https://fernandogregor.io fernando gregório Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:42:25 +0000 https://fernandogregor.io en https://fernandogregor.io/menu-mobile Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:59:45 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/menu-mobile ︎I’m a creative technologist, producer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. I have a graduate degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and more than fifteen years of experience creating experimental storytelling through AI media, video, AR/XR, live performance, and new media art. Contact me for more information or work requests. CONTACT RESUME LINKEDIN SELECTED PROJECTS&nbsp; Lucilia Sericata VIDEO/AI/XR/INSTALLATION Secret Society Butterflies AR EFFECT SERIES Augmented Performance Lab WORKSHOP https://fernandogregor.io/lucilia-sericata Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:59:36 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/lucilia-sericata LUCILIA SERICATA&nbsp; &nbsp;VIDEO/AI/XR/INSTALLATION&nbsp; 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT: SESC 24 DE MAIO &nbsp; POSITION: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST TOOLS: ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD, SORA, RUNWAY, KLING AI, OBS STUDIO, LENS STUDIO, BLENDER Lucilia Sericata is a choreographic installation that uses bodily and videographic technologies to establish a game of superimpositions between body and image, tensioning fictional patterns constructed for a Black woman. The choreographic installation articulates dance, performance, visual arts, and augmented reality (AR) with the intention of fictionalizing, through recognizable and inaugural patterns, the body and ambience for a Black woman. It is a formal study of presence, performance, and virtuality.&nbsp; <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b5af85871cb07e5884e10cdaed76f16393c6659d4bd44710390d2c138312d5d/Mayra_Azzi-05077.JPG" data-mid="250449911" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b5af85871cb07e5884e10cdaed76f16393c6659d4bd44710390d2c138312d5d/Mayra_Azzi-05077.JPG" />Performer interacts live with AR mask while dancing, SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo, May, 2026. As the project’s video and augmented reality designer, I developed its visual language and created a series of AI-generated videos and AR elements that layered virtual imagery with the performer’s body. The projections were designed not as a background, but as an active presence within the performance, creating an evolving dialogue between physical and digital bodies while supporting the work’s exploration of transformation, regeneration, and the fictional representations imposed on Black women. <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60eed4add6f5efa6e74e8695ace1d1ca7918fd0a0bc990dd1060ebaf5c911318/Mayra_Azzi-04915.JPG" data-mid="250449895" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60eed4add6f5efa6e74e8695ace1d1ca7918fd0a0bc990dd1060ebaf5c911318/Mayra_Azzi-04915.JPG" />Video interaction view during performance at SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo, May, 2026. Selected screenshots and GIFs from the AI-generated videos are shown below. Full-length videos are available upon request. <img width="2282" height="1364" width_o="2282" height_o="1364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26373edc9958bf30364f0b130e2fe0f9be0e9318565db80fd80cfbd8e71c9d23/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-6.34.20PM.png" data-mid="250449972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26373edc9958bf30364f0b130e2fe0f9be0e9318565db80fd80cfbd8e71c9d23/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-6.34.20PM.png" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0ba967e17fa7d10298252762046f19480c287bdd387666576dd2de05135131d/Untitled---July-15--2026-at-18.38.08.gif" data-mid="250450021" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/b0ba967e17fa7d10298252762046f19480c287bdd387666576dd2de05135131d/Untitled---July-15--2026-at-18.38.08.gif" /> <img width="1184" height="666" width_o="1184" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4acb7174195c955804270a116ee11124fa868c4cbb1d96c8ef04a307fed192ee/Untitled---July-16--2026-at-12.41.44-1.gif" data-mid="250469910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4acb7174195c955804270a116ee11124fa868c4cbb1d96c8ef04a307fed192ee/Untitled---July-16--2026-at-12.41.44-1.gif" /> A NOTE ON CREATIVE PROCESS - BEHIND THE IMAGE-GENERATION-PROCESS The 3D digital clay heads we see dancing in Lucilia are the result of a complex algorithmic process. I asked Carmen and Dani to write short biographies of Black women—from the past and the future. The image-generation system I created begins with text. The short biographies they wrote function as the emotional “source code” for each image. Instead of describing physical features to the machine, the system is fed the character’s life story: where she came from, her dreams, her frustrations, and her legacy. This textual input is then combined with the root heads: a digital scan of Dani’s head, a photograph of her mother, Terezinha, and another of her aunt,Tânia. <img width="2578" height="1444" width_o="2578" height_o="1444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd9ae890fbc4d771b694a6e3a98e2003ebec5b705aeeccff57f4f8e4ac62a50c/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-1.34.24PM.png" data-mid="250470955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd9ae890fbc4d771b694a6e3a98e2003ebec5b705aeeccff57f4f8e4ac62a50c/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-1.34.24PM.png" /><img width="1998" height="1154" width_o="1998" height_o="1154" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ee687e1e2039fd32ef361eacc2c077a3a423c14ab99424ab65384f848df9e39/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-4.55.08PM.png" data-mid="250470841" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ee687e1e2039fd32ef361eacc2c077a3a423c14ab99424ab65384f848df9e39/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-4.55.08PM.png" /> As it processes these stories, the machine reveals a structural bias: it tends to reproduce the same facial pattern for Black women, regardless of how different the biographies are. The process, therefore, requires an intervening system that translates the stories into distinct imagined facial morphologies, along with restrictive commands designed to prevent repetition and force the algorithm to generate genuine diversity. The aim is to honor the singularity of each story while also dancing with the AI system's machine-made visual repertoire. The result is a series of ancestor-futurist entities that share the many-mouthed pipe running through this work. <img width="626" height="352" width_o="626" height_o="352" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4ffbf6cc5c0f4ead785e72cd69dd33790c8a30889b4a0e1a5ade7fedb87a7a7/Untitled---July-21--2026-at-15.17.57-3.gif" data-mid="250591278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/626/i/a4ffbf6cc5c0f4ead785e72cd69dd33790c8a30889b4a0e1a5ade7fedb87a7a7/Untitled---July-21--2026-at-15.17.57-3.gif" /> CREDITS DANIELLI MENDES conception, choreography, and performance CARMEN LUZ direction and dramaturgy FERNANDO GREGÓRIO video, projection, and augmented reality design FELINTO original soundtrack GIL DOUGLAS sound setup LAURA SALERNO lighting design ANDREA GUZMAN JEREZcostume and props design FELIPE SAMORANOtailoring MATIAS IVAN ARCEstage technician MAYRA AZZIphotography and full performance video MARCUS BRAGAgraphic design IOLANDA SINATRAproduction JULIA LACERDAproduction assistantLAYSLA LOYSElighting operation and setup https://fernandogregor.io/augmented-performance-laboratory Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:20:12 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/augmented-performance-laboratory AUGMENTEND PERFORMANCE LAB&nbsp; &nbsp; AR/AI WORKSHOP&nbsp; &nbsp; 2026 CLIENT: SESC 24 DE MAIO&nbsp; &nbsp; POSITION: EDUCATOR&nbsp; &nbsp; TOOLS: ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD, SNAP LENS, RUNWAY, OBS, PROJECTION, PERFORMANCE Augmented Performance Lab offers an experimental laboratory in video and performance, focusing on emerging image-making technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI). <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/225f0562effffd10770828793afb68a1bd46872c6d14fab525dd50044ac0a160/Mayra_Azzi-00664.JPG" data-mid="250474978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/225f0562effffd10770828793afb68a1bd46872c6d14fab525dd50044ac0a160/Mayra_Azzi-00664.JPG" /> <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25f325a3f58e441278e990ef5a0b90fd9ca6126b893cfea25de733439e9decd9/Mayra_Azzi-00705.JPG" data-mid="250474907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25f325a3f58e441278e990ef5a0b90fd9ca6126b893cfea25de733439e9decd9/Mayra_Azzi-00705.JPG" /> <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e11b96f7bc1511fba18282fa27f2d25e492204eb4b7e1c3f03f7b5d5687fc63/Mayra_Azzi-00740.JPG" data-mid="250474951" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e11b96f7bc1511fba18282fa27f2d25e492204eb4b7e1c3f03f7b5d5687fc63/Mayra_Azzi-00740.JPG" /> The program is organized into two sessions, divided over two days. The first presents a conceptual and historical overview of video as both a technology and an artistic language, tracing developments from early research in artificial intelligence to contemporary creative practices. The second session takes the form of a practical and poetic lab, where participants develop performance prototypes using video in various formats, explore current production tools, and experiment with augmented reality. <img width="2616" height="1278" width_o="2616" height_o="1278" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f7ec3e644162e8ddb5a1d1f250e815c9e674eb1eb07aedc7943967970b466ed/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-1.52.54PM.png" data-mid="250474926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f7ec3e644162e8ddb5a1d1f250e815c9e674eb1eb07aedc7943967970b466ed/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-1.52.54PM.png" /> Example of a slide presented during the first day of the lab, putting technology and art history side by side Movement exercises and creative prompts guide reflections on the relationship between our bodies and technological systems in the present. The workshop approaches “technologies of augmentation” not only as digital tools, but as ancestor-futurist apparatuses capable of reshaping how bodies, images, and environments interact. <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d39c7f5024700b9f9793aa484c6bffcceb6e7c7ddc43a2ed323565e1b609201/Mayra_Azzi-00764.JPG" data-mid="250474949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d39c7f5024700b9f9793aa484c6bffcceb6e7c7ddc43a2ed323565e1b609201/Mayra_Azzi-00764.JPG" /> <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1e034245ff823d9f9051e65bfa5b36fd61e7e32e9ab89e94b05ddf9b10eb58a/Mayra_Azzi-00829.JPG" data-mid="250474960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1e034245ff823d9f9051e65bfa5b36fd61e7e32e9ab89e94b05ddf9b10eb58a/Mayra_Azzi-00829.JPG" /> <img width="2449" height="1633" width_o="2449" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b66a26c0f6a19d07c3e59198f777d014a93d37cd9b5f03eba0cc21c97fdee0f6/Mayra_Azzi-00785.JPG" data-mid="250474946" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b66a26c0f6a19d07c3e59198f777d014a93d37cd9b5f03eba0cc21c97fdee0f6/Mayra_Azzi-00785.JPG" /> Some of the XR performance prototypes created by the students during the laboratory https://fernandogregor.io/book-butterflies Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:19:23 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/book-butterflies SECRET SOCIETY&nbsp; &nbsp;AR FILTER&nbsp; &nbsp;2024&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT:PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE&nbsp; &nbsp;POSITION:AR DESIGNER &nbsp; TOOLS: SPARK AR, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND BLENDER Secret Society&nbsp;is a young adult book label created by Penguin Random House Portugal. For its first 10 releases, I designed and developed a series of augmented reality butterflies for Instagram, each one connected to a different book cover. The butterflies were individually 3D modeled and animated to appear as though they were resting directly on the covers. These Instagram AR experiences enhanced the original artwork and brought the publisher’s vision of a butterfly collection to life as a digital extension of the book series. <img width="1322" height="2669" width_o="1322" height_o="2669" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78a4eedebe4d3447e62106f736c9fd06372660d30b77919e4a8e138e1b3e3326/BUTTERFLY_1.png" data-mid="250416633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78a4eedebe4d3447e62106f736c9fd06372660d30b77919e4a8e138e1b3e3326/BUTTERFLY_1.png" /> <img width="330" height="666" width_o="330" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d053d0e18d29bb203d676fda9e6fd68f2063dc578c1c5885870eab2b5c0a2977/Untitled---July-14--2026-at-16.02.49.gif" data-mid="250416482" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/330/i/d053d0e18d29bb203d676fda9e6fd68f2063dc578c1c5885870eab2b5c0a2977/Untitled---July-14--2026-at-16.02.49.gif" /> https://fernandogregor.io/ignoto-vibrations-1 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:42:25 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/ignoto-vibrations-1 IGNOTO VIBRATIONS&nbsp; &nbsp;XR SCULPTURE&nbsp; &nbsp;2022&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT:RIO ART MUSEUM (MAR), GOETHE INSTITUTE&nbsp; POSITION:XR DIRECTOR AND CREATOR&nbsp; TOOLS: ADOBE AERO (PROTOTYPING), 8TH WALL, BLENDER, MIRO Ignoto Vibrations is a mixed-reality sculpture series and performance commissioned for the Museum Conference at Rio Art Museum (MAR) in Brazil. I co-created the project in collaboration with the artist Rodrigo Andreolli and the architect Marilia Piraju. As an XR director, I coordinated an international team of tech professionals (AR developer, 3D modeler, and animator) and designed the user experience. The fire at the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro on September 2, 2018, created images loaded with symbolic force about the treatment conditions given to Brazil's scientific and cultural research. This fire caused the loss of the most important museum collections in the country's history, but at the same time made us reflect on the weight of certain historical narratives, urging us to trace new memories that re-exist beyond the destroyed matter. Fire, in its tragic manifestation, also reaches its transcendental aspect. Based on the study of narratives brought by researchers and members of the National Museum collection rescue team, this project proposes a prototype exhibition in Mixed Reality, motivated by 3D scans of some of the recovered pieces and the memories lost in the fire. <img width="2600" height="1456" width_o="2600" height_o="1456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e17bfba752fd360e5b2cf875bb003d26bc72f8fdf922716990756919ca38ef0/1.jpg" data-mid="250476165" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e17bfba752fd360e5b2cf875bb003d26bc72f8fdf922716990756919ca38ef0/1.jpg" /><img width="2600" height="1454" width_o="2600" height_o="1454" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e57697788cfba6458970b70a4dd1fdd6429de904a2a79a8d62dd1dbc0991f82/2.jpg" data-mid="250476166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e57697788cfba6458970b70a4dd1fdd6429de904a2a79a8d62dd1dbc0991f82/2.jpg" /><img width="2594" height="1454" width_o="2594" height_o="1454" 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height="1079" width_o="533" height_o="1079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b71636e618a3687221ade0bf93cc948918d1207d78839038da7fd36bca4d1c7d/ignoto-4.gif" data-mid="250476182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/533/i/b71636e618a3687221ade0bf93cc948918d1207d78839038da7fd36bca4d1c7d/ignoto-4.gif" /> <img width="537" height="1079" width_o="537" height_o="1079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/359d34c0d4b07587a196b06fae27fc319a40e722c23f7f2f1f2cf88805077bbf/ignoto-5.gif" data-mid="250476181" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/537/i/359d34c0d4b07587a196b06fae27fc319a40e722c23f7f2f1f2cf88805077bbf/ignoto-5.gif" /> CREATION PROCESS <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a50a84fa438dc6808ead132d0d978e52e1800403f60edf5f234c9abc92dfd94/process-1.jpg" data-mid="250476175" border="0" 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Cavalcante Moonlight Mendez Marília Piraju Rodrigo Andreolli Vick Nefertiti Musicians André Souza Kaio Ventura Design, sound editing and audiovisual recording Renato Pascoal Illustrations Nash Laila Vincent Assistant Valerie Chen Locksmith Maurício - Fina Serralheria - Bixiga, São Paulo Consultancy Mother Celina de Xango Thanks Antonia Cattan Carolina Bonfim Clelio de Paula Fel Barros Flavia Meirelles Gustavo Caboco Henrique Entratice Lucas Canavarro Luiz Cruz Maria Catarina Duncan Renato Caldas Rosabelli Coelho-Keyssar Collaboration Goethe Institut Rio de Janeiro Fernanda Galvão, Julian Fuchs, Robin Mallick National Museum of Rio de Janeiro Crenivaldo Veloso Jr., João Pacheco de Oliveira, Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto, Maria Gabriela Evangelista, Juliana Sayão, Michele de Barcelos Agostinho, Paula de Aguiar Silva Azevedo, Pedro Luis Von Seehausen, Rafael de Andrade, Sergio Alex Kugland de Azevedo, Silvia Reis LAPID - Image and Signal Processing Laboratory - UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Bendegó and Heart Scarab 3D Models provided by LAPID 3D Abebé de Oxum and Ritxokó models created by Rodrigo Andreolli and Gabriel Brasil from images by Pedro Von Seehausen Support MISTI Brazil - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rio Art Museum Teatro Oficina Universidade Antropófaga https://fernandogregor.io/line-players Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:13:17 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/line-players .link:hover { color:rgba(216, 255, 0, 0.9) !important; } LINE PLAYERS&nbsp; &nbsp;AR FILTER&nbsp; &nbsp;2022&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT:META OPEN ARTS&nbsp; &nbsp;POSITION:AR DESIGNER &nbsp; TOOLS: SPARK AR, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND BLENDER Line Players is an AR collective game experience for Instagram Reels based on retro game references and futuristic XR glasses design. It was created in collaboration with Meta Open Arts. The effect interprets the design identity and key visual assets for a Meta international event in Palo Alto, California, in September 2022. The project included physical activation stations with backdrops and QR codes during a private event in Palo Alto, California. <img width="437" height="882" width_o="437" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09ca3089710c536de9853540f10d77693030ddf8c0c19f82dc7ccf406646dc69/1.png" data-mid="164295516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/437/i/09ca3089710c536de9853540f10d77693030ddf8c0c19f82dc7ccf406646dc69/1.png" /> <img width="437" height="882" width_o="437" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c571c063aff46803e908a6bc15df5419742c4fad20a71851a422c530d50d3d69/2.png" data-mid="164295517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/437/i/c571c063aff46803e908a6bc15df5419742c4fad20a71851a422c530d50d3d69/2.png" /> <img width="437" height="882" width_o="437" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f7b60417a23b2572c055605edf75f22ea3d98aac0d449fbb591b22c2c2f1a59/3.png" data-mid="164295518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/437/i/6f7b60417a23b2572c055605edf75f22ea3d98aac0d449fbb591b22c2c2f1a59/3.png" /> <img width="540" height="1083" width_o="540" height_o="1083" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ea41b3f57e3ec2b5390d1edb1d27d872ee16132ffcfe0b9a82502b98f3bf4a7/4.gif" data-mid="164295519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/2ea41b3f57e3ec2b5390d1edb1d27d872ee16132ffcfe0b9a82502b98f3bf4a7/4.gif" /> CREATION PROCESS <img width="2870" height="1692" width_o="2870" height_o="1692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3581b9a84f98340f240c8448c29903b26d5036a1384329f3f33bf7f7c1306baf/Process-Blender.png" data-mid="164295528" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3581b9a84f98340f240c8448c29903b26d5036a1384329f3f33bf7f7c1306baf/Process-Blender.png" /><img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/859e421a9c736cb5f6ec9e5a3969503ced6eb209ce9e7cd24aee9f9f9147b6ab/Process-Illustrator.png" data-mid="164295529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/859e421a9c736cb5f6ec9e5a3969503ced6eb209ce9e7cd24aee9f9f9147b6ab/Process-Illustrator.png" /><img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fbb7a4cc8da166887845d274c932c7aac582ade81da4835ced6fef287d5b32e/Process-SparkAR.png" data-mid="164295530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fbb7a4cc8da166887845d274c932c7aac582ade81da4835ced6fef287d5b32e/Process-SparkAR.png" /> https://fernandogregor.io/mourning-stage Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:58:55 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/mourning-stage MOURNING STAGE&nbsp; &nbsp;VISUAL EFFECTS(VFX)&nbsp; &nbsp;2022&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT:CARLOS MOTTA AND SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU&nbsp; &nbsp; POSITION:VFX DESIGNER AND ANIMATOR &nbsp;TOOLS:ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS, PREMIERE AND PHOTOSHOP Mourning Stage is a film that uses a series of drawings as a performance score. I worked on creating visual effects using face-tracking technology to animate 2D masks created by the artist Carlos Motta and move in sync with Simon(e)’s Paetau performance. These images depict different renditions of the devil in hell. Among this group of demons, there are feminized characters that suggest sexual perversions as typified by the Catholic imagination. In the film, Simon(e) Paetau interprets and responds to the drawings using her body and facial expressions in a ritualistic performance, where the body, fetishized and colonized by morality, is mourned. <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88b71d8d81b2178a297087e6fe46e10d30b8ef645fdccff0302b038d47d6b06d/DSC01028.jpeg" data-mid="156514769" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88b71d8d81b2178a297087e6fe46e10d30b8ef645fdccff0302b038d47d6b06d/DSC01028.jpeg" /><img width="2000" height="1342" width_o="2000" height_o="1342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93f2cede714a0fa320a3c0896ce4fe51044aaea144bdcace241ee9f0017b5ab8/DSC01025.jpeg" data-mid="156514768" border="0" alt="Installation views at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, 2022" data-caption="Installation views at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93f2cede714a0fa320a3c0896ce4fe51044aaea144bdcace241ee9f0017b5ab8/DSC01025.jpeg" />Installation views at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, 2022 <img width="2100" height="1167" width_o="2100" height_o="1167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f08c38e719aa179345cfe57f5e9190a247c6a7273068bf994bcbafcfd2bb2bbc/2.jpeg" data-mid="156507731" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f08c38e719aa179345cfe57f5e9190a247c6a7273068bf994bcbafcfd2bb2bbc/2.jpeg" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c54486817534ac32ee014a01d53aa307a4ae6bbbaf3b4cbc49002ea872092f6/ms-gif2.gif" data-mid="156514748" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/3c54486817534ac32ee014a01d53aa307a4ae6bbbaf3b4cbc49002ea872092f6/ms-gif2.gif" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/747068add144a51592d5e65c72fab898173a945efcf7646e018177aadcb9e61e/ms-gif3.gif" data-mid="156514749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/747068add144a51592d5e65c72fab898173a945efcf7646e018177aadcb9e61e/ms-gif3.gif" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e0f7338b4a6f2baa8e5fa370104766fefe772c0fdbc92aa6f81ceb65216238e/ms-gif4.gif" data-mid="156514750" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/1e0f7338b4a6f2baa8e5fa370104766fefe772c0fdbc92aa6f81ceb65216238e/ms-gif4.gif" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60ed8bcc99349f653d4948a7262f4f74019d4d78fde2cf83170e251b36722674/ms-gif5.gif" data-mid="156514751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/60ed8bcc99349f653d4948a7262f4f74019d4d78fde2cf83170e251b36722674/ms-gif5.gif" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af51fa612a116825e68b1fe2e326711ccc31125c9fa6a9dbd44e1d132916ed19/ms-gif7.gif" data-mid="156514757" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/af51fa612a116825e68b1fe2e326711ccc31125c9fa6a9dbd44e1d132916ed19/ms-gif7.gif" /> CREDITS A video by Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau and Carlos Motta Performed by Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau Director of Photography Lola Gómez Castello Soundtrack Isabel González Toro Soundtrack Assistant José Marulanda Visual Design (VFX) Fernando Gregório Second Camera Carlos Andrés López Makeup María Fernanda Cepeda Titles Lauryn Siegel Colorists Aleksander Bergan Martin Backhaus Sound Mix Ian Turner Lighting Assistant Luis Hernando Cubillos Sound Jesús Guevara Photography Camilo Delgado Field Producer Juan David Correal Production Director Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto Production Coordinator Catalina Patarroyo Velásquez Production Oficina Inercia Películas Natalia Ordoñez García Camilo Cárdenas Suárez Alejandra Gómez Osorio Sara Loboa Elizabeth Hernández Location Espacio Odeón, Bogotá Co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus and Goethe Institute, Bogotá with support from XI Berlin Biennale Special thanks to Alejandra Sarria, Espacio Odeón, Bogotá https://fernandogregor.io/augmented-performance-studio Thu, 11 May 2023 02:01:04 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/augmented-performance-studio AUGMENTEND PERFORMANCE STUDIO&nbsp; &nbsp; AR WORKSHOP&nbsp; &nbsp; 2022 CLIENT: SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO&nbsp; &nbsp; POSITION: AR EDUCATOR&nbsp; &nbsp; TOOLS: SPARK AR, ZOOM, PERFORMANCE Augmented Performance Studio is a 4 hours workshop created when I had the honor of being a guest artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The experience was tailored for the Mixed Reality Performance class, taught by Mark Jeffrey and Judd Morrissey. The workshop offered an opportunity for students to explore the intersection of AR and performance, using Spark AR, hand-tracking techniques and performance dynamics.&nbsp; <img width="2586" height="1450" width_o="2586" height_o="1450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c40d689c7811c2aef6fddae0cbfc3a9873be236bf7df92a3fbe671c6c7abd0f1/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.13.33-AM.png" data-mid="178415961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c40d689c7811c2aef6fddae0cbfc3a9873be236bf7df92a3fbe671c6c7abd0f1/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.13.33-AM.png" /> <img width="2602" height="1376" width_o="2602" height_o="1376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55b64fb93ad842f9125b900b01f24973b301aac4d730adcb8f2b74e97c3cd045/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.15.16-AM.png" data-mid="178415962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55b64fb93ad842f9125b900b01f24973b301aac4d730adcb8f2b74e97c3cd045/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.15.16-AM.png" /> <img width="2596" height="1380" width_o="2596" height_o="1380" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea7cc44b83e259cdf3076de71a678790b75978b78885bea09e919f55cdfa8148/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.15.34-AM.png" data-mid="178415963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea7cc44b83e259cdf3076de71a678790b75978b78885bea09e919f55cdfa8148/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.15.34-AM.png" /> <img width="2598" height="1384" width_o="2598" height_o="1384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dbd10fe7e3dbfa65152a53b75cf7f8650ec6a5def4c58452d5522f49c6fb86f/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.15.44-AM.png" data-mid="178415965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dbd10fe7e3dbfa65152a53b75cf7f8650ec6a5def4c58452d5522f49c6fb86f/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.15.44-AM.png" /> <img width="2608" height="1460" width_o="2608" height_o="1460" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53d1a82108e9b623400e2717c7fb20e784191656e9402a71ed7132f9f396505b/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.17.00-AM.png" data-mid="178415966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53d1a82108e9b623400e2717c7fb20e784191656e9402a71ed7132f9f396505b/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.17.00-AM.png" /> <img width="2604" height="1460" width_o="2604" height_o="1460" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/debdb556c2a1056911715e50966f5228ea6329dca712fb1abc4a129f722970bc/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.17.40-AM.png" data-mid="178415967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/debdb556c2a1056911715e50966f5228ea6329dca712fb1abc4a129f722970bc/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-11.17.40-AM.png" /> The workshop was taught via Zoom with the assistance of in&nbsp;person professors and graduate assistants TOPICS COVEREDDuring the workshop, we explored various topics related to augmented reality, such as: Introduction to Augmented Reality (AR) History of AR Introduction to AI, Deep Learning, and Computer vision Current State of AR and Future Possibilities Presentation of my past works in the field Conceptual and Poetic Approaches to Augmentation and Algorithms Body Warm-up Focusing on Hands Hands-on Spark AR Workshop with Hand Tracking Techniques Student’s results presentation for Feedback <img width="540" height="1088" width_o="540" height_o="1088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/344997222975cf2d99a39994fabfdc144082d67a39e6e71a9df2482ee60b0741/final-gif-1.gif" data-mid="178415946" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/344997222975cf2d99a39994fabfdc144082d67a39e6e71a9df2482ee60b0741/final-gif-1.gif" /> <img width="540" height="1088" width_o="540" height_o="1088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b9adea207692a0976fe7d2bb78c19f32cbff7fe4f651f0f69ca00e1b4af63f7/final-gif-2.gif" data-mid="178415952" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/6b9adea207692a0976fe7d2bb78c19f32cbff7fe4f651f0f69ca00e1b4af63f7/final-gif-2.gif" /> Some of the XR performance prototypes created by the students during the workshop PREPARATION AND TOOLS To fully immerse themselves in the workshop experience, students were asked to think about something intangible or virtual, such as a memory, a dream, or a future projection, and represent it as a word or simple drawing. They brought this 2D asset to the workshop in either PNG, JPEG, or SVG format. Students were also asked to download, install, and log in to Spark AR Studio, as well as have Instagram or Spark AR Player on their cellphones for testing and experimentation. <img width="540" height="316" width_o="540" height_o="316" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bed2f82eabc8fa77ca2a40103ee917feeed1611c77d5631dfcf613e425c55389/teaching-gif-2.gif" data-mid="178415960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/bed2f82eabc8fa77ca2a40103ee917feeed1611c77d5631dfcf613e425c55389/teaching-gif-2.gif" /> PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND CLASSESIn addition to this workshop, I have had the pleasure of teaching other classes related to AR: 2021 - Augmented Reality and Performance Studio (2h Workshop) at Interactive Telecommunications Summer Camp, Tisch, NYU 2021 - Augmented Reality and Performance Studio (2h Workshop) at Brooklyn College 2021 - Big Ideas in the Past and Future of Technology (Graduate Assistant) for Nancy Hachinger, Interactive Media Arts BFA program at Tisch, NYU https://fernandogregor.io/ramenhead Tue, 25 Apr 2023 03:21:41 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/ramenhead RAMENHEAD&nbsp; &nbsp;AR FILTER&nbsp; &nbsp;2022&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT: BIEN INCLUSIVE MOTION DESIGN STUDIO&nbsp; &nbsp; POSITION:AR DESIGNER &nbsp; TOOLS:META SPARK STUDIO AND BLENDER Ramenhead is an AR world effect created together with Bien, an inclusive motion design studio based in Los Angeles, California. The project simulates a snow globe and was part of an XR Holiday card for one of their clients to use in an internal campaign. In the AR audiovisual experience, you can "open" and "close" the ramen shop by tapping the 3D model. The animation was inspired by Japanese folk toys called Kyodo gangu and German cuckoo clocks. <img width="437" height="882" width_o="437" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88104fb923c8346ae17f638373886a528cf92fe307cd13fa9b44d5cab522be5c/ColorGraphite-copy.png" data-mid="176544370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/437/i/88104fb923c8346ae17f638373886a528cf92fe307cd13fa9b44d5cab522be5c/ColorGraphite-copy.png" /> <img width="540" height="1080" width_o="540" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/273f48a69169b20d8d49a0d098d4506af7be37eb3d7a280cec4f0d58238ee547/bien-ar-gif.gif" data-mid="176544336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/273f48a69169b20d8d49a0d098d4506af7be37eb3d7a280cec4f0d58238ee547/bien-ar-gif.gif" /> https://fernandogregor.io/the-firebird Tue, 23 May 2023 20:48:04 +0000 fernando gregório https://fernandogregor.io/the-firebird THE FIREBIRD&nbsp; &nbsp;XR SCULPTURE&nbsp; &nbsp;2021&nbsp; &nbsp; CLIENT:PROTOTYPE&nbsp; &nbsp; POSITION:CREATOR AND DIRECTOR&nbsp; &nbsp;TOOLS:BLENDER, SPARK AR, LENS STUDIO, ILLUSTRATOR, PERFORMANCE The Firebird is a mixed reality live performance. It tells a more-than-human myth about extinction, migration, and dreams in the context of an environmental emergency. The audience experiences this through choreography, relational physical sculptures and AR layers. The eyes of the Firebird. Choreographic experiment with AR layer visualized through an AR app Choreographic experiment without AR layers visualized through an AR app HOW IT WORKS As part of performance-installation, the audience dynamically interacts with AR layers, moving in sync with the performance. The piece features unique target trackers, each borne by a different performer. These trackers trigger distinct audiovisual AR sculptures that represent various parts of an unseen critter: the left eye, the right eye, wings, the fire seed technology in the Firebird’s belly, and the tail. <img width="1600" height="1191" width_o="1600" height_o="1191" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd08aea5e908816b63274af06051cf3e4dbf432b2ba332b1ae4cd0909c37f5d9/mvOUv7k5D6vdZbOeNZ5jLBNpRCn_SV9NzNvDUXTIsqV4CAR8w_v3DyIv9AD0TgNGfsxymEIexf9r6EG-0vUYt1F0fgS6J2yrTrY4nDkZUkmeuQn7bovx9kaLg4S1wzdU-cpztqidiPoY.png" data-mid="179731405" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd08aea5e908816b63274af06051cf3e4dbf432b2ba332b1ae4cd0909c37f5d9/mvOUv7k5D6vdZbOeNZ5jLBNpRCn_SV9NzNvDUXTIsqV4CAR8w_v3DyIv9AD0TgNGfsxymEIexf9r6EG-0vUYt1F0fgS6J2yrTrY4nDkZUkmeuQn7bovx9kaLg4S1wzdU-cpztqidiPoY.png" />The audience can see the AR layers of the moving sculpture through AR glasses or cellphones and Ipads Audiences can activate these trackers via an app on their cellphone or an AR headset, enhancing their involvement in the collective choreography and their connection to the mixed reality sculptures. <img width="1296" height="935" width_o="1296" height_o="935" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/869292a3d632229f1251ba66a015abf12450e7a134500dddb9595894d7ab5867/gif3.gif" data-mid="179732908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/869292a3d632229f1251ba66a015abf12450e7a134500dddb9595894d7ab5867/gif3.gif" /> THE MYTH A fire catastrophe destroys The Firebird community, forcing the sole survivor to migrate to the last safe place: A-city, where no one is allowed to sleep anymore. Now, they need to find a way of ensuring that their dream-tree technology won't go extinct. Earlier experiments with audience interaction <img width="2598" height="1312" width_o="2598" height_o="1312" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1caf71bdaa8dd773044ea0ea2010d3b66ae8e37505e212dc1b278f06d721d04f/Screen-Shot-2023-05-23-at-7.49.56-PM.png" data-mid="179742320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1caf71bdaa8dd773044ea0ea2010d3b66ae8e37505e212dc1b278f06d721d04f/Screen-Shot-2023-05-23-at-7.49.56-PM.png" /> SUPPORT The journey to the prototype stage of "The Firebird" has been supported by several entities: NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Research Fellowship, 2021-22Summer Round of Sundance Interdisciplinary Program (IDP) granting, 20212 weeks residency at The Brooklyn College Performing Arts Center in partnership with The Public Theater supported by the Tow Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, 2021New York Foundation for the Ars - City Artist Corps Grants, 2021 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09dd31af506ac802768ab8c84c0a164c94494d8c22ca315797cfe578008f6fbb/firebird-visual-identity-3.png" data-mid="179731401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09dd31af506ac802768ab8c84c0a164c94494d8c22ca315797cfe578008f6fbb/firebird-visual-identity-3.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0b6cb46eb58f1ac9ecea2751713dee87fa86f070c7418526caee62f5e88fefa/firebird-assets.png" data-mid="179735975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0b6cb46eb58f1ac9ecea2751713dee87fa86f070c7418526caee62f5e88fefa/firebird-assets.png" /> Visual Identity by Dawn Sinkowski CREDITS Conception, Direction and technology: Fernando Gregório Production, Strategic development and Visual Identity: Dawn Sinkowski Assistance: Joyce Lai Performance: Joyce Lai and Hunter Bryant Sound: Cy X Wearable design (phase 1): Wei Kang Interpreter-creators for (phase 1): Viola Leqi He, Chaski No and Sol Cabrini (solychaski)