the new color of summer

So I am on summer break, returned from my wonderful vacation to Japan. I wished I could have stayed longer. I saw some art while I was there and discovered a few artists whose work resonated with me. I'm particularly interested in the orchestral work of Toru Takemitsu. I feel like his music goes with some of the images I have been making recently. I also saw some artwork that eerily looks like the piece I just completed, but in painting form. I can't seem to find the artist's name.

Anyway, that got me thinking that maybe I should spend time in Japan working on art and making stuff. I feel like I could learn a lot from the culture and the ways of working that Japanese artists, musicians and architects think about space, technology and structure. So I am actually conceiving of the crazy idea of studying Japanese during my normal school year and getting proficient enough to do an internship or have a job Summer 2008.

That brings me back to my thesis and my focus. At the moment, I am still interested in 3D visualization, and I am so attracted to flashy, bright things I get distracted for a wee bit. I am considering continuing my work on the interactive, digital projector, seeing that I received quite a good response from the show I had at the end of the year. I also am attached to my wand/conducting stick idea but I feel like I need more time to develop that idea fully. So, in the time I have to finish school I can tackle a doable project. I only have a year and I am still learning sooo much!

Perhaps the next step is having the 3D world have generative, interactive movement so its not so static. I suppose I'll have to rework my projector into something more solid and clear, but I do think its not impossible. I think its an idea worth delving into. I just need to get more comfortable with the technology (Maya, Director) and get to the point that I can really tweak and test.