PART 1: RE-CONTEXTUALIZING HISTORIES In this series of posts I will chart possible ways to re-contextualize data sets as poetic texts and the ways that writers, visual artists, and musicians have and are using data in their work. Through this shift of focus, “hard” data can be read, analyzed, critiqued, manipulated, and be inspiration or source.
This conversation flows from my own studio art practice. Originally trained as a painter and sculptor, over the past seven years or so my work has transitioned into new media and performance. Along with this shift, I have felt the interest in image and object draining away and an interest in science, language, and technology rise to the front. I spend much less time in museums and galleries than I once did. No more hours in front of Bonnards or Turrells; instead I have found myself spending much more time thinking about things like the phenomenology of earthquakes or how to build microcontrollers. http://lemonhound.blogspot.com/2011/03/jeff-thompson-poetics-of-data.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
