When is information visualization art? Determining the critical criteria

Leonardo

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 479-482

  Gaviria, Andres Ramirez ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

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EID: 63649164512     PISSN: 0024094X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/leon.2008.41.5.479     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. For an example of the current programming environment, see "Processing" 〈http://processing.org〉.
2. A. Vande Moere, "Form Follows Data: The Symbiosis Between Design and Information Visualization," in Proceedings of CAAD Futures (Vienna: OKK Verlag 2005) pp. 31-40.
3. A. Lau and A. Vande Moere, "Towards a Model of Information Aesthetic Visualization," IEEE International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV'07), IEEE, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 87-92 (2007).
4. N. Cawthon and A. Vande Moere, "The Effect of Aesthetic on the Usability of Data Visualization," IEEE International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV'07), IEEE, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 637-648 (2007).
5. M. Woolman, Digital Information Graphics (London: Thames & Hudson, Ltd., 2002) p. 11.
6. For a comprehensive analysis of the important relation that exists between a person's emotional state and that same person's ability to perform tasks and acquire knowledge, see A.M. Isen, "Positive Affect and Decision Making," in M. Lewis and J.M. Haviland (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions (New York: Guilford, 1993) pp. 261-277.
7. For a more thorough description of biologically inscribed and culturally learned perception or "sensory versus arbitrary symbols," see C. Ware, Information Visualization: Perception for Design, 2nd ed. San Francisco (CA: Morgan Kaufmann, 2004) pp. 10-20.
8. J. Blais and J. Ippolito, At the Edge of Art (London: Thames & Hudson, Ltd., 2006) pp. 231-243. Joline Biais and Jon Ippolito actually identify three forms of artistic practice: Artistry, Research, and Genre. For the purpose of this argument, I have appropriated only the last two practices.
9. M. Herczka, Life Support Systems: Vanda, 〈http://www.mateuszherczka. net/vanda/vanda.html〉.
10. The incompatibilities between media art (research art) and contemporary art are part of a much larger debate that has been addressed by many researchers. For a critical and informed analysis of that issue, see G. Lovink, "The Cool Obscure: Crisis in New Media Arts," in Zero Comments (New York: Routledge, 2007) pp. 39-81.