https://diracles.com Alexandra Diracles Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:23:48 +0000 https://diracles.com en https://diracles.com/Vidcode Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:29:57 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Vidcode Video Coding Platform I’m the co-founder of Vidcode, an award-winning coding platform for teenagers. Twelve thousand educators and 10 million students use Vidcode to learn JavaScript through multimedia projects.&nbsp;www.vidcode.com Process Press Product Management <img width="1440" height="865" width_o="1440" height_o="865" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28d3e5459b56fa39f96d5e67a4d9726505a137cdc2635ed54efe3b8b19e5b8c2/PR_vidcode1-copy.jpg" data-mid="107019278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28d3e5459b56fa39f96d5e67a4d9726505a137cdc2635ed54efe3b8b19e5b8c2/PR_vidcode1-copy.jpg" /> https://diracles.com/GSUSA Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:29:57 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/GSUSA Social Impact Coding Badges I built a national partnership with Girl Scouts USA to co-develop their social impact coding badges. Girl Scouts in 6th—12th grades leverage the badges today. Press Strategic Partnership <img width="2880" height="1872" width_o="2880" height_o="1872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bd236001c84fdd38a0278e21b7a2ae185d8a125bbf79cf7a3bfef8e8714a9ef/Project-2_GSUSA.jpg" data-mid="106254981" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bd236001c84fdd38a0278e21b7a2ae185d8a125bbf79cf7a3bfef8e8714a9ef/Project-2_GSUSA.jpg" /> https://diracles.com/Teen-Girl-Hackathon Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:29:58 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Teen-Girl-Hackathon Teen Girl HackathonI launched the first Teen Girl Hackathon at YouTube Spaces NYC in partnership with YouTube, Vidcode, and Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls. Together, we recruited eight female engineers and eight YouTube creators to mentor twenty girls in creating film and code projects. Press&nbsp; Video Strategic Partnership <img width="1296" height="811" width_o="1296" height_o="811" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b12ccc9dae3815cabc51d818f385c58c85ed757169666dc781434b00e19a05ec/Project-YouTube-Spaces-18-11.png" data-mid="106476651" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b12ccc9dae3815cabc51d818f385c58c85ed757169666dc781434b00e19a05ec/Project-YouTube-Spaces-18-11.png" /> https://diracles.com/Innocence-Project Wed, 28 Apr 2021 05:47:59 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Innocence-Project Multi-channel storytellingCampaign funded by the Innocence Project to raise awareness of wrongfully incarcerated individuals. I designed an online game to help people experience how faulty eyewitness testimony can be. We produced video interviews with the exonerees, which were projected onto buildings in NYC. Press&nbsp; Innocence Project <img width="1194" height="794" width_o="1194" height_o="794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3156f29f6f3f181cdb034a0a0fe4cda548f35fddc49b76e48154c3341116d81/Screen-Shot-2021-04-27-at-10.54.19-PM.png" data-mid="106679646" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3156f29f6f3f181cdb034a0a0fe4cda548f35fddc49b76e48154c3341116d81/Screen-Shot-2021-04-27-at-10.54.19-PM.png" /> https://diracles.com/Lenticular-Drawing Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:28:37 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Lenticular-Drawing Projection Mapping'Lenticular Drawing' is a live video of two artists' drawings projected and mapped to a white sculpture to create a lenticular print. As the audience stands to one side, they see one artist drawing. If they stand in the middle, they see both artists simultaneously, and so on. Process Video Lenticular Drawing <img width="1708" height="1068" width_o="1708" height_o="1068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38d3b56927e9117ca5066fb15ab6917714a327392f904a8f980a6c66a838278b/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.47.54-AM.png" data-mid="106500745" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38d3b56927e9117ca5066fb15ab6917714a327392f904a8f980a6c66a838278b/Screen-Shot-2021-04-26-at-10.47.54-AM.png" /> https://diracles.com/It-comes-in-waves Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:23:48 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/It-comes-in-waves Audio Visual ExperienceThis interactive installation uses Microsoft Kinect to track the audience and brings a series of generative visual/audio experiences to life. Black-and-white animations move more aggressively as the audience approaches the panels. When people walk away, the animations relax. These interactions also trigger a series of instrumental sounds. Process (coming soon) Video Interactive Installation&nbsp; <img width="2094" height="1296" width_o="2094" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4024696e6807689d9bcfa45ca110f6b3f7efc4b7cd40fbc1eab3f0979c378bd1/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-11.38.09-AM.png" data-mid="107007191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4024696e6807689d9bcfa45ca110f6b3f7efc4b7cd40fbc1eab3f0979c378bd1/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-11.38.09-AM.png" /> https://diracles.com/Cinematography Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:53:51 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Cinematography CinematographyMy video work centers on behind-the-scenes videos for businesses and fashion magazines. To the right is a video I shot in collaboration with fashion photographer Peter Ash Lee for L’uomo Vogue.Video L’uomo Vogue <img width="3796" height="2134" width_o="3796" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf3d9bd474cc35cb1756427d8742db1c690d9acf20b90ddd40695ba9aaaffd14/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-11.15.43-AM.png" data-mid="107005541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf3d9bd474cc35cb1756427d8742db1c690d9acf20b90ddd40695ba9aaaffd14/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-11.15.43-AM.png" /> https://diracles.com/Danish-Dream Wed, 28 Apr 2021 05:58:52 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Danish-Dream Medium Format PhotographyI produced a photo series titled ‘The Danish Dream.’ Denmark is hailed as one of the happiest places on earth, and it’s also a tiny country with many people who want to join. This photo series centers on two places: a community center in Copenhagen that brings together asylum seekers/ Danes and an asylum center in northern Denmark. Link to series &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Danish Dream <img width="2200" height="1820" width_o="2200" height_o="1820" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5df5478ab97bb1dea607ccb863c612f6de62e89b8bb76e60237d2bf4d256daf/Screen-Shot-2021-04-27-at-11.08.06-PM.png" data-mid="106680319" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5df5478ab97bb1dea607ccb863c612f6de62e89b8bb76e60237d2bf4d256daf/Screen-Shot-2021-04-27-at-11.08.06-PM.png" /> https://diracles.com/Plant-Pinball Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:58:12 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Plant-Pinball Playful ResearchPlant Pinball is a game designed as a playful communication of research by NYU Biologist Ken Birnbaum. The prompt was to create an interactive installation that would relay Ken’s research on plant root regeneration to the public. The plant pinball machine was exhibited at the NYC World Science Festival. Process Video Plant Pinball <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbc6ce09ec9f92ba87bc39dc4bc4e6055d744cf44a8e2541bed399b18b23962f/IMG_9944-600x400-big.jpg" data-mid="107019393" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbc6ce09ec9f92ba87bc39dc4bc4e6055d744cf44a8e2541bed399b18b23962f/IMG_9944-600x400-big.jpg" /> https://diracles.com/Big-Screens Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:44:17 +0000 Alexandra Diracles https://diracles.com/Big-Screens 3D Face Mapping 'Like Me' is a large-format video featuring an animated lounge singer competing with an IRL comedian. The virtual lounge singer or the IRL performer is muted after the audience claps, depending on whether they won the audience's favor. Process Video 3D animation and large format video&nbsp; <img width="4178" height="2508" width_o="4178" height_o="2508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07b72c587607d91526b0405881473da2f6b71b84c8c88ab47bf956025d7eacee/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-10.03.52-AM.png" data-mid="106999670" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07b72c587607d91526b0405881473da2f6b71b84c8c88ab47bf956025d7eacee/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-10.03.52-AM.png" />