Category: Data Visualization

• Arts Organization Feature on Gray Area Foundation for the Arts

  On San Francisco’s bustling, highly trafficked Market Street, the organization Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA), is changing the face of arts and technology in a significant and dramatic way. Seeing a lack of representation in the digital arts movement accompanied by a profound interest in creating a space where such art could be […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  July 29, 2012

  Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Data Visualization, Digital Art, interactive art, Observations

  arts, arts and technology, bay area, gaffta, gray area foundatin for the arts, San Francisco, technology

• Photos of the #arthacksf weekend | GAFFTA and The Creators Project

  Here are a few pictures I snagged from the #arthacksf event co-facilitated by The Creators Project and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts.

  Dorothy R. Santos

  March 7, 2012

  Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Data Visualization, Digital Art, Internet Art, Social Networking, Virtual Art

  #arthacksf, arts and technology, creative coding, gaffta, gray area foundation for the arts, hacking, interactive art, programming

• #arthacksf Weekend | The Creators Project and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Collaboration

  Over the weekend, I volunteered at the Art Hack SF Weekend held at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts. There were artists, programmers, art directors, designers, musicians, and other creative types. How àpropos that Soundquake was one of the winners for the weekend (with the 5:33 am 4.0 magnitude morning shaker)! Below, are short impressions while […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  March 5, 2012

  Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Data Visualization, Digital Art, Multi Media, Social Networking, Video, Virtual Art

  #arthacksf, arts and technology, conceptual, gaffta, gray area foundation for the arts, HTML5, internet art, the creators project, video art, webGL

• Emerging Media and Creative Coding

  In reference to the emerging media of his time, theorist Marshall McLuhan wrote, “Today we’re beginning to realize that the new media aren’t just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new and unique powers of expression.” Writing code is one gateway for realizing these new forms. Learning to program and […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  January 22, 2012

  Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Data Visualization

  art and technology, computational aesthetics, creative coding, form + code, language

• The Top 1%, What jobs do they have?

  The New York Times created an infographic to show what jobs of the top %1 percent. I pulled the info from Hyperallergic, which is one of my favorite online art and culture journals. Of course, info and data are, well, exactly that. Hopefully, it leads you to do a bit of research and investigation. It […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  January 19, 2012

  Art, Culture Criticism, Data Visualization, Observations

  artists’ wage, hyperallergic, infographic, new york times, top %1

• Loving the Details

  In 2012, I’m going to try and create my own data visualization. Of what? Not sure…feel free to throw out some suggestions. Need an idea of what data vis looks like? Please click on the image above to learn more about it. Inforgraphics curated by datavisualization.ch

  Dorothy R. Santos

  December 26, 2011

  Art, Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Culture Criticism, Data Visualization

  art and technology, data visualization, postaday2011