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Worldbuilding Professional PortfolioMain MenuWorldbuilding Design PortfolioDesignerLaura works as a designer with spatial design, sound, interactive UI/UX, animation, film, and production.FacilitatorWorldbuilders need to collaboratively work in teams, helping lead the project toward aims and create an environment for productive interactions.Research + TheoryResearch and theory are integral aspects of the worldbuilding process.Qualifying Exam PortfolioA brief guide to this portfolio project, with more focused media links.Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
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12017-02-27T01:56:30-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2156547gallery2017-02-28T01:52:56-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2Here you find an abbreviated collection of short films and media pieces directed or co-directed by Laura Cechanowicz. Please see resume for full list.
"Bernie + Bernice," Interactive Installation utilizing Kinect and Touch Designer, 2015 Co-Directed with Lemi B. Nessa This interactive experience is designed around flow to encourage movement and visualize force. Exploring wonder, it seeks to provoke an investigation of the invisible particles in our lives.
"Paint Punches," 2012 Co-Director, Interactive Kinect Installation featuring animated paint with a punching action from the viewer, a moving, interactive painting.
"Silent Secrets: The Body Language of the Confessor," 2009-ongoing Last shown as an 11-projector installation in the USC Gallery. This collaborative documentary database involves recording body language and nonverbal communication as a historic artifact on video.
"A Letter to You," 2011 Projection mapping mixed media installation exploring the filmmaker's memory of her grandmother and the process of healing.
"They Had Horses," 2009 An animated documentary reflecting the Iowa flood of 2008.
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1media/vscor_002_01_X1_0318-cc-small.jpg2017-02-26T22:21:24-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2DesignerLaura Cechanowicz20Laura works as a designer with spatial design, sound, interactive UI/UX, animation, film, and production.plain2017-02-28T15:40:46-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
12017-02-26T15:02:09-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2They Had Horses3An animated documentary about the Iowa City flood of 2008.plain2017-02-27T01:30:42-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
12017-02-26T13:02:43-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2Silent Secrets: The Body Language of the Confessor1Documentation of Installationplain2017-02-26T13:02:43-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
12017-02-26T15:06:24-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2"Paint Punches" Interactive Installation Documentation1This is a work in process using Derivative Touch Designer and the Kinect.plain2017-02-26T15:06:24-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
12017-02-26T15:09:27-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2A Letter To You Documentation1This video presents documentation of my installation "A Letter to You," as well as the full footage of the installation - which is a loop. This is an autobiographical installation investigating my memory of my grandma before she died from cancer. It explores the intense pain and beauty of life and death, including the process of healing through immersive experience in water and sound. The piece was initially designed to fit the architecture of the original installation space, but as it is shown in other spaces, I am interested in seeing it develop in the context of other architectural elements. It can now create arches, opening doors of possibility, where there once stood walls.plain2017-02-26T15:09:27-08:00Laura Cechanowiczd3ad765e71e0e946eed450145482fb1a6196dad2
