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Create interactive face filters that respond to mobile camera input, with artist Russell Gordon.
Sign up: https://ar-facefilters.eventbrite.ca
8 hours total over 2 session, online
Sat May 30, 1pm - 5pm
Sat June 6, 1pm - 5pm
BY DONATION for VIVO Producer Members or those facing reduced income due to COVID-19
Regular ticket $39 (+GST)
Participants will need:
This online workshop will introduce you to a basic Augmented Reality softwarecalled Spark AR Studio (sparkar.facebook.com), which will allow you to create interactive filters and effects that Instagram users can use in their stories. Artist Russell Gordon, VIVO's communication specialist, will show you how to create filters and effects that recognize and respond to face movements and other objects through a user's mobile camera. Following a brief overview and demonstrations, you'll work on your own Augmented Reality filter and then learn how to submit it for publishing to social media. We will be making a version of the 'Which Are You?' Face Filter, popular on Instagram at the moment.
Session One is an overview of the general concepts and workflow. You'll begin sketching your idea and then get feedback through group discussion. For homework, you'll continue to develop and research your idea, and produce the 'assets' to use in the app.
Session Two is a deep dive into producing the 'Which Are You' filter, with the instructor's support. Following the session, you'll submit your filter so it can be searched by other Instagram users. The instructor will continue to be available after Session Two to help you troubleshoot the submission process, which can sometimes be tricky.
Topics covered include:
Here's the software's example page: https://sparkar.facebook.com/ar-studio/inspiration/
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Russell Gordon is VIVO Media Arts Centre's communications specialist. He has been working with Augmented Reality since ARKit was made widely available in 2017. He's made a number of Augmented Reality apps and publishes Face Filters for Instagram with collaborator Casey Wei as 'coldboi9969'. Recently, coldboi9969 was commissioned to make a custom Face Filter for Images Festival in Toronto. As an artist, Russell is passionate about using technology for personal expression; his work has been shown nationally and internationally.
