making it quite easy to learn. It has an operating system, Raspbian, which delights the user with a somewhat familiar desktop interface. To begin using it you’ll need to load on a…

September 18, 2019 Alizarin Zroob

About Synesthesia Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which the stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway (for example, hearing) leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway (such as vision)- Google’s 1st search result Synesthesia is one of my favorite subjects personally, both aesthetically and intellectually. Also it’s a trendy theme in the burner art-nightlife culture. Previous Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9-B47xr1YQ For the Synesthesia assignment I’d like to revisit a former work of mine: a Blacklight-reactive acrylic artwork I painted and presented in 2018. The subject of the one painting I like to focus on, as one can…

September 17, 2019 Alizarin Zroob

The Making Of an original art toy – from sketch to sculpted prototype Sqoosh Farms More than a series of art toys, Sqoosh Farms is an entire universe. In Sqoosh-verse, instead of cultivating wheat, humans have cultivated this marvelous mutated grain: sqoosh. An animated TV show, a series of computer games – from casual gaming (Sqoosh Farmville) to VR multiplayer adventure. An immersive art experience?! Of course! These are all in the works. Sqoosh is a magical natural resource. Its texture is between a cloud and a flan; between cotton candy to marshmallow to bouncy slime.  It’s an aphrodisiac, an…

September 13, 2019 Alizarin Zroob

Light and Color in Set Design Being obsessed with color, it was a pleasure to take on a favorite wavelength to experiment with designing an original set for my own independent production. The set was of a futuristic, non-religious confession booth. The chosen color was warm bright red, around 700nm. Additionally, I mixed in a complimentary bright blue colors, with an average wave length of 500nm. My goal was to experiment with color and light to create an environment that’s comfortable and inviting, visually rich and cinematically interesting. The fabrics and materials used were reflective, The function of the set…

September 9, 2019 Alizarin Zroob

My first attempt at art toy design had begun when we received 5 blank wooden figurines from art toy enthusiast professor Benjamin Light. He showed us his variations of these figurines. Initial ideas on what can be done with the figurines included a big happy family of body-positive kinky statues. Pretty basic human idea, as ancient as these 23,000-year-old figurines. The motivation Art toys are not necessarily kids toys.  They’re meant to be collected and admired, not played with. However, when I showed the blank figurines to my 2 year old kid it was clear these are meant for him….