Daniel Lara

Body 2.0

Daniel Lara — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:14:41 +0000

What would be the mundane realities of a fully networked future? What is going to happen when electronic implants become as feasible as pacemakers or breast implants?

Body 2.0 is a set of 5 medical cases and 1 conversation that focus on unique features, uncommon banalities and possible absurdities of our near future, where our actions are integrated to the internet, and where new paradigms exist for privacy, social control and human interactions.

Beyond optimistic and glossy visions of the future, this video investigates our dependence on technology and our complex evolution with it.

[ MFA Thesis, Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design ]
[ Please visit www.daniellara.com/body2 to see this project's website ]

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Video diagrams:

Process documentation:

Synesthetic Record

Daniel Lara — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:03:26 +0000

Paintings, as static objects, do not make justice to the dynamic processes that created them. How to record the various states a painting goes through? In this performance Alex and I used the concept of Synesthesia as a translator from color to sound. Each brushstroke to the canvas gets captured by a camera and translated to sound. White doesn’t produce any sound. There are two canvases on a table, each one being read by a webcam and triggering a different set of sounds, allowing the p(aint)erformer to be a dj with paint.

–> In collaboration with Alex Braidwood.
–>Tools used: Max/MSP, OpenFrameworks, two computers, two webcams, 12″x12″ gesso boards, acrylic paint, brushes and speakers.

Paintings produced:

1,000 Drawings

Daniel Lara — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:00:57 +0000

This set of drawings was an investigation on the relationships between the body, space at a human scale and invisible networks that surround us. Here is the whole set: http://daniellara.com/1000drawings

Goodminton

Daniel Lara — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:00:23 +0000

What if the audience could really participate in a game?

[ In collaboration with Hoon Oh, at the MDP ]

2 Way Gun

Daniel Lara — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:00:09 +0000

This project is about modifying perspective. A gun is an object that establishes a relationship from A to B in one fixed direction. What happens when you modify that relationship? Which shifts of perspective can we perform with today’s technology?
And from the other side, which mental shifts are demanding technologies to be developed?