(2024) Orchestrating Embodied Connections with Pose Estimation and Interactive Movement Matching using Machine Learning | Primett, W., Correia, N. N., Hieda, N., & Matos, A. (Submitted for publication)

New methods for movement capture and modelling have inspired a shift in embodied interaction design. With machine learning tools being at the forefront of technical performance for goal-oriented movement sensing tasks, movement data modelling has been studied to support novel interaction paradigms informed by theories of embodiment. By coupling two of these tools, we orchestrate a real-time interactive system based with the aim of dynamically learning from and recalling past movements. Our main contributions begin with a technical outline for a system that leverages human pose estimation and similarity, from which we curate a dataset for movement matching. We then provide an analysis of the user experiences that transpire in situ as an interactive installation, supporting design decisions related to fostering embodied connections with movement data in ways that are both interpersonal and intertemporal.

(2022) On the Feeling of Acoustic and Visual Tension in Generative Art | Master's Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

From a comprehensive literature review of generative art through the lenses of acoustics, visual art and their interrelation, accompanied by an exploration of tension from a psychological and creative standpoint, a context-aware bi-parted experiment was performed through an interactive application, with a focus on core visual and acoustic features. The acoustic aspects at study were waveform, attack, release, frequency and amplitude; the visual ones were symmetry, thickness, orientation, irregularity and angularity. User tests were conducted with 60 people with the aim to conclude on the impact of the various aspects on felt tension, with a focus on their paired interactions within each domain, as well as on tension's relation to arousal and valence. Our analysis shows clear associations between certain feature values and extreme levels of tension, high and low, as well as several two-way interactions between features, particularly among visual features; it also shows tension to be strongly positively correlated to arousal and strongly negatively correlated with valence.

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(2024) untitled | visual essay at printed zine by The Limits of The Body, Edinburgh, GB

Personal exploration of the tensions between identity + perception, reflection + reality, of (im)materiality, through the complexities of cyberspace and the existential longing for unity.