Re: [-empyre-] interpreting datasets from science and natureinanimation (Richard)

2010-02-23 Thread Corrado Morgana
Hi Richard, I kinda agree about Ryoji Ikeda. I've seen performances of his music, which is usually generated via some synaesthetic process but rather than it being purely generative it is heavily edited, composed, constructed for it's aesthetic qualities. I love it! The accompanying visuals are

Re: [-empyre-] interpreting datasets from science and natureinanimation (Richard)

2010-02-23 Thread Simon Biggs
I saw the Decode show. I think it is a good case in point here. There were a small number of works that were conceptually and contextually intriguing enough to demand more than a few seconds contemplation. Sadly Golan Levin¹s piece was broken so I don¹t know if that was one of them. I liked a

Re: [-empyre-] interpreting datasets from science and natureinanimation (Richard)

2010-02-23 Thread Helen Thorington
I'm hoping we can get Golan's piece working shortly. I'll let you know. -- Helen On Feb 23, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Simon Biggs wrote: I saw the Decode show. I think it is a good case in point here. There were a small number of works that were conceptually and contextually intriguing enough

Re: [-empyre-] interpreting datasets from science and natureinanimation (Richard)

2010-02-23 Thread Richard Wright
Surely though most visualisation is tweaked towards some form of aesthetic quality either for clarity of purpose/readability or 'wowing' an audience I once wrote that an effective data visualisation (in art and science) was one that made the greatest possible distance between human

Re: [-empyre-] interpreting datasets from science and natureinanimation (Richard)

2010-02-23 Thread christopher sullivan
Hi Richard, I am the guy that wants animations about love, hate, birth, sex, and death.(not necessarily in that order) your rules of engagement leave me a little cold. why would this be a goal? greatest possible distance between human senses and computer code that is achievable through the