Illuminating Data

This exhibit reminding me of the "Talk to Me" exhibit at the MOMA that I visited last fall. Both exhibits featured works that communicated data in an artistic and creative way that could be understood by the public. In the Illuminating Data exhibition, artists presented work that communicated data through sculpture, prints, animation, and dynamic presentations. One of my favorite pieces was from Christopher Baker, who programmed thermal receipt printers to collect common twitter topics and print them using a custom software. The effect was awesome as the paper descended from the wall. Another favorite was Riley Harmon's "What It Is Without in the Hand that Wields It. He created a network of tubes hooked up to a video game that dispenses blood when a player dies. I thought this concept was very intriguing because it made the violent video game experience more realistic. It gives the characters more of a human-like quality, which makes actually playing the game unsettling. Over all, the projects were very interesting and I look forward to seeing more of these types of projects in the future.