Andrea Rodriguez

Nahui Ollin, a project including a short film and physical immersive interactive dance installation, is a transmedia project inspired by Aztec Nahuatl philosophy and a film, Mujer Maiz, “La Hija Del Quinto Sol” (Daughter Of The Fifth Sun). The body of work intersects choreography, filmmaking techniques, & video game design to answer the question: can a film, a screen-based interactive experience and immersive interactive dance installation weave through one another as a single channel to create a transmedia storytelling experience? Nahui Ollin was designed using Isadora, a visual computing program that includes tracking users movement through the accelerometers, the 3-axis tracking system on the Nintendo Wii Remotes. This MFA thesis was created by Andrea Rodriguez as apart of the requirements for the USC, School of Cinematic Art, Interactive Media Division. For further information email androdriguez[at]gmail[dot]com.

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this is a message from my nieces Veh, Thally, & Mayita. I wasn't able to make
it home this weekend for a very important family gathering.
So my sister recorded a message from nieces and sent it to me from her phone.

Thanks T!
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i luv these little munchins.

Greetings!
Veronica & I co-directed and produced this project last year and we are finally posting it on the blog. lol...

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(betta late then neva, right) :)

Wii Dance Project
Performed August 7th, 2008
Summer Research in NYC
Funding for this trip made possible by the FLOURISH FOUNDATION,
special special thanks to all the board members!

I participated in a two-week workshop learning the ISADORA software with Troika Ranch and enrolled in a summer course at ITP learning Max/Msp/Jitter with Luke Dubois in the summer of 2008. This performance is using the Isadora software & Osculator.

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hello world!
It's been awhile since I updated my thesis progress. Here is a short video that I created last week with the help of some good folks. The Jaguar color motif is courtesy of Rudy Ramirez and the dancer is Vanessa 'Lady Neva' Verdoot. Big ups to Authenitc Tv for allowing me to use their green screen and for the fellas who helped me out.

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Ladies and Gentlemen this is exciting news! EA Sports Active for the Wii will be released May 19th. I love to workout at home. For the past 6 months I have been working out with the Wii Fit and Yourself Fitness!, created for the Xbox. It's time to upgrade! :)

http://www.easportsactive.com/home.action

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In this experiment, my goal was to track user movement using the Wiimote on the right hand and left leg. I chose to track the Y-axis on both Wiimotes in order to find a value that I could then program into Isadora, a visual computing program designed for interactivity. Special thanks to my dancer Ethan and Dr. Eric Wade (Interactions Lab, Viterbi School of Engineering) for his advice on coming up with this study.

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Hot out the oven! These Cornfield computer graphic images were designed by Daniel Ponce. Que, WOW! It is really great to see how other artist interpret your ideas and the magic that is created with collaborations. Muchas gracias, Daniel!

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My question and iteration: how do I show movement while traversing through a cornfield labyrinth within a 2D space? My mission create an immersive environment with two projectors. Here are my first iterations done by yours truly with her lil Flash & Photoshop skills.(i whipped it up really quick) But, check back soon cause Daniel, got some kool designs cooking in the oven...
for now, mira a lo

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