Comments on: Data in Contemporary Art: Brian Jungen http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/data-in-contemporary-art-brian-jungen There is an art to evolution... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Karen http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/data-in-contemporary-art-brian-jungen/comment-page-1#comment-1383 Karen Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:26:35 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=947#comment-1383 Well, some artists talk about their work as being "serendipity." So therefore, I think that data can really make art depending on how you approach it. I for one, think that the photograph above is far more beautiful than much of the art I've seen of late. Well, some artists talk about their work as being "serendipity." So therefore, I think that data can really make art depending on how you approach it. I for one, think that the photograph above is far more beautiful than much of the art I've seen of late.

]]> By: Luciano Lobato http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/data-in-contemporary-art-brian-jungen/comment-page-1#comment-1289 Luciano Lobato Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:16:12 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=947#comment-1289 Hi Jer, I think that this division between information art and information visualization is, partly, due to an (false) assumption that "data" refer only to quantitative data. All kind of arts - and not just only information art - contains a lot of data and information, but mainly qualitative, and mainly about emotions (of the artist or the viewer). I'm not sure that this split between art and design is so accurate or precise, maybe it's about the context and the goals of the user, not just about the kind of data. Could art be seen as the visualization of emotional data? Maybe, depending of what the user will do with that information. Anyway, thanks for continuing the discussion. This is an excelent topic. Hi Jer,

I think that this division between information art and information visualization is, partly, due to an (false) assumption that "data" refer only to quantitative data. All kind of arts – and not just only information art – contains a lot of data and information, but mainly qualitative, and mainly about emotions (of the artist or the viewer). I'm not sure that this split between art and design is so accurate or precise, maybe it's about the context and the goals of the user, not just about the kind of data. Could art be seen as the visualization of emotional data? Maybe, depending of what the user will do with that information.

Anyway, thanks for continuing the discussion. This is an excelent topic.

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