Final Year Project Proposals from Leon McCarthy:
Proposer ID: LMc
Title: [LMc04] Automated systems for the production of digital art
The preparation, creation, organization, editing and post-production of digital art can be a long, laborious process. This is to be an exploration in the design of systems that automate some, or all of the above processes, freeing the digital artist from some of the most labour intensive parts of production.
Proposer ID: LMc
Title: [LMc06] New systems for live audiovisual performance
There are endless ways in which to interface with and control digital systems during performace. You should design a number of protoype control surfaces for interfacing with digital systems of your preference. These should be tested against their success during realtime performance.
Proposer ID: LMc
Title: [LMc02] The art of combining media streams in digital art
Mutli-sensory art is to be created to explore the difference between the suggestions of the individual parts and those of the whole work. Syncronisity, masking, layering, multiple structures, the macro versus the micro, motiff versus the massive. All stimuli are open to exploration, such as sound, light, touch, heat etc..
Proposer ID: LMc
Title: [LMc05] The artistic practise of social commentary through digital art
Artists often use social issues as a creative device. This practise should be explored, using direct and indirect approaches in creating art that has meaning on many levels. The media of sound and vision should both be used, both seperately and in unison.
Proposer ID: LMc
Title: [LMc03] The design of self generating audiovisuals
Algorithms should be designed to generate digital art from the input of realtime information or predetermined information. Such algorithims should be developed and judged on both a functional & aesthetic level. This can be an exploration in the media of sound, vision or both.
Proposer ID: LMc
Title: [LMc01] The practise of digital storytelling: designing non-linear narrative, user agency and resolution
The design & comparison of systems enabling the participant control the narrative of an artwork. The practise of producting art that is to be presented in a non-linear, open-ended manner.


