Assumptions & Reality (when people heard the title)
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“We are not painters” (List of most expensive paintings – Wikipedia)
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne, The Scream by Edvard Munch, Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, Femme aux Bras Croisés by Picasso
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Favorite chai-time topic!
“Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water!” - Groucho Marx
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Art: An expression, based on what an artist wants (to express) | Design: made for the users.
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Art: Evokes emotions, even if they are different for different viewers
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Historic Data Viz for bringing a change: Daniel McCallum - Org Chart for Erie Railway (mid-1800s), William Playfair (first pie chart 1801),
Minard (an engineer)'s Napolean March map in 1869, Diagram of a slave ship from the Atlantic slave trade.
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“What were the artists doing?” 18th Century: Composition by Mozart: “Instructions for the composition of as many waltzes as one desires with two
dice, without understanding anything about music or composition” - 176 bars of music x two die = 11^16 possibilities!
1854: “The Eureka” by John Clark generated Latin verses, 1959: “Meta-matics” by Jean Tinguely, kinetic installations on mechanics of chance.
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Generative Art: Using a machine as a collaborator to create the art piece - pass on some control
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Typical Facebook Analytics
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4010 Facebook Tree by Onformative abstracted Facebook analytics into a wallpaper
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Let’s use the weather! Generative Identity for Nordkyn by Neue Design Studio
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Identity in use in photos (with logo reflecting the weather when it was shot)
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Now I’m going to tease your brain cells with some of the beautiful work done using different sources of data
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Wifi Light Painting by Timo Arnall, Einar Sneve Martinussen, & Jørn Georg (Wifi Signal Strength), Art is Motion by Sergio albiac (Car driver’s portrait),
Meshu by Sha Hwang & Rachel Binx (Polygons based on geo-location of places you’ve visited)
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To hear the grass growing by Feld, Underwater by David Bowen to map Lake Superior
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Blazing by Karin Kuhlmann Fractal Flames / FraxFlames
COP 15 by OkDeluxe & ShiftControl, uses Multiple algorithms like flocking, force fields etc.
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Substrate by J Tarbell, using Perpendicular growth algorithms
Hyphae Lamp by Nervous System, based on leaf vein formations
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Particle Synthesis by lab[au] using Particle Emitters & Granular Synthesis
PixFlow #2 by lab[au] simulating Vector Field behavior
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Drawing Machine (1960) by Desmond Paul Henry
MIT Media Lab Identity by The Green Eyl (Different logo for each prof/student, now redesigned)
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Writing without words by Stefanie Posavec – Text structures visualization (no code!)
Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus by Feld which uses novel or any text as Patent drawings
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The Simple Act of Making a Mark by Alan Rorie: Recursive Drawing Machine using Image Capture
Years by Bartholomäus Traubeck: Record Player that plays wood's year rings in tree bark
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Leeds College of Music Identity by Precedent: Identity based on each student & faculty's music
Microsonic Landscapes by Realitat: Music Album visualization
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Silk by Yuri Vishnevsky, Images for 18 Musicians by Casey Raes, Schwarm by Andreas Nicolas Fischer