Data Portraits
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Author(s)
Donath, Judith
Dragulescu, Alex
Zinman, Aaron Robert
Viegas, Fernanda
Xiong, Rebecca
Date Issued
July 2010
Journal
Leonardo
Publisher
MIT Press
Citation
Donath, Judith et al. “Data Portraits.” Leonardo 43.4 (2010): 375-383. © 2010 ISAST
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Final published version
Abstract
Data portraits depict their subjects' accumulated data rather than their faces. They can be visualizations of discussion contributions, browsing histories, social networks, travel patterns, etc. They are subjective renderings that mediate between the artist's vision, the subject's self-presentation, and the audience's interest. Designed to evocatively depict an individual, a data portrait can be a decorative object or be used as an avatar, one's information body for an online space.
Data portraits raise questions about privacy, control, aesthetics, and social cognition. These questions become increasingly important as more of our interactions occur online, where we exist as data, not bodies.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00011
