Other: Get it! Feel it! Know it! DataViz Workshop with Miguel Cardoso and Pedro Almeida :: October 12-15, 2011 :: Fine-Arts Faculty, Largo da Academia Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, 1249-058, Portugal.

Data is everywhere around us.

In this world of absolute data abundance we need new means to manage, combine, analyse and view data. We need to explore new visual languages and other forms of expression to help us gain new perspectives of the world we live in.

An introductory workshop to the theories, tools, and strategies for data visualization: a transversal discipline with great communication potential that enables the understanding of large abstract sets of data flooding us every day.

Starting from a conceptual definition and an historical reading of data visualization major references, the intent is to create an environment for critical analysis and experimentation in this field.

An exercise will be proposed, starting from a data set, the participants will be invited to explore its informational significance by collecting, analyzing, selecting and filtering the data and to represent its content developing models that can provide a significant interaction with the user. For such, we’ll go through various disciplines (design, mathematics, computation, sciences) and theories (graphs, complexity, emergence) with the intent to create a significant experience of information.

Miguel Cardoso, 1978, is a computational artist, assistant professor at Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa and a ComputerMusic and Composition researcher at CITAR. Has a degree in Communication Design at Faculdade de Belas Artes do Porto (2004) and is currently studying for a Ph.D at Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica do Porto. His thesis, under supervision of Professor António Sousa Dias and Professor Gustavo Martins is titled Composition of Interactive Systems.

Known for his collaboration with Bestiario(Barcelona) his research interests intersect design, sciences and mathematics (graph theory, complexity, physics). He has developed numerous information visualization projects and actively collaborated in workshops (Visualizar – MediaLabPrado, Information Kinetics – Arteleku) and conferences (Living with Information – FH Potsdam, The Scent of Information – Ludwig Boltzmann Institut, Austria) related with digital creation.

Pedro Almeida has a degree in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Teaching the disciplines of Information Design (bachelor) and Information Design Interactive (master) in this institution. PhD research project in the area of Information Mapping.

Dates and Duration

From 12 to 15 October - 16h
12 Oct (Wed.) - 18.30 – 21.30
13 Oct (Thur) - 18.30 – 21.30
14 Oct (Fri)- 18.30 – 21.30
15 Oct (Sat) - 10.30 – 13.30 + 15.00- 19.00

Who this workshop is for: Artists, designers and researchers interested in data visualization. No previous programming skills are required.

Equipment: Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops. However in case that’s nor possible, we can provide equipment upon request.

Price and inscriptions: Workshop fee 125 Euros (16h – 7.8 E/h)

To reserve a place send an email with contacts to sofiaoliveira AT cada1.net

Referências/Reference

www.bestiario.org
www.infosthetics.com
www.visualcomplexity.com

Organização/Organization CADA em parceria com/in partnership with Faculdade de Belas-Artes/ Universidade de Lisboa