안녕! My name is Brian (Hyunje) Park and I'm currently a second year Master's student at NYU's Media, Culture, and Communication program. This website is an archive of exercises and projects developed during USC's Spring 2023 IML300: Reading and Writing the Web under the instruction of Professor Q.
I've always had a fascination with creative web projects, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to expand my artistic practice durinig this particular semester. Thanks for coming by!
What does sound look like? Such a question might seem nonsensical as it might feel the same as asking what smell a certain color has. Looking at waveforms, however, gives a clear answer to the question. As sounds are longitudinal waves that travel through the air, there is always a way in which we can visualize them. If you spread sand or pour water on top of a speaker, beautiful patterns based on sound waves appear depending on the sound you play. But how can we imagine sound in shapes and forms we've never seen before? By utilizing WebGL, this project visualizes sounds in various spherical forms which the user can manipulate. From regular spheres to bumpy ones, this visualizer helps reveal beautiful patterns that lie in sound.
What do we fear? When we were younger, we used to fear the imaginary; we had to run back to our rooms when turning off the living room lights, and there most definitely was a monster in the closet/under the bed. However, as adults, we like to believe we no longer fear those things. But do these “old” fears really go away? What happens when you do escape, for a brief moment, from these childhood fears? Do you feel safe? If 'You' manage to run away successfully from the figure - the childhood fears - there are only other more "real" fears that come to light: The fear of the future, the worry of having to work tirelessly for years to come in a system where you are disconnected from your work.
PIC Abolition Tutorial is a web project created to introduce the concept of the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) and the PIC Abolition movement to those unfamiliar with them. As the PIC is a broad, complex issue, this website does not hold all relevant information about it, how to resist against it, and answers to all possible questions. Likewise, the PIC Abolition movement has a long history that cannot be fully encapsulated in a short web project. However, this project serves the important purpose of standing as a starting point to help people imagine alternatives to the retributive justice system in which most of the world functions under.