SYNESKETCH

Synesketch is the Web’s first free open-source software for textual emotion recognition and artistic visualization.

Synesketch analyses the emotional content of text sentences in terms of emotional types (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise), weights (how intense the emotion is), and a valence (is it positive or negative). The recognition technique is grounded on a refined keyword spotting method which employs a set of heuristic rules, a WordNet-based word lexicon, and a lexicon of emoticons and common abbreviations. Synesketch visualizes the emotions recognized in the form of real-time generative art. The art is partially based on Jared Tarbel’s algorithms and is inspired by the physics graphics of colliding particles.
Synesketch was used by many artists and engineers in Germany, Austria, UK, Finland, Canada, USA, Poland, Serbia, India, etc. It was awarded by the International Digital Media and Arts Association, Canada, and the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, Serbia. It was reviewed by the Creative Review magazine and many important data art and visualization blogs, and was selected for the Alternative Party Festival in Finland.

SYNE-SHARE INSTALLATION

The Synesketch installation on SHARE2 Conference will synesthetically visualize SHARE tweets (@ShareConference) in real time. Every new tweet will create an explosion of painting particles – a new visual universe – whose colors and shapes will correspond to the emotions in the tweet.

ARTIST/DEVELOPER

Uroš Krčadinac is a new media researcher, animator, travel writer and artist, and a PhD student at the University of Belgrade. He was educated in the fields of computer science and interactive media art in Serbia, Canada, and Austria. He has received numerous awards for his art, films, and software projects.