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Joanie Lemercier used a grid of spinning paddles that turn with the wind. Collectively, they show the flows through the air in real-time.
It reminds me of a digital map that used a similar geometry to show wind patterns across the United States.
Tags: Joanie Lemercier, physical, wind
Posted by in Data Art, Joanie Lemercier, physical, wind
Alexander Miller wrote a “fable of emergence” that combines Conway’s Game of Life with Pandora’s Box.
Conway’s game grew on Pandora the more she played. Although the rules of the game were relatively straightforward, it was surprisingly difficult to predict the next generation from the previous. Something was hidden within this deceptively simple format. The rules formed a subterranean structure of which she could only see the surface.
It’s animated with a sprinkle of interaction to make sure you’re paying attention.
Tags: Alexander Miller, fable, Game of Life
Posted by in Alexander Miller, Data Art, fable, Game of Life
Alec Singh added another dimension to Conway’s Game of Life for a pretty, mesmerizing animation. The z-axis is used to show positions over time.
Tags: Alec Singh, Game of Life
Posted by in Alec Singh, Data Art, Game of Life
Recharge, an art installation by Dries Depoorter, uses a system that detects when you close your eyes. Recharge yourself and your phone gets to also.
Tags: Dries Depoorter, phones, vision
Posted by in Data Art, Dries Depoorter, phones, Vision
Generate your own plant with Max Richter’s interactive. Adjust leaf shape, density, and curvature. The plane updates in real-time in the browser.
Tags: generative, Max Richter, plants
Posted by in Data Art, generative, Max Richter, plants
To better understand the scale of time and feed your existential dread, Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh used LED lights spread miles across a desert, proportional to milestones in the history of the universe. The model stretched 4.3 miles to represent 13.8 trillion years.
See also the seven-mile scale model of the Solar System, which is another video in their To Scale series. [via kottke]
Tags: Alex Gorosh, scale, time, Wylie Overstreet
Posted by in Alex Gorosh, Data Art, scale, time, Wylie Overstreet
Marking the third anniversary of the first Covid deaths in the United States, Ally J. Levine, for Reuters, used cyanotype to talk about the grief of those who lost a loved one. Levine explained the process behind the piece here.
Tags: coronavirus, Reuters
Posted by in coronavirus, Data Art, Reuters
Conway’s Game of Life is a zero-person game where cells in a grid live or die based on a simple set of rules. You set the initial state and the cells change accordingly. Life Universe by saharan is an infinite game of life where you can zoom in and out recursively. Trippy.
Tags: Game of Life, infinite, saharan
Posted by in Data Art, Game of Life, infinite, saharan
Sometimes you need to slow down and go on a drive with no destination. Slow Roads by anslo is a procedurally generated game that lets you do that. Choose the scene, the road complexity, the weather, the time of day, planet, and vehicle. Then just drive.
Tags: driving, game, procedural
Posted by in Data Art, driving, game, procedural
DALL-E is an AI system from OpenAI that creates images from text. You can enter very random things and get very real-looking output. So of course someone entered “data visualization in the style of insert-anything-here” for a wide array of inspiration. I’m partial to the bar chart made out of cake.