Potential Project Materials

Continuing along with the idea of representing data taken from a city and having it represented in some form of art peace or installation i started to look at ways that the data could be represented and what types materials and installations we could gain some inspiration from




 Resonance:

Using gathered data to determine the pitch and tone that could be sent though the installation and salt or sand to represent the shapes this could be the bases for some form of data representation.



Type / Dynamics:

This is a pretty cool art peace done around data representation.

"the installation searches for real-time locations in the news, including "Ground Zero", "Reichstag”, or "Tiananmen Square”, from there locating images from Google Street View and turning them into grids filled with new information. Instead of a typical photo representation, the location is presented in purely typographically form. Visitors are then 'transported’ to that location by wrapping themselves in all the news of the area. Think of it like stepping into a Matrix that isn't part of a dystopian conspiracy"

Link : http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/in-amsterdam-new-typography-exhibit-lets-you-step-into-a-real-life-matrix

Nike Force of Nature:

This is not so much data representation but a cool way of movement bing tracked and represented using the connect.

"‘force of nature’ is a reflection of the running journey by applying different pattern and perspective forms that are influenced by the athlete to help him or her to run faster, stronger and farther."

Link: http://www.field.io/project/nike-force-of-nature/

eCLOUD:

This is a weather representation project in San Jose International Airport

"It is constructed from polycarbonate tiles that fade in between transparent and opaque states and are controlled by real time weather from NOAA from locations around the world. This data is used to create a simulation representing weather from any of the international locations by turning the individual tiles on and off in a certain pattern. The simulation is visualized within the cloud sculpture as well as on a dynamic display placed at eye level in the terminal."

Link: http://www.ecloudproject.com/

Living Light:

This project is placed in a public park in Seoul and was created with a skin of panels whose shape mimics the shape and districting of the city.  Every 15 minutes, the neighbourhood panels light up in order of best air quality to worst based on 27 real-time sensors provided by the Korean Ministry of Environment. Neighbourhoods are also illuminated if the air quality is better on that particular day than the same time last year and individuals can text message in to check pollution data and see their interaction show up on the map.

Link: http://www.livinglightseoul.net/index.htm



Immaterials:

This is a pretty unique project that a team from BERG have been working on. There idea is to try and get people to interact with everyday things people cant really see. Here they show how you can interact and visualise wifi.

Link: http://www.nearfield.org/

Listening Post:

Listening Post is an installation that pulls text fragments in real time from thousands of chat rooms, bulletin boards and other public forums online. The text is then displayed across a suspended grid of screens and sung or spoken by a voice synthesizer. The art is "a visual and sonic response to the content, magnitude, and immediacy of virtual communication."

Link: http://earstudio.com/