Artist Ross MacDonald has worked as a prop maker for Boardwalk Empire, National Treasure, Hateful Eight, Joy and John Wick among others.
Film, television and theatre professionals create works of art that only work if they are unseen, yet they often drive plot completely. This exhibition features the work of Carl Sprague, Annie Atkins, Eric B. Hart, Jay Duckworth and others.
In this talk, Jer Thorp shares his beautiful and moving data visualization projects, helping audiences put abstract data into a human context. From graphing an entire year’s news cycle, to mapping the way people share articles across the internet, to the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan, Thorp’s cutting-edge visualizations use technology and data to help us learn about the way we use digital technologies, become more empathetic in the data age, and ultimately, tell the story of our lives. How can understanding the human side of data lead to innovation and effective change? What value is there in the novel and interactive approaches to data visualization? And what are the business applications of creative data-focused research? Thorp teaches audiences how adding meaning and narrative to huge amounts of data can help people take control of the information that surrounds them, and revolutionize the way we utilize data.