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Cinema Woman

I am looking at analog photographs I took with 35mm film in 2006, during my film studies. These artistic photographs evoke a cinematic imagination of women in film. My generation ofte...

Do You Always Step Inside People's Minds?

That was the name of my photographic final project in my first year of Cinema School.

From Elephants at a Cemetery to a Cage Inside a Bird - How Gen AI Can Change the Animation Language

On Tuesday, November 5th, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop focused on using low-code tools to create workflows for generative image and video creation. The session introduce...

Machine learning controlling a motor and multidevices in the same network - preparing for an exhibition room

Disclaimer: This post might be a bit complex, as it intersects with several previous entries. If at any point it seems confusing or you feel like you’re missing some context, please c...

Exploring Servers for Creative Technologists - Testing with Reserve

This prototype is a partnership with Luis Leão 🫀

PPT made in Jupyter Notebook - A Tool for Documentation and Presentations in Creative Tech

I first encountered Jupyter Notebook as part of my specialization in AI and Machine Learning for Creative Practices here in Switzerland. This tool, developed to support the interactiv...

Creative Coding with CodeSwing and p5.js in Visual Studio Code

Creative Coding with CodeSwing and p5.js in Visual Studio Code

Rap Battle - Building the prompt

RapBattle.js

Rap Battle - Visualize AI’s Genealogy

Rap Battle Project - From Idea to Execution

The idea for the Rap Battle Project was born during a unique educational experience—my specialization in Machine Learning and AI for Creative Practices, a partnership between the Scho...

The Engineering of Error - or what I learned with Charles Watson

What is The Engineering of Error?

Tagtool at Summer Camp, Rediscovering the Magic of Live Drawing on Stage

A Passion for Theatre and Technology

From Junk to Funk, Making a Musical Junker Box with Sonic Pi and Vintage Phones

Sonic Pi: An Introduction

How a Summer Camp Sparked My Curiosity About the RP2040 and How It Can Spark Yours Too!

I found myself immersed in my own tinkering at a shared table during a vibrant summer camp. It was then that Tormod approached me with an intriguing piece of hardware: the RP2040 deve...

Can Simple Materials Unleash the Power of Vortex Energy?

Motivation

Tinkering for 2 Hours with a Canon EOS 40D That's Older Than My Daughter

Introduction

Using a 15-Year-Old Digital Camera to Craft 80s-Style Collages with Modern Computer Vision Code

In today’s fast-paced digital world, where new camera models are launched every year, it’s easy to forget the charm and capabilities of older equipment. This blog post explores the cr...

What Challenges Lie Ahead in 3D Food Printing? My First Prototype Sprint in Switzerland

This prototype is a partnership with my amazing husband and friend Fadri Pestalozzi 🫀

Palavras em Jogo - Como os Vídeos do YouTube Influenciam o Vocabulário das Crianças?

A Influência dos Vídeos no Vocabulário Infantil

Building Your Online Portfolio: A Beginner’s Guide to Jekyll and GitHub Pages

In today’s digital age, having an online portfolio is essential for showcasing your work and attracting potential clients or employers. This tutorial will guide you through creating a...

Coke Spaghetti - A Mother-Daughter Cooking Story

I hate cooking. I don’t know what bothers me more—the amount of work, the expectations, or how annoying it is to cook without good tools. Yet, I love an experiment. Recently, I discov...

What VR can learn from photography?

What Virtual Reality technologies can learn from photography language and artists?

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de Gepeto

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, discutimos uma variedade de tópicos fascinantes, desde a origem dos nome...

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Ep09 - A Importância da Criatividade e da Narrativa

Ep09 - A Importância da Criatividade e da Narrativa

A infância de Gepeto - Ep08 - Explorando a Jornada Emocional de Gepeto

A infância de Gepeto - Ep08 - Explorando a Jornada Emocional de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, Lina Lopes, Nathan Rabinovitch , Recy Freire e Kris Gonçalves exp...

Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep07 - Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep06 - Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep05 - Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep04 - Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

Os 12 passos da Jornada do Herói

Explorando a Jornada do Herói com Gepeto - Episódio 3

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep01 - Revisando a primeira ideia

A Infância de Gepeto - revisando a primeira ideia para um livro

Chamber Tests - Who loves generative projection on smoke and mirrors?

We initially experimented with steam as our projection surface for this prototype. However, due to our system’s small scale, we found using a theater smoke machine more effective to c...

Do You Always Step Inside People's Minds?

That was the name of my photographic final project in my first year of Cinema School.

The Robotic Caterpillar and the Limitations of Artificial Imagination Or how I tried to teach a machine to dream like Maria Sibylla Merian

There’s something magical about the obsessive gaze of Maria Sibylla Merian. The way she documented the metamorphosis of insects and their symbiotic dance with plants feels almost alch...

From Elephants at a Cemetery to a Cage Inside a Bird - How Gen AI Can Change the Animation Language

On Tuesday, November 5th, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop focused on using low-code tools to create workflows for generative image and video creation. The session introduce...

Future Artifact - Radical Imagination with First-Year Design Students

This experience learning design was in partnership with Graziela Nivoloni, thank you so much for the invitation 🫀

Co-Creating with Machines - An Exploration of Generative AI

Co-Creating with Machines - An Exploration of Generative AI

The Engineering of Error - or what I learned with Charles Watson

What is The Engineering of Error?

From Biocomposites to Bioelectricity - What Berlin’s Futurium Teaches Us About Future Design

My First Steps into the Futurium

Metamorphosis Reimagined - A Merian Homage

Introduction

Bananas, The Surprising Significance of the Ordinary

I recently had an incredibly stimulating conversation with a curator. At one point, he drew my attention to the strange power that ordinary things can possess. “The displacement of th...

Palavras em Jogo - Como os Vídeos do YouTube Influenciam o Vocabulário das Crianças?

A Influência dos Vídeos no Vocabulário Infantil

Programmed Deaths

An important aspect of cancer development is the acquisition of the ability of tumor cells to evade and deceive the immune system. This is because the immune system is, as immunologis...

What VR can learn from photography?

What Virtual Reality technologies can learn from photography language and artists?

A praline made of cheese - What are the odds?

A praline made of cheese - What are the odds?

My Journey from Skepticism to Immersion in Virtual Reality

My Journey from Skepticism to Immersion in Virtual Reality

How can technology help you to prevent burnout?

How can technology help you to prevent burnout?

What is the difference between a vibrator and an electrical screwdriver?

What is the difference between a vibrator and an electrical screwdriver?

Imagineering... I learned this word today

“Imagineering”… I learned this word today

A infância de Gepeto - Ep08 - Explorando a Jornada Emocional de Gepeto

A infância de Gepeto - Ep08 - Explorando a Jornada Emocional de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, Lina Lopes, Nathan Rabinovitch , Recy Freire e Kris Gonçalves exp...

bioWeb BIOMATERIAL + HANDCRAFT

This prototype was a partnership with Anais-karenin 🫀

Galaxy, an installation of dynamic lights that intends to present the immersive universe of microbiology

This prototype was a partnership with Guilherme Bullejos 🫀

Cinema Woman

I am looking at analog photographs I took with 35mm film in 2006, during my film studies. These artistic photographs evoke a cinematic imagination of women in film. My generation ofte...

LudoCity - A Collaborative Studio Open to the Public

This project was delivered with the partnership of Amanda Almeida, Giovanna Casimiro, Washie Pichinin, Anielle Guedes, Fernanda Tosta e Garoa Hacker Clube 🫀

LudoCity - A Collaborative Studio Open to the Public

This project was delivered with the partnership of Amanda Almeida, Giovanna Casimiro, Washie Pichinin, Anielle Guedes, Fernanda Tosta e Garoa Hacker Clube 🫀

Machine learning controlling a motor and multidevices in the same network - preparing for an exhibition room

Disclaimer: This post might be a bit complex, as it intersects with several previous entries. If at any point it seems confusing or you feel like you’re missing some context, please c...

Halloween in motion - Understanding Motors in Creative Technology

Understanding Motors in Creative Technology

'Pulleying' my heart over the network with OSC

This prototype is a partnership with my amazing husband and friend Fadri Pestalozzi 🫀

Tinkering for 2 Hours with a Canon EOS 40D That's Older Than My Daughter

Introduction

How can technology help you to prevent burnout?

How can technology help you to prevent burnout?

Machine Learning + Stories: Raising Machines to Dream

Have you ever wondered what happens when you teach a machine to build stories from images and then bring those stories to life on paper?

Paper Memories | VIDEOMAPPING + HANDCRAFT

This prototype was a partnership with Mari Nagem 🫀

REALEJO - An Exhibition Proposal Through Interactive Art Installations

This prototype is with the partnership of Lídia Ganhito e Liana Yuri 🫀

Galaxy, an installation of dynamic lights that intends to present the immersive universe of microbiology

This prototype was a partnership with Guilherme Bullejos 🫀

Paper Memories | VIDEOMAPPING + HANDCRAFT

This prototype was a partnership with Mari Nagem 🫀

Galaxy, an installation of dynamic lights that intends to present the immersive universe of microbiology

This prototype was a partnership with Guilherme Bullejos 🫀

bioWeb BIOMATERIAL + HANDCRAFT

This prototype was a partnership with Anais-karenin 🫀

REALEJO - An Exhibition Proposal Through Interactive Art Installations

This prototype is with the partnership of Lídia Ganhito e Liana Yuri 🫀

Tagtool at Summer Camp, Rediscovering the Magic of Live Drawing on Stage

A Passion for Theatre and Technology

Tinkering for 2 Hours with a Canon EOS 40D That's Older Than My Daughter

Introduction

Using a 15-Year-Old Digital Camera to Craft 80s-Style Collages with Modern Computer Vision Code

In today’s fast-paced digital world, where new camera models are launched every year, it’s easy to forget the charm and capabilities of older equipment. This blog post explores the cr...

Paper Memories | VIDEOMAPPING + HANDCRAFT

This prototype was a partnership with Mari Nagem 🫀

bioWeb BIOMATERIAL + HANDCRAFT

This prototype was a partnership with Anais-karenin 🫀

Bot - the artist is tele-present...

Dear Pandemic Times Diary,

Halloween in motion - Understanding Motors in Creative Technology

Understanding Motors in Creative Technology

'Pulleying' my heart over the network with OSC

This prototype is a partnership with my amazing husband and friend Fadri Pestalozzi 🫀

Can Simple Materials Unleash the Power of Vortex Energy?

Motivation

Bot - the artist is tele-present...

Dear Pandemic Times Diary,

From Pixels to Art – Exploring Creative Coding with scikit-image

Creative coding is all about pushing the boundaries of what technology can create. Before Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI became popular tools for creating digital art, genera...

Choosing Python for Creative Coding - When and Why to Expand Your Toolkit

Creative coding is a vibrant field where art meets programming, allowing creators to produce expressive and interactive digital works. While JavaScript has long been a go-to language ...

How a Summer Camp Sparked My Curiosity About the RP2040 and How It Can Spark Yours Too!

I found myself immersed in my own tinkering at a shared table during a vibrant summer camp. It was then that Tormod approached me with an intriguing piece of hardware: the RP2040 deve...

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de Gepeto

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, discutimos uma variedade de tópicos fascinantes, desde a origem dos nome...

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep07 - Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep06 - Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep05 - Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep04 - Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

Os 12 passos da Jornada do Herói

Explorando a Jornada do Herói com Gepeto - Episódio 3

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep01 - Revisando a primeira ideia

A Infância de Gepeto - revisando a primeira ideia para um livro

Machine Learning + Stories: Raising Machines to Dream

Have you ever wondered what happens when you teach a machine to build stories from images and then bring those stories to life on paper?

Bot - the artist is tele-present...

Dear Pandemic Times Diary,

Light Bag

Bag for party nights. Now, I need a party…https://media2.giphy.com/media/YtwWxNtkcsa0qRMx5L/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f29a480dbab1ee7786c582003b0d4a98e013a4d54c1&rid=giphy.gif , https:/...

Cyanotype

Cyanotype on fabric using plant matrix with laser cutting designshttps://media1.giphy.com/media/DGgt6HvFuvhmOlh3oi/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f291e08860c724d18389b018abc09dc097272118480&r...

Light Box 2

I rebuild the UV light box… To get uniform luminosity… It’s perfect for esterilize!!! But not for cyanotype… Here a sample of cyanotype with 253 nm, the wrong wave length… ok, let’s t...

Light Boxes

Old light boxes, old materials, new purposals… Preparing them for doing cyanotypehttps://media4.giphy.com/media/beDt9TeP4ntwJ5DXe4/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f29a9864d3ad1c735aa4a9fec11c8a7a9...

Wings

First draft to do a real scale wing and performing…https://media.giphy.com/media/229HyjQ7asFzAEnNyw/giphy.gif, https://media.giphy.com/media/yP1kb6RzNXQJscimvb/giphy.gif

Webcam suit

Em 2016 tive a oportunidade de fazer uma mesa (meeting?) com Neil Harbisson e Moon Ribas. A partir daí adoro (I’m enthusiastic?) a ideia de ter uma câmera acoplada no corpo. Ao conhec...

Magnetics Rings

Spring-Summer Collection 2020Prototyping accessories(or just hacking a ring to work with little screws…)https://media3.giphy.com/media/jhaqlzBDi7xOUMcrSG/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f295eae1a6...

Sol and the light wall

Today I visited Hacienda and Sol Santin did these pics…She also did a amazing light wall (see the lights in the left) with many LED stripes and a huge diffuser. I didn’t take pics of ...

Doing a blog

I did this blog using the instagram stories. I would like use the dynamic of stories to tell about process… But for my friends out this platform also see. It’s a mix of Jekyll + gifs...

Frame

I did a mistake with the size to do a kind of tray frame… so, I did a regular frame. Maybe next time…https://media3.giphy.com/media/N9uhntmWAQIED0NI73/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f296eef40864...

Structure for mic

A structure to use a small microphone at canon camera. I love this small microphone. Use magnets to fix itself on clothes. But Nepô doesn’t like the green light (the LED in the mic to...

Meta-maker-photos

I learned many hacking things when I was a photographer. Was in the transition between analogical and digital cameras. These days I found a laser cutting kit to do silhouette vignett...

Cianotipia 3

I used a tomography of my best friend (until today I don’t know why she is so smart) like a negative for more cyanotype tests. For trying new tones in raw cotton I used NaOH and some ...

Cyanotype 2

Trying cyanotype again! This time with some pos production using NaOH and coffee (tips of Fábrica de Texturas - Spain). But first I did some timing tests in this material (raw cotton)...

Recording

I’m one woman studio. I like so much recording my processes that I invented many ways to do this…and I have a crazy partner in this madness: Luis Leão. We use a little bit of everythi...

Blink Chain

This blink chain was my first PCB made in China (2018) with so many help of Mau Jabur. Last year (2019) I had the opportunity to know the factory and it facilities. So amazing see how...

Mini router CNC

Learning how use a mini router CNC with the master Mau Jabur. He did a smart system to calibrate the topography of the material. The all workflow is beautiful! I’m in love with this m...

Spoon scale

Sometimes you need a hacking for fixing some important tool…https://media2.giphy.com/media/bgwC4a6v1UluP9GLil/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f291628b18adb2386ceece341a8a1fbf92697181fba&rid=gi...

From Biocomposites to Bioelectricity - What Berlin’s Futurium Teaches Us About Future Design

My First Steps into the Futurium

Coke Spaghetti - A Mother-Daughter Cooking Story

I hate cooking. I don’t know what bothers me more—the amount of work, the expectations, or how annoying it is to cook without good tools. Yet, I love an experiment. Recently, I discov...

Winogradsky Column

On Sunday I went to Guarapiranga (a dam for water supply and permanent preservation area) in São Paulo and I collected solo to do a winogradsky column. A way to visualize microorganis...

SD card damaged

Mysteriously the photos and videos on the SD card disappeared when I was copying on the computer. After browsing reddit, here I find PhotoRec, Digital Picture and File Recovery. Thank...

Avatar Inteligence

Every artist at some point decides to make his self-portrait. I decided to do it using machine learning and AI. I took on google photos all the images that I appear from 2015 to 2020 ...

Acrylic Frame

The beautiful work of Anais-karenin needed a beautiful acrylic frames. And I needed some tips of @mau_makerhttps://media2.giphy.com/media/udU8xn0PisJDHxO7Uq/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f296f04...

Diana’s Portrait

A little experiment doing a portrait of my daughter in paper. First prototype.https://media1.giphy.com/media/LEi5WLmEQi2dZwSozJ/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f29da19e45a6b21bd4c05c91a6816eb6b1c0...

Body mapping + ML

Body videomapping with machine learning. I used a pre trained model able to recognize the human body. Always have a friend to help you map the projection … and try deceiving the mach...

Sweet Fixation

Eduardo Padilha and I are proposing to talk about the sweetest kind of addiction, sugar! Who can blame Hansel and Gretel? It’s simple to start the hole chain reaction and reward mech...

Touching a plant

Touch the plant. A research with Anais-karenin. Next step is seeing what a plant can teaching to a machine or what a machine can learning with a plant.https://media2.giphy.com/media/5...

Pneumatics 2020-3

Testing more polymers to inflate. I bought two kinds to test. A PVC and a PU based thermo adhesives. None of them work as the type Adriana Cabrera gave me. But worked in some way…http...

Pneumatics 2020-2

We’re keeping the tests with plastic bags, paper and air to create some kind of flora. We did more iron soldering with the plastic bag, but this time with the supervision of the maste...

Pneumatics 2020-1

The pneumatic researching team is back again. And this time, Paulina asked what to do with plastic bags… Soft Robotics, of course !!https://media.giphy.com/media/Kl4SvkLdLw2DV5wAYv/gi...

Inflatable Materials

Doing some test to do inflatables. We tried a kind of thermosetting plastic to do the outside and paper to do the air path.https://media3.giphy.com/media/5fS020sMxflpxhlCA1/giphy.gif?...

Gluing Plastics

I tried 3 kinds of glue to use in polypropylene and PET. The main goal was transparency. And we have a champion, the epoxy adhesive.https://media0.giphy.com/media/bOmHvTbGxj2aA80V2B/...

Leather Strap Cutter

Nepô wanted to do a prototype and use the laser cutter. The final product will be a tool to cut leather. I love tooling! First, let’s try reuse something from here. It’s not possible,...

Felt cachepot

A friend is very interested in felt cachepot… I have a lot of felt left over from the cellular installation interactive installation (2018). Sometimes I return to design seamless piec...

Alginate string

Anne Galante told us she created her own string to crochet. I got inspired and decided to do a string also. I based mine in the alginate recipe from Loes Bogers. It’s not so pretty li...

BOTanical 2

I did the electronics with so many help of Mau Jabur. A little bit of product design with small laser cutting connections… and I’m gardening? Yes, Anais-karenin is traveling! I love w...

3D Printer - part 1

In 2013 I assembled my first 3D Printer in Barcelona with Rep Rap community. A Prusa i3. Last year (2019), I asked Laure to help me to assembly a prusa to print Clay… Well, look the ...

Disassemb3D

And Sunday it’s a good day for disassembling a 3D printer…https://media3.giphy.com/media/hX9vXr1CPhX6eaNGxa/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f293d878ae24449c5c80672b393f216dd063b85ab5e&rid=giph...

Mapping Microbiology

Pilar Veras gave me some incredible images that she does with the microscope. So, I used to tech Bella how to do a projection mapping. Some VJing of microorganisms!! At some point, we...

3D scanning

Since 2013 I do a 3D scanning of myself. I don’t why not I just do a regular portrait! Usually I used a Kinect camera plugged at a PC computer, but this time I decided to do in anothe...

Programmed Deaths

An important aspect of cancer development is the acquisition of the ability of tumor cells to evade and deceive the immune system. This is because the immune system is, as immunologis...

Chamber Tests - Who loves generative projection on smoke and mirrors?

We initially experimented with steam as our projection surface for this prototype. However, due to our system’s small scale, we found using a theater smoke machine more effective to c...

Chamber Tests - Who loves generative projection on smoke and mirrors?

We initially experimented with steam as our projection surface for this prototype. However, due to our system’s small scale, we found using a theater smoke machine more effective to c...

Digital Traffic

I did a model to explain my idea to Silvia about a projection inside a truck. The main project is about traffic education. So, I used a 1/6 scale and had some fun! I really don’t like...

The Robotic Caterpillar and the Limitations of Artificial Imagination Or how I tried to teach a machine to dream like Maria Sibylla Merian

There’s something magical about the obsessive gaze of Maria Sibylla Merian. The way she documented the metamorphosis of insects and their symbiotic dance with plants feels almost alch...

Machine learning controlling a motor and multidevices in the same network - preparing for an exhibition room

Disclaimer: This post might be a bit complex, as it intersects with several previous entries. If at any point it seems confusing or you feel like you’re missing some context, please c...

Machine Learning + Stories: Raising Machines to Dream

Have you ever wondered what happens when you teach a machine to build stories from images and then bring those stories to life on paper?

The Robotic Caterpillar and the Limitations of Artificial Imagination Or how I tried to teach a machine to dream like Maria Sibylla Merian

There’s something magical about the obsessive gaze of Maria Sibylla Merian. The way she documented the metamorphosis of insects and their symbiotic dance with plants feels almost alch...

From Elephants at a Cemetery to a Cage Inside a Bird - How Gen AI Can Change the Animation Language

On Tuesday, November 5th, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop focused on using low-code tools to create workflows for generative image and video creation. The session introduce...

Exploring Servers for Creative Technologists - Testing with Reserve

This prototype is a partnership with Luis Leão 🫀

PPT made in Jupyter Notebook - A Tool for Documentation and Presentations in Creative Tech

I first encountered Jupyter Notebook as part of my specialization in AI and Machine Learning for Creative Practices here in Switzerland. This tool, developed to support the interactiv...

Choosing Python for Creative Coding - When and Why to Expand Your Toolkit

Creative coding is a vibrant field where art meets programming, allowing creators to produce expressive and interactive digital works. While JavaScript has long been a go-to language ...

Creative Coding with CodeSwing and p5.js in Visual Studio Code

Creative Coding with CodeSwing and p5.js in Visual Studio Code

Rap Battle - Building the prompt

RapBattle.js

Rap Battle - Visualize AI’s Genealogy

Rap Battle Project - From Idea to Execution

The idea for the Rap Battle Project was born during a unique educational experience—my specialization in Machine Learning and AI for Creative Practices, a partnership between the Scho...

Tagtool at Summer Camp, Rediscovering the Magic of Live Drawing on Stage

A Passion for Theatre and Technology

Using a 15-Year-Old Digital Camera to Craft 80s-Style Collages with Modern Computer Vision Code

In today’s fast-paced digital world, where new camera models are launched every year, it’s easy to forget the charm and capabilities of older equipment. This blog post explores the cr...

Building Your Online Portfolio: A Beginner’s Guide to Jekyll and GitHub Pages

In today’s digital age, having an online portfolio is essential for showcasing your work and attracting potential clients or employers. This tutorial will guide you through creating a...

What VR can learn from photography?

What Virtual Reality technologies can learn from photography language and artists?

I was throwing away my ex-husband by mistake

I was throwing away my ex-husband by mistakeYesterday, I attended a networking lunch at Google Zurich and had the chance to talk with Luisa Barbanti about data science. Chatting with ...

My Journey from Skepticism to Immersion in Virtual Reality

My Journey from Skepticism to Immersion in Virtual Reality

A infância de Gepeto - Ep08 - Explorando a Jornada Emocional de Gepeto

A infância de Gepeto - Ep08 - Explorando a Jornada Emocional de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, Lina Lopes, Nathan Rabinovitch , Recy Freire e Kris Gonçalves exp...

Machine Learning + Stories: Raising Machines to Dream

Have you ever wondered what happens when you teach a machine to build stories from images and then bring those stories to life on paper?

Palavras em Jogo - Como os Vídeos do YouTube Influenciam o Vocabulário das Crianças?

A Influência dos Vídeos no Vocabulário Infantil

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de Gepeto

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, discutimos uma variedade de tópicos fascinantes, desde a origem dos nome...

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Ep09 - A Importância da Criatividade e da Narrativa

Ep09 - A Importância da Criatividade e da Narrativa

Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep07 - Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep06 - Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep05 - Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep04 - Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

Os 12 passos da Jornada do Herói

Explorando a Jornada do Herói com Gepeto - Episódio 3

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep01 - Revisando a primeira ideia

A Infância de Gepeto - revisando a primeira ideia para um livro

Palavras em Jogo - Como os Vídeos do YouTube Influenciam o Vocabulário das Crianças?

A Influência dos Vídeos no Vocabulário Infantil

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Gepeto em Pedaços - Raiva e Desafios de uma Máquina Quebrada

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de Gepeto

Desfazendo Inimigos e Construindo Pontes, Uma Jornada de GepetoNeste episódio do podcast “Infância de Gepeto”, discutimos uma variedade de tópicos fascinantes, desde a origem dos nome...

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

A Invenção do Apanhador de Mangas - Aventuras de Gepeto no Campo

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Explorando Emoções e Dinâmicas, um relato do Bootcamp do NANA

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Tempo e Movimento, Relógios de Pêndulo e Engenharia Criativa - Episódio 11 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Explorando Movimentos e Mecânica, Desafios e Inovações na Educação - Episódio 10 de Infância de Gepeto

Ep09 - A Importância da Criatividade e da Narrativa

Ep09 - A Importância da Criatividade e da Narrativa

Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep07 - Transformando a Educação - Desafios e Perspectivas para o Futuro

Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep06 - Invenções Mecânicas e Segredos Ocultos

Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep05 - Diversão como mãe da inovação e sua influência em Gepeto

Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep04 - Explorando Novas Tecnologias com Gepeto

Os 12 passos da Jornada do Herói

Explorando a Jornada do Herói com Gepeto - Episódio 3

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep02 - Usando o chatGPT na construção do personagem

A Infância de Gepeto - Ep01 - Revisando a primeira ideia

A Infância de Gepeto - revisando a primeira ideia para um livro

I was throwing away my ex-husband by mistake

I was throwing away my ex-husband by mistakeYesterday, I attended a networking lunch at Google Zurich and had the chance to talk with Luisa Barbanti about data science. Chatting with ...

What Challenges Lie Ahead in 3D Food Printing? My First Prototype Sprint in Switzerland

This prototype is a partnership with my amazing husband and friend Fadri Pestalozzi 🫀

Coke Spaghetti - A Mother-Daughter Cooking Story

I hate cooking. I don’t know what bothers me more—the amount of work, the expectations, or how annoying it is to cook without good tools. Yet, I love an experiment. Recently, I discov...

A community to hack a Bio3D printer

What is better than one bio 3D printer? Of course, it’s two bio 3Ds! Or maybe three…

Building Your Online Portfolio: A Beginner’s Guide to Jekyll and GitHub Pages

In today’s digital age, having an online portfolio is essential for showcasing your work and attracting potential clients or employers. This tutorial will guide you through creating a...

What Challenges Lie Ahead in 3D Food Printing? My First Prototype Sprint in Switzerland

This prototype is a partnership with my amazing husband and friend Fadri Pestalozzi 🫀

Bananas, The Surprising Significance of the Ordinary

I recently had an incredibly stimulating conversation with a curator. At one point, he drew my attention to the strange power that ordinary things can possess. “The displacement of th...

Rap Battle - Building the prompt

RapBattle.js

Rap Battle - Visualize AI’s Genealogy

Rap Battle Project - From Idea to Execution

The idea for the Rap Battle Project was born during a unique educational experience—my specialization in Machine Learning and AI for Creative Practices, a partnership between the Scho...

Co-Creating with Machines - An Exploration of Generative AI

Co-Creating with Machines - An Exploration of Generative AI

From Junk to Funk, Making a Musical Junker Box with Sonic Pi and Vintage Phones

Sonic Pi: An Introduction

Metamorphosis Reimagined - A Merian Homage

Introduction

From Biocomposites to Bioelectricity - What Berlin’s Futurium Teaches Us About Future Design

My First Steps into the Futurium

Can Simple Materials Unleash the Power of Vortex Energy?

Motivation

How a Summer Camp Sparked My Curiosity About the RP2040 and How It Can Spark Yours Too!

I found myself immersed in my own tinkering at a shared table during a vibrant summer camp. It was then that Tormod approached me with an intriguing piece of hardware: the RP2040 deve...

From Junk to Funk, Making a Musical Junker Box with Sonic Pi and Vintage Phones

Sonic Pi: An Introduction

From Pixels to Art – Exploring Creative Coding with scikit-image

Creative coding is all about pushing the boundaries of what technology can create. Before Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI became popular tools for creating digital art, genera...