{"id":2140,"date":"2014-07-13T03:21:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T10:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/?page_id=2140"},"modified":"2014-07-13T03:21:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T10:21:06","slug":"falk-heinrich-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/falk-heinrich-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Falk Heinrich 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/files\/2014\/07\/Heinrich_Falk300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2142\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/files\/2014\/07\/Heinrich_Falk300.jpg\" alt=\"Falk Heinrich\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Big Data, Art and the Question of Beauty?<\/h1>\n<p>Big data in the arts appears to allude to the  sheer amount of data deployed in the composition and functionality of  an artwork. Furthermore, big data derives from and describes phenomena  and occurrences external to the artwork proper or employs a multitude of  participant input in the creation of an artifact that often is dynamic  and ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation, I want to investigate  whether and in which way such big data artworks can be experienced as  beautiful. The question is relevant, because it indicates an aesthetic  judgment that expresses an immediate valuation. It thus is a token of  changes in cultural values and epistemic frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>The first part of the presentation elaborates  upon big data visualization as being abstract configurations of data  belonging to the aesthetics of representation. Because data  visualizations represent potentially unfathomable information, the  sublime appears to be a better aesthetic candidate than beauty (Kant,  Lyotard, Costa). The sublime alludes to the ceaseless transformation,  complexity and intrinsic power of data representing human activity, not  on a personal but on a supra-personal level. Big data visualizations  transform these data into imaginable and intelligible figurations by  inserting concepts that aim at the aesthetization of scientific mappings  and thus build bridges between artistic and scientific episteme.<\/p>\n<p>The second part investigates the aesthetics  of participant generated big data as means of construction and  composition of participatory artefacts. Here, big data is not  represented (visualized) but deployed in the construction of participant  and system agency. This calls for another notion of beauty (than the  beauty of representation) by tying taste and the feeling of pleasure to  realization through experiences of agency<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Falk Heinrich<\/strong>, PhD, Associate Professor and Head of Studies (School of Communication, Art and Technology) at Aalborg University, Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Falk Heinrich holds a MA in dramaturgy and multimedia and PhD in  interactive installation art.\u00a0 His research is centered on the theory  and aesthetics of participatory art and the methodology of art-based  research. He teaches art theory and aesthetics, interactive dramaturgy,  and artistic methodology. Heinrich is affiliated with the research  groups RELATE (Research Laboratory for Art and Technology) at Aalborg  University. Formerly, he worked as a theatre actor and director and  installation artist. His theoretical investigations have developed in  close relation with practical, artistic work. He is the author of the  books <em>Interaktiv Digital Installationkunst<\/em> (2008) and <em>Performing Beauty in Participatory Art and Culture<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Big Data, Art and the Question of Beauty? Big data in the arts appears to allude to the sheer amount of data deployed in the composition and functionality of an artwork. 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