Christopher Konopka's Data Lake
When:
Thursday, Nov 14, 2019 7:00p -
9:30p
Thursday, Nov 14, 2019 7:00p -
9:30p
Where:
Artisan's Asylum
10 Tyler St
Somerville, MA 02143
Admission:
$10.00
Categories:
Innovation, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2987414101286652/
Christopher Konopka is a multidisciplinary artist that focuses on the cross section of human-computer interaction, analog video art and experiential learning. He is passionate about finding new ways to connect computers and people. Drawing from his varied skill set, his goal is to develop communication systems that provide insight into individual experiences of the human condition.
Since 2015, Christopher has been using analog video synthesizers with the intent to be a first-hand document of his mental state at the moment of each recording. During this period, he has accumulated over 30 terabytes of edited video content, each video with a unique title. The intention of the research project was to create a research data lake that could be a source of future creative endeavors. During the summer of 2019, he started to use FFprobe, FFmpeg and ImageMagick to generate data tables. Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, Christopher seeks to expose the inner workings of his creative process and create an algorithmic content generator.
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