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Tagged: 2006

CV

Posted December 20, 2010 & filed under .

Tags: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, Ali Momeni, CV

CNMAT MaxMSP Nigh School Student Evaluation Results

Posted August 3, 2007 & filed under Teaching.

Course evaluation form results from 2005, 2006 and 2007, with 38 out of 62 students responding to the survey.

A PDF version of CNMAT’s MaxMSP Night School Student Evaluation is here.

Tags: 2005, 2006, 2007, Ali Momeni, Berkeley, CNMAT, Jitter, MaxMSP, Teaching

CNMAT MaxMSP Night School Student Evaluation

Posted July 30, 2007 & filed under .

Evaluation form for the students of CNMAT’s annual MaxMSP Night School. Course syllabus and materials are here: 2005, 2006, 2007.

The”main instructor” refers to you Ali Momeni, whereas the guest lecturers refer to the invitees who began the classes and presented on Friday night.

Most questions are to be answered on a scale of 1 to 7; unless otherwise noted, 1 represents the worst rating and 7 the best. Ideally you should leave no questions unanswered!

Click here for the evaluation results.

Tags: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

aLib

Posted July 18, 2007 & filed under .

A library of abstractions and java scripts for Max/MSP; part of my doctoral dissertation from UC Berkeley. aLib is organized by category and folders and contains many help-files as documentation. aLib is currently under beta testing. Please forward all comments to Ali. Update 06.2009: new slim and friendly aLib; many things removed, the best kept; includes latest pattr space interpolation work…

Tags: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Audio Processing, Control, Javascript, Jitter, Mapping, MaxMSP, Network, Share, Video

aLib java

Posted July 17, 2007 & filed under .

Tags: 2005, 2006, 2007, Java, Jitter, MaxMSP, Network, Share

Marylene with Bells on by Ali Momeni

Posted December 19, 2006 & filed under .

Marylene is 29! happy b-day chica.

Tags: 2006, Sound

Jolastic

Posted December 14, 2006 & filed under .

Movements of the body are mechanically translated to movements of a joystick; the joystick is connected to a computer and controls real-time audio synthesis and processing. As a result, the participants body movement controls the music.

Documentation from Providence, Day 6.

Tags: 2006, Sculpture, Software, Sound

Video: Providence Day 6 (final), Joystick movement reflection Robin full body cage

Posted December 14, 2006 & filed under .

Movements of the body are mechanically translated to movements of a joystick; the joystick is connected to a computer and controls real-time audio synthesis and processing. As a result, the participants body movement controls the music.

Tags: 2006, Sculpture, Software, Sound

Video: Providence Day 5, Joystick movement reflection Ali full body cage

Posted December 12, 2006 & filed under .

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Video: Providence Day 5, Joystick movement reflection Robin horsey

Posted December 12, 2006 & filed under .

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Video: Providence Day 5, Joystick movement reflection Robin full body cage

Posted December 12, 2006 & filed under .

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Video: Providence Day 4, Joystick movement reflection full body vertical

Posted December 11, 2006 & filed under .

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Video: Providence Day 4, Joystick movement reflection full body

Posted December 10, 2006 & filed under .

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Video: Providence Day 3, Joystick movement reflection first tests

Posted December 8, 2006 & filed under .

Full size contraption that translates body movement mechanically to a joystick. To put the whole picture together, and see how the joystick fits in, check this out….

Tags: 2006, Sculpture

Video: Providence Day 2, Joystick movement reflection, model done

Posted December 8, 2006 & filed under .

Quarter size model of contraption that translates leaning and twisting motion to a joystick. Now just imagine a version larger enough to accommodate a person instead of my hand…

Tags: 2006, Sculpture

Thorny Man Shouldn’t Fall In Love, by Elika Hedayat

Posted December 7, 2006 & filed under .

A still image from scene 1 of Elika’s animation…

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Video: Providence Day 1, Joystick movement reflection

Posted December 4, 2006 & filed under .

Mechanical movement translation, from the red weight above (eventually a person) to the joystick in a cage, and countered by the weights below. the strings tie the joystick to a stationary position thereby translating motions of the red weight on top (eventually the participant) to that of the joystick, much in the spirit of frelia.

Tags: 2006, kinetic sculpture

Underwater Showgirls Hopping by Ali Momeni

Posted November 20, 2006 & filed under .

Music for underwater show girls with 3 to 5 legs.

Tags: 2006, Sound

i’m in

Posted November 19, 2006 & filed under .

just figuring this baby out

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Day 4, 06.11.14: Headed north and east

Posted November 16, 2006 & filed under .

…and an easy last push to Summit, NJ.

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Day 3, 06.11.13: Headed north and east

Posted November 16, 2006 & filed under .

Ambitious day driving with one and only one aim: get past Tennessee!

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Video: What You Say, How You Say It

Posted November 12, 2006 & filed under .

Opening night at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, participants exploring the installation What You Say, How You Say It. The location of the large shiny objects is tracked and mapped to spoken voices; the users' gestures control the enunciation of words as well as the choice of words…

Tags: 2006, Software, Sound

boy gone bad

Posted November 9, 2006 & filed under .

I stole these sunglasses.

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Day 2, 06.11.07: Headed east

Posted November 9, 2006 & filed under .

After an excellent night in Flagstaff, az wasn't sure how far I'd make it so started at 5.30 am.  Made an excellent spontaneous turn onto US-180 which inspired me to drive all the way to Austin, arriving at 11.30pm (16.5 hour driving day, didn't know i had that in me)

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Day 1, 06.11.06: Headed east

Posted November 9, 2006 & filed under .

Leaving the barn at 3.45am to beat all traffic, did this on Nov. 6th…

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Jay in the Valley of the Barn

Posted November 5, 2006 & filed under .

Jay and the Books, in the Forrest Knolls valley…

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2005 ENSAD ARi courses taught by Ali Momeni

Posted August 2, 2006 & filed under Teaching.

In the 2005 academic year, I taught interactivity design and real-time programming at ENSAD‘s ARi program.

My Max/MSP/Jitter patches for the initial intensive workshop are here by day:
–Monday
–Tuesday
–Wednesday
–Thursday

My students’ projects are documented here.

Tags: 2005, 2006, Ali Momeni, ENSAD, Jitter, MaxMSP, Network, Paris, Share, Teaching, Tracking

2006 CNMAT MaxMSP Night School, taught by Ali Momeni

Posted August 2, 2006 & filed under Teaching.

Between July 24-28 of 2006, I taught the 10th annual MaxMSP Night School, hosted by CNMAT.

A few related links:
–Course Syllabus and Patches
–Course Evaluation Form (please fill it out if you took the course!)
–Evaluation Results

Tags: 2006, Ali Momeni, Berkeley, Teaching

About

Ali Momeni is into dynamic systems and moving targets; he works with kinetics, electronics, software, sound, light, people, plants and animals. His creative output ranges from sculptures and installations, to urban interventions and music theater performance. Read more here.

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