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Self Portrait with Voxels

Ariel Adhidevara
MDes Mediums 2025
Ben Kazer
MDes Mediums 2025
Meng-Lun Tu
MAUD 2025
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1 Transformation to a simpler, voxelized existence

One day, Ariel was writing an essay. He had been working for so long, and thinking so hard about mighty philosophical concepts, that he began to question his own reality. The simplest proceedings of daily life began to feel overly complex and unbearably heavy. At his wits end, Ariel decided to simplify his own existence. Pressing his fingers to his temples, he stared into his computer screen to harness the power of the digital ether. He watched with amazement as his intricate human features were transformed and reduced to mere voxels. Freed from the metaphysical constraints of humanity, and endowed with a newfound sense of enlightenment, Ariel breezed through his essay and was rewarded with a high passing grade!

Project video
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2 Experiments with mesh reduction
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3 Ariel in information overload