Data as a creative material THE PROCESS & THE RESULT Automation (in art) was a paradigm shift. The result is determined by a process, but unknown to the artist before the process is complete.
Data as a creative material RANDOM NUMBERS & ALGORITHMS Randomness, complex maths and physical/biological simulations are key materials in generative design
Data as a creative material MACHINE & ORGANICS Interestingly, some works give the impression of being the product of a natural process, reconciling technology & natural life
Data as a creative material A MIRROR OF OURSELVES As a reflection of ourselves & our complex social fabric, data adds a new dimension to the resulting artwork.
Data as a creative material COMPLEX & MEANINGFUL Data has the same complex quality as random numbers do, but there is a potential for meaning & insights
Data as a creative material 1990 2000 2010 VOLUME OF DATA EASE OF WORKING WITH DATA Random Numbers Feeding more numbers in algorithms to increase complexity.
Data as a creative material See it live on http://vimeo.com/72611093 Design by Numbers John Maeda (MIT) Late 90s Designed by Numbers is an interactive environment for generative art, that later inspired Processing (Ben Fry, Casey Reas)
Data as a creative material 1990 2000 2010 VOLUME OF DATA EASE OF WORKING WITH DATA Geographic & Scientific Data Visuals can be used to reveal things about our environment. Actual data makes interesting pictures!
Data as a creative material Line Drops David Endelman 1997 “The lines in this image are of hundreds of underground and underwater pipelines that draw oil from a reservoir in the Huntington Beach area of California.” From “The Fine Art of GIS Cartography” ESRI proceedings
Data as a creative material 1990 2000 2010 VOLUME OF DATA EASE OF WORKING WITH DATA Web 2.0 APIs User-generated is published en-masse. Tagging creates new ways to organize content. RSS & APIs made content machine-accessible.
Data as a creative material 1990 2000 2010 VOLUME OF DATA EASE OF WORKING WITH DATA Social Networks & Media Data about large-scale communities and conversation is now available.
Data as a creative material Data to understand our society With social networks, social media and open-data we have immediate access to a lot of information to understand our society.
Data as a creative material Data for everyone With democratization of infographics, data- journalism & public datasets, data is not reserved to scientists and specialists anymore.
Data as a creative material HEADLINE “Obama undid the mess left by the previous administration” HEADLINE “Just as many jobs were lost during the Bush yeas as during the Obama years”
Data as a creative material #4 Data May Not Match Your Story Data won't necessary tell the story you would like it to tell (but you can always tweak the charts)
Data as a creative material #6 Data Opens Up Dialogue (and criticism) As there's not a single unique way to interpret data, using data means you open up to a conversation.
Data as a creative material #7 Data Leads to New Narrative Forms Showing data means that you won't be able to explain everything, and will let some of the story be written by the reader.
Data as a creative material INFOGRAPHIC DATA VISUALIZATION INTERACTIVE CHART DASHBOARD ANNUAL REPORT DATA MINING TOOL MAPPING There are many different approaches we can take to a new data-driven project
Data as a creative material Exploration Narration PROS + Discovery + Free progression & exploration CONS - Little control - Could miss important things PROS + Controlled experience & messaging + Progressive introduction CONS - Experts might not like it - Reduced opportunity for new insights
Data as a creative material We realized rather quickly the importance of storytelling... any thus, even when doing an exploratory visualization DATA STORY DESIGN
Data as a creative material #1 Many devices, Many sizes Desktop, laptop, mobile phone, table and interactive screens... How do we create visualizations that work across this wide range of supports?
Data as a creative material #2 How do I relate to the data, how does it relate to me? With some of the novelty wearing out, how do we make data interesting, and how to we adapt this data to the user? YOU DATA
Data as a creative material #3 Quantified Self & Internet of Things Data The quantity of data available about us, individually, is going to increase significantly with the new breed of devices coming in. This not only raises design questions, but ethical questions as well.
Data as a creative material #4 Data For Good With Open Data, citizens can get involved and use data to influence and change society. Data can now be use to solve problems... and maybe help expose corruption?
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