What does the increasingly radio-saturated landscape – and our reliance on wireless infrastructure – mean in our everyday use of applications and services? Can we use fields as a material for creative purposes?
http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/windcuts-processing-objects/
http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/particles-surfaces-and-solids-processing/
http://www.creativeapplications.net/linux/lormalized-processing-mac-windows/
http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/3d-soundclash-processing/
http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/improvisation-on-a-digital-space-processing/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fliegerhorst/sets/72157623342052961/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_art
http://www.syedrezaali.com/blog/
http://v4.designintellection.com/combining-php-with-processingjs/ <- good little aricle on creating a simple info graphic.
I read an article that used a cool word.
Networkism
There’s an undeniable aesthetic quality to many network visualizations featured on VC, but what’s interesting is to notice how the allure of intertwined complexity is contaminating many artists from more traditional realms (painting in particular) in what seems to be the emergence of a new artistic trend or movement. You can either call it Complexism or Networkism, but regardless of the name, this influence is clearly visible in the works of Sharon Molloy, Emma McNally, Janice Caswell, to name a few, where imaginary landscapes of interconnected entities are the prevailing theme.
Shown here is the work of artist/designer Tatiana Plakhova, an “abstract variety of linked dots union in empty space or deep in the water”. Made in Adobe Illustrator, these compositions clearly embody many of the characteristics of this artistic movement, pulling us in through the intriguing appeal of network visualization.
The 7 ½ Steps to Successful Infographics (really handy article on info-graphics).
Infochimps is an open market place for data on ‘any topic.’
Also found a few interesting ideas that might translate well into the poster.
IOGraph is an application that runs in the background while you work on your computer for a period of time. It tracks mouse movements and durations and creates a visual representation of your working.
I’d like to experiment with this to come up with some ideas for my poster.
Above are some images generated from my browsing and general computer use. Some of it is the result of my research for this paper. Each dot and circle represent mouse pauses, clicks and durations.
I find it interesting to see a simple visual extrapolation of my hand movements and pauses, translated from an evening of using my computer. Each web source I read information from (consumed) required generally the same types of hand movements, where the ones that I spent longer reading or viewing resulted in a larger, more opaque circle. Where I quickly read over details or was ‘linked through’ onto another source of valuable information there are thin connecting lines dotted with small circles.
This is simple and not as complex or even visually as stimulating as some of the Open-Frameworks and processing examples, but I think it still illustrates an interaction or relationship between information nodes.
Processing seems to be an interesting place to start when consdiering a visual representation of my thoughts thus far. It visually expresses code and can do so to quite a complex level, to the point where it can handle whole libraries of data in interesting ways.
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool.
Some results from the introductory tutorials. I will endeavor to explore more complex projects, but also look into other tools to express node interactions in a visual manner.
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