'Visualizing the Invisible' Exhibition Combines Technology, Art, Data
Jakarta. Suar Art Space is hosting an exhibition "Visualizing the Invisible" as part of the Data For Life 2016 conference, featuring a unique combination between art, data and technology from Indonesian and international artists, at the third level of Pacific Place mall in South Jakarta, on Wednesday (31/08).
The exhibition — curated by Jeong-ok Jeon and organized by Mediatrac, Cisco Systems, Suar Art Space and Alpha JWC Ventures — is held in conjunction with the Data for Life 2016 conference, an international conference raising awareness about the power of big data and technology.
The world we live in today is full of data and information, which are generated and disseminated across digital platforms at all times of the day. Pictures and tweets are uploaded and circulated on social media, while locations and transactions are traced and analyzed for many different purposes. As the quantity and variety of data expand, there is now an increasing interest in big data from a variety of areas including security, public services and companies.
The exhibition explores the issues around data and its relationship with human beings. By incorporating immaterial data as the essential medium for the creation of art, the exhibition unveils the wide spectrum of visual possibilities that go beyond the mere representation of statistical data.
Each data type has been then interpreted and elaborated into works of media art, including real-time interactive video, sensor-based audio visual installation, conceptual photo installation and mixed media infographic. By converging art, data and technology, the exhibition visualizes what comes next.
“The artists taking part in this exhibition have examined and analyzed data that has been collected from various areas such as the human realm, nature, economics, tourism and geography. Each data type was then interpreted and elaborated into works of media art,” Jeong-ok Jeon said at the press conference.
The exhibition comes at a fitting time as technology has become increasingly relevant in our everyday life. The exhibition also provides an alternative perspective to how we view data, by presenting it in a more coherent manner for the public to enjoy.
“The limit to creativity is vast and without end. Art can be found in everything, in the people, in data and in technology. Through this exhibition, we are supporting and celebrating that very aspect. We hope that Indonesian artists will continue to explore art, beyond what is ordinary,” Art Space spokesperson, Nin Djani, Suar, said.
“Everyday, perhaps without even realizing it, we are creating and using data. So data and technology is actually not at all that strange and can be provided for everyone’s enjoyment, just like art,” Mediatrac chairman, Regi Wahyu, explained.
The exhibition features the work of six artists Angelica Dass from Brazil; Mioon and Sey Min from South Korea; Angki Purbandon, House of Natural Fiber, or HONF and Hysteria from Indonesia.
HONF, a Yogyakarta-based artist and scientist group, aims to raise public awareness about the importance of maintaining our natural forests. Their work can be described as a form of BioArt, an art practice combining art and life science.
Angelica Dass, a Brazilian and Spanish photographer who has a strong interest in the chromatic differences of skin color between humans, created over 3,000 portraits of people from around the globe as part of her ongoing "Humanae" project. The project utilizes colors from Pantone, the leading, United States-based provider of color systems.
The exhibition will be displayed until Sept. 6.
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