Deconstructing Data

Data consists of basic units of information or meaning – whether discrete quantities, descriptive symbols, or items represented in digital form – which are typically used for reference, analysis or calculation. Data can be transformed, scraped, corrupted, stored, transmitted, captured, encrypted, decrypted, interpreted and read. But data also does things in the world: it helps create and represent meaning, it can determine resource allocation, it makes people both visible and invisible, it can divide and multiply communities, nations and publics.

This exhibit interrogates the notion of data and makes creative interventions into the praxis of data visualization. Works in this exhibit ask fundamental questions about what constitutes data and how it is shared across modern society and technology. As data visualization becomes an increasingly central mode of representation, these works implore us to re-examine how data is read, communicated and understood. The works featured are by undergraduate students.

Exhibition Dates: December 6 - December 20, 2024
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Media Arts and Sciences Gallery, Stauffer B102