thedapperproject: prostheticknowledge: Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. Last month I posted a
thedapperproject: prostheticknowledge: Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. Last month I posted about the Staplecrops project turning data from rap lyrics into data for art, using a robotic arm to create light paintings. Now we can see it in action, with two video examples embedded below: Jay-Z: Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. from Staple Crops on Vimeo. Kanye West: Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. from Staple Crops on Vimeo. Inspired by Pablo Picasso’s light pen drawings Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. uses abstracted semantic rap data to create sculptural forms with light. The forms represent the distance travelled by the lyrics in each song. (Brief) Methodology: I used the Hip Hop Word Count’s new semantic analysis results to extract all geographic mentions from the complete bodies of work of 12 rappers. These locations were translated into geo coordinates which were then made into points that plotted the robot arm’s movements. The robot arm drew each path while holding a light pen. There are other projects to be found at Staple Crop’s website here -- source link