https://marthajanicki.online Martha Janicki Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:39:59 +0000 https://marthajanicki.online en https://marthajanicki.online/American-Dream Thu, 04 May 2023 19:37:45 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/American-Dream American Dream JavaScript / sound modulation / microphones / LEDs Spring 2023 <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0805c271897a56b7e029170a84aad23107536db674de92416483b22c2c21e43/nestsLaying.jpg" data-mid="177724762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0805c271897a56b7e029170a84aad23107536db674de92416483b22c2c21e43/nestsLaying.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0affc6d4686d4e6a023d2e4b88444af717c6a9fbf53ce63fd108b1c0680e3ec0/funnel.jpg" data-mid="177724759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0affc6d4686d4e6a023d2e4b88444af717c6a9fbf53ce63fd108b1c0680e3ec0/funnel.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b247b39aa8799f8812a7e607bef7aab133c2d8362b679617bf207c0844cf947e/brassRods.jpg" data-mid="177724750" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b247b39aa8799f8812a7e607bef7aab133c2d8362b679617bf207c0844cf947e/brassRods.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/136276e1039e3b1eb8c4ccf4c8313192660b300a92329002b5763c941e6f5c26/singleNest.jpg" data-mid="177724765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/136276e1039e3b1eb8c4ccf4c8313192660b300a92329002b5763c941e6f5c26/singleNest.jpg" /> <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c44802e0fc9833e3340545f3c6965d0ba5077828bef039edbb54b2561652f826/nestWithLight.jpeg" data-mid="177724764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c44802e0fc9833e3340545f3c6965d0ba5077828bef039edbb54b2561652f826/nestWithLight.jpeg" /> <img width="3996" height="2664" width_o="3996" height_o="2664" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db274b9edfbf411a4c06ac7d242cbbacff772f78617666b79c201a84724ea8cd/circuit.jpg" data-mid="177724758" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db274b9edfbf411a4c06ac7d242cbbacff772f78617666b79c201a84724ea8cd/circuit.jpg" /> <img width="624" height="1224" width_o="624" height_o="1224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0de65720ee592116bdd78ff7ad7079625daa922a649cb4408bfc148b6a1dae07/americanDreamFull.png" data-mid="177699655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/0de65720ee592116bdd78ff7ad7079625daa922a649cb4408bfc148b6a1dae07/americanDreamFull.png" /> ITP Thesis Week 2023 - Martha Janicki from ITP_NYU on Vimeo. ︎ Microphone sensors to detect coin drop︎LED circuit with individual power sources ︎ Fabrication includes wishing well funnel, rod hanging, and individual baskets.&nbsp; This project explores the dichotomy of the ambitious hope and realist precarity in the chase for the American Dream. This was my thesis project for my degree at ITP. The audience drops a coin down the wishing well funnel. Its path is scattered by the golden rods,&nbsp; resonating the air with the sounds of church-like wind chimes. The coin either falls to safety in a nest, which senses its presence and gives the audience a small indication of its capture one coin at a time. Otherwise, the coin is buried in a pile of dirt, its demise amplified by embedded microphones and sound effects.&nbsp; Full process documentation https://marthajanicki.online/HTFL Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:39:59 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/HTFL Half Truths and Full Lies front-end / back-end / video / freelance Summer 2022 <img width="2632" height="1314" width_o="2632" height_o="1314" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12c4fc45f347cb041b05adaa82783daac5570690743c03a574a2d408fc24714d/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.07.png" data-mid="200049989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12c4fc45f347cb041b05adaa82783daac5570690743c03a574a2d408fc24714d/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.07.png" /> <img width="2626" height="1306" width_o="2626" height_o="1306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bb12321dfd531d91cb76a6e07c1f2b395c0119368c37205274632a3590d85aa/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.22.png" data-mid="200049994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bb12321dfd531d91cb76a6e07c1f2b395c0119368c37205274632a3590d85aa/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.22.png" /> <img width="2630" height="1312" width_o="2630" height_o="1312" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b8329e4ce04f0944b633e3dbdc42041358480f51d56d6d16f07da5a30b01b28/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.35.png" data-mid="200049998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b8329e4ce04f0944b633e3dbdc42041358480f51d56d6d16f07da5a30b01b28/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.35.png" /> <img width="2624" height="1316" width_o="2624" height_o="1316" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51039987f63e9d3b468f9a6e07cdf5a11bbaef87ad84edfc26aa74a6e4258408/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.50.png" data-mid="200050340" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51039987f63e9d3b468f9a6e07cdf5a11bbaef87ad84edfc26aa74a6e4258408/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-00.54.50.png" /> <img width="2628" height="1298" width_o="2628" height_o="1298" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8857c97c94df632a72aada6957fda5d44ac1570e09a44e91f70d7faa923c07d3/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-01.06.13.png" data-mid="200050775" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8857c97c94df632a72aada6957fda5d44ac1570e09a44e91f70d7faa923c07d3/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-01.06.13.png" /> ︎ Front-end web development for video presentation︎Back-end media storage and processing This was my first full-time solo hired web development project. The website provides Efren’s version of a 1980s murder for which he was incarcarete at the age of 15, a crime he claims he did not commit. This project was a collaboration with artists at the Art Institute of Chicago.&nbsp;To tell Efren’s story, I created an online repository for the documentary films. After a brief introduction, the user scrolls through aseries of thumbnails of films; they select a video, and upon play it opens to a near-fullscreen theatrical presentation. They can also view an index of all available films, learn more about the project and access resources to educate themselves more about the context of the case.&nbsp; htfl.info https://marthajanicki.online/Birthday-Card-Generator Mon, 16 May 2022 01:06:42 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/Birthday-Card-Generator Happy birthday, Comrade! Python / JavaScript / TensorFlowLite / Google TTS Spring 2021 &nbsp; <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bb585fdee620ff893890078953cd556bf3afa0fd7a5f067971810003a976774/tableSetup.jpg" data-mid="177725058" border="0" data-scale="40" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bb585fdee620ff893890078953cd556bf3afa0fd7a5f067971810003a976774/tableSetup.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎ Arduino BLE Sense machine learning model interprets interactions︎ Markov chain generate random greetings ︎ Three characters read back the text outputs using Google Voice API TensorFlowLite model trained to read user interactions with an Arduino BLE Sense. This generates a random birthday greetings using Markov chains trained on dataset I compiled. The output is read out using Google Voice API in the voices of your mom, a fortune cookie or Karl Marx using Markov chains.&nbsp; Full process documentation https://marthajanicki.online/MIDI-Controller Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:07:22 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/MIDI-Controller MIDI Controller Ableton / machine learning / ml5.js / p5.js Fall 2021 <img width="2108" height="1538" width_o="2108" height_o="1538" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df5bd596775d9f53519a475ff1b8d5f58b107ff63e5af87e70ac7f0b309ea6dc/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-17.13.06.png" data-mid="128052529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df5bd596775d9f53519a475ff1b8d5f58b107ff63e5af87e70ac7f0b309ea6dc/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-17.13.06.png" /> ︎ MIDI controller with Arduino and Ableton︎ Machine learning (ml5.js PoseNet) ︎ Music visualizer in p5.js The MIDI controller connects to Ableton to play back five drum beats and five melodies through p5.js. PoseNet allows the user to control four effects (equalizer, autopan, transpose and stutter) on the music being played. A visualizer accompanies the music being played.&nbsp; Full documentation can be found here. Arduino code p5.js code that I worked on (and on Github) https://marthajanicki.online/P-L-S Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:07:22 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/P-L-S P.L.S. AR / Adobe Aero Fall 2021 <img width="148" height="320" width_o="148" height_o="320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aaec0f4b3e006fed631e55fe084c6124732e6a9506b7baa12076423cb7184db/aero_recording_trimmed_AdobeCreativeCloudExpress.gif" data-mid="128639534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/148/i/3aaec0f4b3e006fed631e55fe084c6124732e6a9506b7baa12076423cb7184db/aero_recording_trimmed_AdobeCreativeCloudExpress.gif" /> <img width="1072" height="1042" width_o="1072" height_o="1042" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/078c97d88d8fca10b5baf22d96f3d8efe90f451f6e15dc7d030db11ee1abf935/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-18.55.47.png" data-mid="128629660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/078c97d88d8fca10b5baf22d96f3d8efe90f451f6e15dc7d030db11ee1abf935/Screen-Shot-2021-12-30-at-18.55.47.png" /> P.L.S. is an AR installation exploring questions of identity: who is the individual in an era of digital globalization? Through a mixture of interactive audio and visual elements, the audience will explore a mesh of floating cubes within a doppler radar backdrop. Each face of the cube is composed of parts of a face, alluding to the packaged social profile sent out into the ether. The audience is invited to approach each cube to unpack its story. P.L.S. stands for Packing, Loading, Shipping. This project was accepted for the ITP Winter Show 2021 and woudl have been presented in (and sized for) in classroom-sized room.&nbsp; Full documentation, including video with sound, can be found here. ︎ Augmented reality︎ Adobe Aero︎ Designing big spaces https://marthajanicki.online/Dragonflies Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:50:12 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/Dragonflies Dragonflies Lighting / sensors / Arduino / Javascript Spring 2022 &nbsp;<img width="270" height="480" width_o="270" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ab2849243c6f86864d58653a8e5f5985b5b36f2ee329dfc3a69fab797f7184d/fireflies_short_short_GIF.gif" data-mid="136565323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/270/i/0ab2849243c6f86864d58653a8e5f5985b5b36f2ee329dfc3a69fab797f7184d/fireflies_short_short_GIF.gif" /> Fireflies encourages a person to come towards it and touch it by using vibrations and light changes. A person’s presence in the vicinity of the cube startles the dragonflies, evoking walking through grass on summer days.&nbsp; Full documentation, including video with sound, can be found here. ︎ Light and sensor-based interactivity︎ Arduino︎ Designing experiences https://marthajanicki.online/Liminal-Space Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:07:22 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/Liminal-Space Liminal Spaces Unreal Engine / modular design Fall 2021 ︎ Unreal Engine exploration ︎ Modular design For my Hypercinema class final, we were tasked to make a Cornell Box in Unreal Engine. I thought of the abandoned office in March 2020, thinking of it as a liminal space abandoned maybe temporarily, maybe forever. Times moves quickly, helped visually with a changing skyline, circling clock hands and moving shadows. An old-style computer streams a video (of a CNN newscast from March 16, 2020 announcing stay-at-home orders in New York). I wanted the space to feel both contemporary and out-dated in order to provide a sense of timelessness. This design has a modular foundation: as the clock ticks,&nbsp; I could switch out furniture and move it around in different installments as a further emphasis of the banality of the space. https://marthajanicki.online/Color-Palette-Play Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:07:22 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/Color-Palette-Play Color Palette Play Adobe Illustrator / p5.js Fall 2021 <img width="748" height="748" width_o="748" height_o="748" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/059eda60eeee10a41a540d9c23678f136faddda00123a8472c64ff19ba2a6f87/Screen-Shot-2021-12-31-at-16.22.37.png" data-mid="128644481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/748/i/059eda60eeee10a41a540d9c23678f136faddda00123a8472c64ff19ba2a6f87/Screen-Shot-2021-12-31-at-16.22.37.png" /> For my Visual Language class, we were tasked with creating a color palette of 5 colors, then creating designs with them. I chose one of my favorite contrasts out of five primary colors. I played around with creating a gradient of them in Adobe Illustrator. I wanted to see how these colors blended together in motion. As see on the right,&nbsp; I created a motion graphic in p5.js where alpha values on the color hue give the colors a painterly quality and infinite shape variations from this loop repeating itself over itself. I really love the semi-transparent lines drawing over themselves can create unexpected, unique patterns as if in a dance between the two sides.&nbsp;See the code here. &nbsp; ︎ Color play︎ Adobe Illustrator︎ p5.js https://marthajanicki.online/Mishmesh Mon, 02 May 2022 03:11:08 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/Mishmesh Mishmesh Google Pixel / user experience / mesh networks Spring 2022 <img width="676" height="586" width_o="676" height_o="586" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e2224dd26ecf2d3c029658e7b50a29759941eedd745e1706888ca408b31696c/Screen-Shot-2022-05-01-at-23.20.21.png" data-mid="141371108" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/676/i/3e2224dd26ecf2d3c029658e7b50a29759941eedd745e1706888ca408b31696c/Screen-Shot-2022-05-01-at-23.20.21.png" /> Member of a team of four which received funding from Google to imagine upcycling opportunities for older models of Google Pixels. Our project created a mesh network and internal chat function for refugees or migrants needing access to internet. Leveraging my experience in this area, I coducted a landscape analysis, wrote user stories, and designed mock-ups of the user interface.&nbsp; ︎ Mesh networks︎ Interface design︎Upcycling hardware design https://marthajanicki.online/About Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:26:58 +0000 Martha Janicki https://marthajanicki.online/About <img width="1125" height="1478" width_o="1125" height_o="1478" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb53198788e14f0ce4cf35b76bc9f1c289d6dc72d864f9a204923620feffd46e/IMG_2856.jpg" data-mid="222717565" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb53198788e14f0ce4cf35b76bc9f1c289d6dc72d864f9a204923620feffd46e/IMG_2856.jpg" /> I currently spend my workdays as a product manager at GIPHY, devising all the ways to deliver the exact gif for which you’re searching. In my spare time I seek out all the opportunities to play with textiles and find like-mindeds in my neighborhood.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;