Solo project.

This project was developed during Stanford University’s CS 476A (Music, Computing, Design: The Art of Design) in a 2-week time frame.

Overview

Motivation

Torus is a live audiovisual performance tool, where the user can record, loop, and layer sounds. It is meant to feel as if you are in a museum exhibition surrounded by blank walls, with the art installation in front as the focal point. The installation, however, is a living and breathing one, coming to life as you create.

I created this because I enjoy making music and have spent much of my life dancing. Music and movement have been the most prevalent forms of artistic expression for me, but they have existed disjointly – I have never danced to music that I made, and I have never made music to accompany my movement.

I saw this project as an opportunity to realize the intersection of my two creative processes for two different modes of expression. I wanted to create both my own sounds and my own movement in a completely self-made, unified space. I wanted to be able to create the sounds and the music that dictated my movement.

Tools: Unity, OpenCV, ChucK (real-time audio programming language)

Final Deliverables

Project Files: Zip File

Project Build: Executable

For demos, process details, and milestone documentation, visit this page.