the convergence of interactive
media and architecture. Anadol
is also an instructor and visiting
scholar for the Design Media Arts
Department at the University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA).
Anadol noted that the creation
of "Virtual Depictions" is sitespecific and designed to conform
to the space where it is exhibited.
Thus, the same digital exhibit
could appear differently in different spaces.
The significance of "Virtual
Depictions" is that it's not a
static artwork or an abstract
graphic or a slideshow of amazing
fantastic realism landscapes.
"Virtual Depictions" is a living,
breathing data sculpture that, as
Anadol notes, is driven by specific
segments of information or data
sets that are constantly transforming the display's images and
creating what he describes as
"data sculptures." The data that
drive the sculptures come from
the city's ambient surroundings,
including environmental, social
media and post-architectural
Photo by Louis M. Brill
Photos by Philippe Glade
influences. Anadol's data sculptures
are defined by the use of parametric
analytics, which is a design process
that creates a visual relationship
between the data it is measuring
and the visualization that represents the data.
These interactions that swirl
around the city are captured by
"Virtual Depictions'" data engines
and form a continuous data sculpture that presents its visualizations
as an art experience. Anadol said
people are so awed by its potential
that they are visiting "Virtual
Depictions" from all over the Bay
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