Media Arts and Technology

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David Lazarus - Presentation November 7th

I am going to investigate two databases of statistics regarding unemployment in the United States and Swizterland, and correlate them to the fluctuations of the exchange rates between each countries respective currency.

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id ... hncDNmNDRq

Presentation:

I am going to investigate the use of library resources for political research during elections. This involves mapping resources that relate to political ideology and political current events.

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I am going look at the layers of a film and abstract the data of a film to develop a generic understanding how the flow of non-contentual information (color spectrum, shape, dialogue, movement)

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id ... cHM2ZHJkcQ

An inquiry into the visualization of geospatial boundaries and spaces using the Voronoi Diagram.

Visualization presentation from Monday: http://goo.gl/rlPpj

Elaborated description and illustration of Voronoi Diagram direction: http://goo.gl/f0I1N

I am going to explore Lev Manovich's concept of "cultural analytics." My presentation can be seen here:

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id ... y&hl=en_US

Beth Carlson:
I am going to explore the effects of technology on language and culture using visualizations of text messages.

Link to presentation:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id ... 3&hl=en_US

Here's my project proposal presentation.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3j5yY ... UzMzU4ZGE2

Stephen Keating

Ward Shelley vs Visual Complexity - The Organic and The Pragmatic

What determines a beautiful visualization? Who gets to make these distinctions? In attempting to explore the beauty of information visualized, I will explore two contrasting visions. One view will explore a pragmatic, defined vision, the other will explore an organic, real to life-as-they-know-it consideration of how to look at the data, the "stuff" that defines our lives. This research will attempt to explore and define the different approaches to beautiful information, constrained by an analysis of VisualComplexity.com, contrasted with Ward Shelley, and the ways in which they clash when content does not necessarily yield beautiful results. Exploring the richness of data is exploring the simplicity of that data, and uncovering how to represent the simple truths lying dormant within the information requires an equally rich examination of how we represent that data.

I will likely be examining them through the philosophical lenses of Kant and Dewey, who have similarly diametrically opposed views on what defines beauty. We see Dewey define the process and the experience as what is beautiful, whereas Kant finds the structure, the system that nature has natural proclivities towards, to be beautiful.

In this powerpoint I offer a situational analysis of Newark's youth coupled with the outcomes of a participatory art project.

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Final approach to visualizing bankruptcy at seattle library:
google doc presentation