XPRESS yourself
An exploration of the inner landscape, where art, dance, and artificial intelligence converge to create a journey of self-discovery.
Interactive installation where the user is invited to unravel the connections between emotions as they float around a network built in a virtual space.
The Glad Scientist was a dear mentor who guided me along the way.
More than ever we need to know how to deal
with our emotions in a healthy and safe way.
Dance videos
Selection of personal improvisations
to identify emotions.
Art as an input | Comfy UI
Sketches (watercolor, ink) and photographs worked as a starting point. Editing was needed to generate diverse styles.
Selected artistic expressions from modern and traditional art were used as prompt inputs in Comfy UI.
Comfy UI prompting
RAGE - surrealism
irrational, subconscious, fire, playful forms, shapeless, liquid, fluid, sunbursts, saturated colors, watercolor, splash, 8k, houdini sidefx, fractal slomo background
ABSENCE - art nouveau
lines, abstract, simplicity, urban background, architecture, decorative elements, iron, stained glass, glass, mosaics, elegance
Building the network in TouchDesigner
The layout was unexpected, 3D spheres helped to make the decision.
The AI videos were applied to these objects as textures.
The Glad Scientist helped to add the interactivity through a Leap Sensor,
inviting the user to explore the network with the movement of their hand.
Mermaid Song | Background
For the background of the network I integrated an audio reactive project developed with AI models : Mermaid Song.
It's an exploration of sound, a simulation of music playing underwater: mixing different instruments (piano, violin, cellos) and voices with reverb, underwater noises and echoes.
Field recordings were made while riding my bike by the highway, in a park, under the rain or crossing tunnels where cars and trains went by. I worked also with sounds from freesound and generated some more with audios LDM.
I trained a model in Rave to use as an input in SEMILLA, an interface in Max 8 developed by my mentor Moises Hernandez.
In Touch Designer I mixed the sounds of siren echoes, piano melody and trumpets, using the sound waves to different parameters of the system.
