Week 5

Readings:

Johannes Gees and CALC

One of the pieces I had originally selected for my exhibition proposal. I really enjoy how user submitted input and data, especially at a scale like this in both size and chronological terms, can mold and change a composition. Though, I may substitute this work for another as I continue working on my proposal.

Necro Enema Amalgamated

I don’t know really what to make of this work. Though personally, I do not enjoy art that utilizes strobe lights, or any flashing lights to assault the viewer’s perception.

Hans Haacke

This piece is interesting in that visually displays in an accessible manner the amount of news that is transcribed around the world in real time. This is also why sort of upsets me, because of the great amount of paper needed to print out all this news. If the point was to compare itself to the amount of newspapers that are printed daily, then I would say it’s very effective.

Critique reflection

The critique was incredibly informative, and helped greatly in narrowing down what to select for my proposal. I believe I will focus on more tangible pieces of data visualization similar to that of the first piece I selected from Melissa F. Clarke. I will also look through the site, Flowing Data, Su Jee recommended me. I’m also glad I could help send some ideas to my peers, Ofer, MK, and Su Jee especially.