Moebius - But does it float Since the world drifts into delirium, we must adopt a delirious point of view Drawings by Moebius (Jean Giraud) Title: Baudrillard Previously on Moebius: one, two Folkert colorful data | information design Projects Projects metaLAB projects seek to establish new standards of scholarly excellence, imagination, and impact even as they hack conventional academic structures. They privilege collaboration, experimentation, and iteration. Large or small, they derive their substance not only from rigorous research and design thinking but also from the input of audiences, end-users, and peers. Some projects operate within university walls, others outside. metaLAB serves as a catalyst, incubator, and platform, working to spin off selected projects into freestanding, sustainable ventures. projects Humanities Studios Effective the spring semester of 2014, metaLAB has launched a new category of studio courses that are open to all FAS students. Lightbox Gallery: a design project for the Digital Problem-Solving Initiative A project of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society The Harvard Art Museums are reopening in Fall 2014. Feral Trees metaLABprojects series Curarium Digital Ecologies at the Arnold Arboretum openLAB
Pitch Interactive: The Holy Bible and the Holy Quran: A Comparison of Words In order to understand a religion, we can refer to its holy book, which establishes guidelines and principles for followers to adhere to. At the same time, followers, both radical and mild, interpret the holy text to provide a deeper and often more complex meaning of a particular verse, often to help explain issues that directly affect their personal beliefs. Unfortunately, people of one faith try to use the holy text of another faith to ridicule that faith or show its abominations by pointing to a particular text, often entirely out of context or misquoted. One such example is the Quran burning controversy stirred by Terry Jones in Florida. While claiming the Quran is a violent book of terror, Jones failed to make a comparison to the Bible, which also contains many violent passages. Without going deep into personal interpretations, we built a simple linguistic toolset that allows you to search for a word and similar variations of that word to visualize its frequency in both texts.
15 Stunning Examples of Data Visualization Data Visualization is a method of presenting information in a graphical form. Good data visualization should appear as if it is a work of art. This intrigues the viewer and draws them in so that they can further investigate the data and info that the graphic represents. Click on the title or image for a larger view of each visualization. The Strengths of Nations Here’s an image that discusses the variations in how different nations pursue science. Madrid.Citymurmur CityMurmur tries to understand and visualize how media attention reshapes the urban space and city. Genome Jules & Jim This visual represents the relationship between characters in the movie Jules & Jim. One Week of the Guardian This is one day in a series that takes the news from one week of the Guardian newspaper, and visually represents it as a series of static visualisations. One Week of the Guardian Country Continent GDP Population Radial Convergence Leisure & Poverty Stock Data NYTimes Threads – Russian Presidents Food & Poverty
DOUBLE EXPOSURE PORTRAITS on the Student Show The Behance Student Show Gallery showcases the world's next generation of creative talent. An exclusive community for current students, Student Show provides students' work with the recognition it deserves. Best of all - membership is free! Behance receives millions of visitors each month, and Student Show is the only program that's exclusively for students. Upload and promote your work, get feedback from a community of peers, gain exposure, and even get hired. As a member, your work may be featured, "appreciated," followed by fellow creatives, and noticed by recruiters. All members of the Behance Student Show must be currently enrolled as a university-level student. Why wait until graduation to get your work out there?
blprnt.blg | Jer Thorp Sensate Journal Steven Feld: Acoustemic Stratigraphies: Recent Work in Urban Phonography » Sensate Journal Acoustemic Stratigraphies: Recent Work in Urban Phonography This piece derives from an October 2010 presentation at Harvard’s Sensory Ethnography Lab. In it, Steven Feld introduces three recent soundscape compositions and follows their audition with critical conversation about his work in “acoustemology,” (acoustic epistemology), sound as a way of knowing. Press Esc to return to the Sensate article page from within the media pieces. Right Click to Download .wav Right Click to Download .wav Right Click to Download .wav Right Click to Download Podcast of entire talk with audio selections.
Alexander Chen – Baroque.me: Bach Cello Suites No. 1, Prelude Project summary Details I created eight strings, as the Prelude’s natural phrasing is in groups of eight notes. The orbiting nodes pluck the strings, like a rotating music box. A harp is built around string length, with strings shortening as they ascend in pitch. The looping, eight-note pattern is something we see all the time in grid-based drum sequencers. Classical notation is convenient and concise code. I calculated lengths of strings using Pythagorean tuning. Performers of the Prelude all bring their own interpretation in tempo, timing, and expressiveness. Like MTA.ME and the Les Paul Doodle, the visuals are coded in Javascript and HTML5 Canvas, triggering Flash audio in the background with the SoundManager library. I’m launching baroque.me during this first month as a resident at Eyebeam. Further Reading