After reading Art Against Information, I could see the clear distinction between how they distinguish data and information. Data is the raw results, and it is concrete whereas information is the meaning we take away from that data. Information allows us to interpret, gather, and cultivate that data into something that is logical and give…
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Reaction: Art Against Information
In reaction to Mitchell Whitelaw’s ‘Art Against Information’, I first learned the difference between ‘information’ and ‘data’. According to the article, information is ‘processing, manipulating, and organizing data’, while data is ‘discovering useful data in large repositories’. Only when organized does data show information, so the two are not the same. I really like what…
Art Against Information
First and foremost, one aspect of the case study that I found interesting the many ways that data can be used to make different types of art work. Through this, I gained a better sense of how data presented in art and how it allows for more subjectivity and analysis of…
Art Against Information
After reading Mitchell Whitelaw’s Art Against Information, a few things became more clear to me and caught my attention. First off, I learned that dealing with data and information it may be difficult to make a distinction between the both of them. Whitelaw says, “It is demonstrated that data art often turns away from information…
Art Against Information
In the Art Against Information, I found it visually effective to understand the spam interaction from Alex Dragulescu’s peices structure 11 from the Spam Architecture Series and the Untitled 1 from the Spam Plant series. In the structure 11, it is represented by straight rigid edges as a base but with another structure representing a…
Joachim Sauter
The artist I choose is Joachim Sauter. He is a German artist and designer in the field of new media installations and spaces, and he is a pioneer of new media. He has been developing in this field for many years since 1980s, and he started his media studio ART+COM in 1988. Before he founded…
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
For my art presentation I have chosen Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. He was born in Mexico City in 1967. His projects are based for public participation with using technology to do an interaction such as his light and shadow shows. Many of his kinetic sculptures, responsive environments, video installations and photographs have been shown in museums in…
Jolene Young-Bill Viola
Bill Viola Bill Viola is one of today’s leading artists, who received his BFA in Experimental Studios in 1973. After graduating from Syracruse University he worked in Italy as a video/tape artist in one of the first video art studios in Europe. In 1979 Bill and Perov traveled…
New Media Collaboration: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller
by Carlos Cuevas For our Artist Presentation assignment, I chose to research Janet Cardiff. Upon researching this new media artist, I discovered that a lot of her work/installations have been in collaboration with George Bures Miller. This new media duo, originally from Ontario, Canada, have a broad range of installations spanning over two decades. Cardiff’s…
The Artist I Chose: Eddo Stern
Name: Ashley Villagrana Teacher: Sabrina Raaf An artist and a game designer Eddo Stern was chosen by me. He has such interesting projects that are violent, fun and interactive in the world of video games and real life. To combine the two he loves to use in his projects electronic stimulation to give the game…
Amy Youngs
I have chosen Amy Youngs as the artist I want to present in class. Amy Youngs creates biological art, interactive sculptures and digital media. Her works explore a variety of subjects. She mainly explores the “complex relationship between technology and our changing concept of nature and self”. Youngs uses electronics, kinetics, sounds, insects, plants and…
Artist Description : Usman Haque
The artist I choose for my artist presentation is Usman Haque. Usman is a London based artist, architect, and director of the Haque Design + Research. Within the world of architecture, he creates interactive installations in which people are active participants in their environments. In certain spaces, he has digital projections that function to the…