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Luscious with Martin Wattenberg uscious is a celebration of the play of color. The piece pays homage to fashion designers and photographers, those who compose rousing images of light and color that fill the pages of glossy fashion magazines. The project distill their visions into abstract compositions. |
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Web Seer with Martin Wattenberg Web Seer is a visualization of Google Suggest, a tool that lets you see what others are asking when they search the web. From the existential to the mundane, the questions form a portrait of human curiosity. |
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Flickr Flow with Martin Wattenberg Flickr Flow is an experiment whose materials are color and time. We began with a collection of photographs of the Boston Common taken from Flickr. We calculated the relative proportions of different colors seen in photos taken in each month of the year, and plotted them on a yearly wheel. |
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Body Electric with Martin Wattenberg Body Electric is a poetic animation of literary works that celebrate physicality and sensuality. Kinetic type and photographic imagery come together to convey the energy and rhythm of three classic texts: verse 9 of Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric," the "Song of Solomon" from the King James Bible, and the passage "On Kissing" from the Kama Sutra. |
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Fleshmap with Martin Wattenberg Fleshmap is an inquiry into human desire, its collective shape and individual expressions. In a series of artistic studies, we explore the relationship between the body and its visual and verbal representation. Touch investigates the collective perception of erogenous zones. Look explores individuality and the hidden surprises that each body reveals when bared. Listen investigates the relationship between language and the body. |
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Wired Magazine
anniversary splash page with Martin Wattenberg For its 15th anniversary, Wired wanted a piece that celebrated its history by referencing some aspect of the magazine's culture. We immediately thought about the bold colors that distinguish Wired covers and based our visualization on that. The piece shows 15 years of covers in chronological order, with each circle displaying the main colors of the cover it represents. |
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Artifacts of the
Presence Era with Ethan Perry, Ethan Howe, and Judith DonathAs the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston was finalizing plans for a new building, they commissioned a piece that would capture visitor activity in their existing location. Artifacts of the Presence Era recorded the images and sounds produced in the ICA gallery and visualized them as a growing, organic landscape that served as a historical record. The piece revealed long-term patterns in the museum (the rhythm of night and day, periods of great activity or empty silence), while retaining occasionally serendipitous samples of the passage of life. |
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Artifacts
of the Presence Era: Using Information Visualization to Create an
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Poster for Gary
Baseman Gary Baseman gave a Distinguished Lecture at the University of Kansas and I was in charge of creating the announcement for his talk. The poster was based on a series of illustrations he sent me and my impression of his artistic personality. I decided the piece needed to be bold and cartoony, very much like his work. The poster was a big hit, ending up in the Illustration Annual of Communication Arts. |
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Book cover: Pampa
Pernambucano Pampa Pernambucano is a book that celebrates a writer's fascination for an artist's paintings; poetry inspired by visual form. Written by Brazilian author Beatriz Viegas-Faria, each poem creates a dialogue with one of Gil Vicente's paintings and drawings. Keeping this duality of media in mind, the cover highlights the close relationship between words and images. |
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Design
and the Elastic Mind Museum of Modern Art, New York February 24–May 12, 2008 Exhibited History Flow
Estética dos Mapas
Places & Spaces: Cartography of the Physical and Abstract |
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