Olivia Jackson
Portfolio online at https://ojack.xyz


Selected Works
hydra video synth
software, synthesizer, code library
2023
https://hydra.ojack.xyz
Live-codeable video synth and networked coding environment that runs in the browser
Rarefacció listening cycle
live performance with clarinet, live looping, drawing pad
2022
hangar.org, Barcelona, Spain. Drawings create a live visual score for clarinet and control pitch and rhythm of looped audio.
sound and live drawing - Olivia Jack, clarinet - George Adje
uniquemagicalbrowserobjects.com
website, gallery, infinitely looping animations
2021
Web gallery of collectible code sketches, auto-generated for each donation to hydra video synth.
fubbles // function scribbles
code library
2020
Research into drawing as an interface for creating live-codeable functions in real time.
videoface
software
2020
hybrid code and graphics editor
live performance w/ Ali Santana @ The Living Room Project
computer, 3-channel projection
2020
projection by Olivia Jack, sound by Ali Santana
hiperfragmentación
generative A/V performance, full-dome, 8-channel projection
2019
The dreams of a machine as it falls apart.
Sound by Jose Marulanda, projection by Olivia Jack
pixelcycles
*.mp4, javascript, haskell
2019
Set of experiments using pixel colors to control musical patterns.
Collaboration with Alex McClean
hydra internet garden
website
2019
https://hydra.ojack.xyz/garden
ever-growing community database of resources, projects, tutorials, and code related to hydra video synth
tu lengua y la mía
performance with computer, projection, cello and synths
2019
Live-coded projection by Olivia Jack, sound by Mabe Fratti
Live Lab
software
2016
https://livelab.app
open source, browser-based toolkit for networked performance, that uses a peer-to-peer mesh network to share video, audio, and data streams between individuals and venues.
built for CultureHub Art & Technology Center, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, and Seoul Institute of the Arts
PIXELSYNTH
software, website
2016
https://ojack.xyz/PIXELSYNTH
Browser-based synthesizer for creating sound from images and drawings. Inspired by the ANS synthesizer created by Evgeny Murzin in 1937.
NODOS: cuerpos en expansión
dance performance
2015
Interactive projection mapping using custom software for the experimental dance performance, NODOS, cuerpos en expansión, directed by Edna Orozco
interactive scenography - Olivia Jack
maps for getting lost
javascript, website
2015
Generative and self-destructive streetmaps drawn into the browser.
Selfie Apocalypse
website
2015
https://ojack.xyz/selfie-apocalypse
gif-generator
Quia, la misma otra de siempre
dance performance
2015
Programming interactive scenography, sensors and projection for the experimental dance performance QUIA, la misma otra de siempre, directed by Edna Orozco.
Laboratory of Possibilities
installation, projection, touch screens, custom software
2014
Collabortive drawing + storytelling project about California’s future, created for the Oakland Museum of California’s Natural Science Gallery.
Software Development and Interface Design: Olivia Jack, Graphic Identity: Joe Bromley, Auburn Lahoski, Initial Concept: Don Pohlman, Prototyping: Melissa Standen
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
website, code repository
2014
http://www.antievictionmappingproject.net/ellis.html
Created a series of maps as part of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, a data-visualization and digital storytelling collective working to document the housing crisis in San Francisco, California.
Design & development: Olivia Jack, Concept and data gathering: Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
Migration Patterns
looping single-channel video
2013
Data Visualization of Migration patterns of Pacific Predators, developed for the Gallery of California Natural Sciences at Oakland Museum of California.