Information Aesthetics- English

Introduction to the Information Aesthetics gallery.

24X7ATPHL:Vectoring is an investigation into a novel use of time-based animation software and procedural modeling as a method for visualizing time-based quantitative data via construction of a qualitative, two-dimensional rendering.

A geopolitical survey of the 192 member states of the United Nations that reveals the quantitative degree to which each contributes to peace and terror in the world.

Time-and-space-mapping software with which anyone can simultaneously visualize chronological and geographical data as three-dimensional graphics. It is suitable for people who want to investigate the relationship between time-and-space information in fields such as archeology, ethnology, and history.

Cultural Analytics is a new emerging field that uses data mining and interactive visualizations of large sets of cultural data in the humanities context. The presented projects demonstrate ideas behind the Cultural Analytics Research Environment, an open platform for cultural analytics research currently being constructed at the California Institute for Telecommunication and Information (Calit2) and the University of California, San Diego.

decibel 151 is an art installation and a music interface that uses spatial audio technology and ideas of social networking to turn individuals into "walking soundtracks" as they move around each other in a shared real space and listen to each other in a shared virtual space.

Height Restrictions uses procedural modeling as a tool for visualizing information about building size and density in Center City Philadelphia.

In an immersive environment, users experience extended senses of sight and sound in ways normally perceived only by other animals. This is a prototype for a real-time project intended to provide freedom to roam remote places with enhanced senses and, as a result, benefit wildlife corridors around the world.

This study exposes the virtual connections of landmark buildings in Center City Philadelphia through a process of NURBS surface "pulling" and "contouring", then extracting the information to display emergent patterns of tall building development.

Stamen worked with MSNBC to bring hurricane tracking data from the National Hurricane Center online in an interactive, visual form. The data include the past, present, and forecast location of storms, contours for areas affected by high wind speeds, and the probability of hurricane winds throughout the United States.