2 HOURS, 2 MINUTES, 2 SECONDS (WIND AT WALDEN POND, MARCH 12, 2007)

by: Spencer Finch

“This piece re-creates the changing breeze experienced on Walden Pond’s shore. The duration of the wind cycle is a reference to Thoreau’s stay at the pond, which lasted two years, two months, and two days…”

This is hands down one of my favorite data visualizations. I became aware of Spencer Finch this past summer. His work is often simple both visually and conceptually, yet secretly complex. He does a great job of hiding the technology of the work and keeping the viewers focused on the romantics of the work.

Alot of his work has some sense of input– either strict data, collected data, personal data, or sensory data. All his work is worth seeing though.

This is another piece of his. Ice cream in the color of the sunset taking place outside the gallery:

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Arctic Sun – Solar Exploration Device for the Arctic
by: Nathalie Miebach

“Using a base of 48 hours, this piece converts various layers of data (July 06 – June 07) related to the gravitational influence of both Sun and Moon on the Arctic environment. ”

Nathalie creates insane work. I’m not sure really how I feel about it aesthetically mainly because I haven’t seen her work in person. But I think this is incredible as a form of ‘data visualization’. Her work is just throwing up massive amount of data–I like that aspect of it.

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Kepler Exoplanet Candidates
Jer Thorp

Everyone knows the work of Jer Thorp, but I feel like this piece goes unnoticed. Jer actually showed me how he programmed this piece and it is actually really simple!! With that said… it is still a really satisfying interaction. The interaction is both intriguing AND necessary. It helps get a clearer picture of the information presented.