{"id":1278,"date":"2015-11-11T23:48:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T23:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/daao\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2016-09-06T02:52:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T02:52:23","slug":"national-womens-art-exhibition-data-visualisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/daao\/blog\/2015\/11\/national-womens-art-exhibition-data-visualisation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Women&#8217;s Art Exhibition data visualisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/daao\/files\/2016\/09\/NationalWomensArtExhibition_Visualisation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1342\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/daao\/files\/2016\/09\/NationalWomensArtExhibition_Visualisation.png\" alt=\"Interactive Relationships Visualisation National Womens Art Exhibition\" width=\"814\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>DAAO&#8217;s current brief\u00a0to enable\u00a0next generation e-Research in Australia\u2019s visual and design cultures has led us to spend a lot of time looking at how DAAO data can be re-interpreted through data visualisation. \u00a0We&#8217;ve run a number of visualisation proof-of concept projects to help us understand the potential and limitations of DAAO&#8217;s data.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For one of these projects, we partnered with <a href=\"http:\/\/contemporaryartandfeminism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contemporary Art &amp; Feminism<\/a> at Sydney College of the Arts to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daao.org.au\/visualisations\/\" target=\"_blank\">a couple of visualisations<\/a> of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daao.org.au\/bio\/event\/national-womens-art-exhibition-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">The National Women&#8217;s Art Exhibition&#8217; (1995)<\/a>, a series of independent shows held in over 150 venues in 1995 to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the International Women\u2019s Year.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Riddler worked his magic to pull in all of the event and person data that wasn&#8217;t already present on DAAO to ensure we were working with a comprehensive subset of data. \u00a0Gillian Fuller worked with CAF cohort Jo Holder, Catriona Moore and Jacqueline Milner to define a series of research questions we&#8217;d need to be able to explore through visualisation. \u00a0For example, what percentage of curators\/artists were\u00a0indigenous\u00a0Australians,\u00a0can we see an increase in exhibiting activity for the artists in the 1995 events,\u00a0and were some artist more represented in the events than others?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Our developer <a href=\"http:\/\/interaction.net.au\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alastair Weakley\u00a0@ IC<\/a>\u00a0then\u00a0played with a number of visual representations of the data that would help us address those research questions. \u00a0 Alastair also made a generic version\u00a0the main visualisation so we could apply it to any other DAAO event.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It has been\u00a0rewarding to see how visualisation can offer new entry points to\u00a0DAAO data. \u00a0It&#8217;s also given us a great insight into the kinds of refinements we might need to make to the schema in order to respond to more complex questions. \u00a0And, importantly, all of our visualisation PoCs\u00a0have been a reminder that enabling researchers to use\u00a0DAAO data for visualisation is not just about making the data accessible or making sure the schema is &#8216;right&#8217;, \u00a0its about providing comprehensive data.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>For info\u00a0on other work DAAO is doing\u00a0with CAF, see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daao.org.au\/projects\/future-feminist-archive-1\/\">Future Feminist Archive<\/a>,\u00a0a gateway to Australian Feminist art.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 DAAO&#8217;s current brief\u00a0to enable\u00a0next generation e-Research in Australia\u2019s visual and design cultures has led us to spend a lot of time looking at how DAAO data can be re-interpreted through data visualisation. \u00a0We&#8217;ve run a number of visualisation proof-of concept projects to help us understand the potential and limitations of DAAO&#8217;s data. 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