Final Project

Context

Since I was a kid I was attracted to art, science and technology, I just didn’t know it was possible to mix these. When I was struggling to choose a career between filmmaking, economics, psychology, and mechatronics engineering, I chose the later, as I was a little more of an introverted inventor. As I discovered the concept of makerspace and that there was a Fab Lab in my city, I went there without a doubt, not knowing what will happen, but sure that there I would find something amazing. I begin working there a few months later and, although it’s been very intensive, I feel is kind of like a dream job for me. I discovered that the mix of art+science+tech was possible last year with my first (ever) personal project and prototype: P_A+L! Since then, I have been involved in a number of projects and workshops always seeking the intersection of this three areas.

Final Project Proposal

At first I wanted to make my final project about an Academy on digital arts, with the structure of the Academany (Fab Academy, Bio Academy, Fabricademy), scheduling each week for a different tool like VR/AR/MR, videomapping, kinetic sculptures and others.

I asked Neil about this during the first lecture, and he told me to make a proposal, keeping in mind that making an Academany is not only the schedule and the subjects, but the infraestructure, the people, how to grade assignments.

So I figured it would be pretty big for a Fab Academy project, so what I will do is make an improvement on a project I have called P_A+L! (Processing _ Arduino + Lots of sensors!). It is a console for controlling visuals on live performances. Right now it only has a few potentiometers, has an Arduino inside and a protoboard. Through the FabAcademy I will design and manufacture a working PCB, and design and prototype a few controls aside of the potentiometers.

In my instagram you can see some of the visual work I have done!