Program
See the full program below for information on the exhibition opening, accepted papers, and pictorials.
Online Exhibition
All in Central Time.
Please check the IEEE VIS 2021 Virtual Conference and Discord Links below (Access requires registering for the IEEE VIS 2021 conference).
Each event has different links, so please carefully check the links to participate in the events.
Online Opening Reception
Schedule:
- 2:00pm Introductory remarks
- 2:10pm VISAP Fast-Forward artwork previews + website walkthrough
- 2:20pm Four Artist Performances (Performance artists: Joel Ong, Zhouyang Lu, Hye Yeon Nam, Kevin Maher and Fan Xiang)
- 2:45pm Live Q&A with artists and performers
Papers and Pictorials
All in Central Time.
Please check Youtube Live links and Discord Links (for Q&A) below.
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Session 1: Environment, Nature and Data
Wednesday, October 27, 12pm-1:30pm, Online-
Data in Public (Keynote)
Jer ThorpAbstract
When is the last time you saw a bar graph in a park? Read a scatter plot in a public square? Listened to a data sonification in a museum?
In this talk Jer will share work designed to create real, functioning data publics. From data performances at the Museum of Modern art to data sculpture in the world’s busiest public place, these projects seek to change the way that the public interacts with and understands information.Speaker Bio
Jer Thorp is an artist, writer, and teacher living in New York City. He is best known for designing the algorithm to place the nearly 3,000 names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. Jer was the New York Times' first Data Artist in Residence, is a National Geographic Explorer, and in 2017 and 2018 served as the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. Jer is one of the world's foremost data artists and is a leading voice for the ethical use of big data.
Jer’s book 'Living in Data' is published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux and is in bookstores now. -
Visualizing Life in the Deep: A Creative Pipeline for Data-Driven Animations to Facilitate Marine Mammal Research, Outreach, and Conservation (Paper)
Jessica Marielle Kendall-Bar, Nicolas Kendall-Bar, Angus G. Forbes, Gitte McDonald, Paul J. Ponganis Scripps, Cassondra Williams, Allyson Hindle, Holger Klinck, Markus Horning, David Wiley, Ari S. Friedlaender, Roxanne S. Beltran, Daniel P. Costa, Terrie Williams -
Creating Meaningful Connections Through COVID-19 Data Manifestation (Paper)
Karin von Ompteda -
Affective Palettes for Scientific Visualization: Grounding Environmental Data in the Natural World (Pictorial)
Francesca Samsel, Stephanie Zeller, Daniel F. Keefe, Greg Abram -
Glacier’s Lament (Pictorial)
Jiabao Li - Invited artist talks: Caitlin & Misha (Caitlin Foley and Misha Rabinovich)
- Live Q&A for Papers, Pictorials, and Artist Talks
Session 2: Human, Culture and Algorithm
Thursday, October 28, 12pm-1:30pm, Online-
Deep Connection: Making Virtual Reality Artworks with Medical Scan Data (Paper)
Marilene Oliver, Gary Joynes Joynes, Dr. Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Peter Seres -
Wanderlust: 3D Impressionism in Human Journeys (Pictorial)
Guangyu Du, Lei Dong Peking, Fábio Duarte, Carlo Ratti -
DaRt: Generative Art using Dimensionality Reduction Algorithms (Pictorial)
Rene Cutura TU Wien, Katrin Angerbauer, Frank Heyen, Natalie Hube, Michael Sedlmair -
Explore Mindfulness without Deflection: A Data Art Based on the Books of Songs (Pictorial)
Yifang Wang, Yifan Cao, Junxiu Tang, Yang Wang, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu - Live Q&A for Papers and Pictorials
- Invited artist talks: Emily Fuhrman, Song Anqi, Xintong Song, Yuhao Chen, Guangyu Luo, Qiansheng Li, Junlin Zhu, Juanjuan Long, Yingjing Duan, Wenxuan Zhao, Ignacio Pérez-Messina, Ilana Levin
- Live Q&A for Artist Talks