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Ray Weitzenberg

Artist + Technologist + New Yorker

Below as a collection of samples from recent projects. An archival collection of my work is available at mechaneyes.com.

Let's connect and create: nysee.nyc/ray-weitzenberg.

mechaneyes.com

A portfolio site collecting samplings from the array of work I've done over the years.
mechaneyes.com

Scopus Ex Machina

Scopus Ex Machina is a project that I worked on at RisoLAB. It is focused on interrogating the surveillance proliferating in our society. Part of the project has involved the construction of a facial recognition system running in my apt window.

This is the project presentation that I gave to the Zines and Small Publishing class at RisoLAB.

Cover image of Scopus Ex Machina Presentation DeckScopus Ex Machina Slide. Text explaining considerations of surveillance.Scopus Ex Machina Slide. Section title slide. Text stating 'Watching the watchers.' Illustration of an eyeball looking at that text.Scopus Ex Machina Slide. Title states, 'Scopeo: Roll your own facial recognition.' Picture of a camera looking out a window.Scopus Ex Machina Slide. Title states, 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.' Picture of a cat wearing a tinfoil hat.
Dialogues on Freedom

Dialogues on Freedom focuses on creating an engaging, interactive exploration of important historical figures' lives through an interactive timeline with integrated narrative elements and a contextual conversation interface. The first subject is Malcolm X.

Below is the onboarding experience with the narrator introducing the user to the app.

Dead Dinner Mobile Screenshot. Cover image of Malcolm X.Dead Dinner Mobile Screenshot. Birth and Early Life page.Dead Dinner Mobile Screenshot. Prison Period page.Dead Dinner Mobile Screenshot. Nation of Islam page.
Dead Dinner Desktop  Screenshot. Birth and Early Life page.Dead Dinner Mobile Screenshot. Pilgrimage to Mecca page.
Thirdeyes

Thirdeyes assists music journalists in writing artist bios. Powered behind the scenes by an orchestration of multiple LLMs, writers can step through and develop the core elements of a bio. Further assiting the writers, information is contextually generated as they interact with the app to inform upon the artist's life and work.

Thirdeyes Desktop Screenshot.Thirdeyes Desktop Screenshot.Thirdeyes Desktop Screenshot.
NYSee

My home on the web, NYSee is a lot of things and those things are ever evolving.
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NYSee Desktop Screenshot. Homepage.NYSee Radar Desktop Screenshot. Text left. Background image of a landscape. Radar antenna in the bottom right.NYSee Radar Desktop Screenshot. Text left. Background image of a landscape. Radar antenna in the bottom right.NYSee Lowdown Desktop Screenshot. Masthead up top. Abstract image filling the page.