Lecture

Data Art: Creating Artworks from Scientific Data

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This lecture explores the intersection of art and science through data art, showcasing how scientific data can be transformed into artistic representations. The speaker, Benzi Kirell, demonstrates the process of creating aesthetic shapes and artworks from complex datasets, emphasizing the fusion of creativity and scientific rigor. The presentation delves into the roots of data art in creative coding and generative art, highlighting its potential for diverse fields of research. Through examples and comparisons with data visualization, the lecture illustrates how data art can evoke emotions and communicate information effectively. Additionally, it discusses the significance of data art in scientific communication and its role in engaging audiences across various disciplines.

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Scientific visualization

Scientific visualization (also spelled scientific visualisation) is an interdisciplinary branch of science concerned with the visualization of scientific phenomena. It is also considered a subset of computer graphics, a branch of computer science. The purpose of scientific visualization is to graphically illustrate scientific data to enable scientists to understand, illustrate, and glean insight from their data.

Generative art

Generative art refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system. An autonomous system in this context is generally one that is non-human and can independently determine features of an artwork that would otherwise require decisions made directly by the artist. In some cases the human creator may claim that the generative system represents their own artistic idea, and in others that the system takes on the role of the creator.

Data and information visualization

Data and information visualization (data viz or info viz) is the practice of designing and creating easy-to-communicate and easy-to-understand graphic or visual representations of a large amount of complex quantitative and qualitative data and information with the help of static, dynamic or interactive visual items.

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