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Informative Art
SIGGRAPH 2001 For the SIGGRAPH 2001 conference in Los Angeles, Tobias Skog and Lars Erik Holmquist created the exhibition Informative Art in the Emerging Technologies section. It was designed to showcase how information displays can be incroporated into everyday settings, by taking inspiration from abstract visual art. The exhibition consisted of four different examples of informative art, running on separate laptops and projected on three screens simultaneously. We aimed to create a cozy, home-like environment to show how this type of information displays could be integrated in everyday life. The pieces The four examples of information art were (click on the images for a larger picture):
The installation We went to great lengths to create a unique environment in which to display the pieces. A couch and chairs was rented from legendary LA shop Loud & Cool; we found a shag carpet and a table at other local antiques dealers. The projection screens were not traditional screens but soft cloth (actually bedsheet, that had to be ironed!), creating a more intimate appearance. Here are a number of (clickable) images from the exhibition. The following pictures show the installation in strong light. Note the excellent green couch, which purely by accident happened to match the color of the motion painting!    Below are a number of picture that show the various pieces running. It was very difficult to photograph them under the light conditions (low light + bright projection displays) so these images are a bit darker than the actual exhibit. Note how the Motion Painting matches the couch!       Behind the scenes Here are a few pictures from the setup. Being totally unprofessional, we did not bring proper mounts for our projectors, but the folks at SIGGRAPH sent us off to Home Depot with a shopping list and built one for us! (far right)    And this is how we felt when it all was over...  Additional documentation The following paper was written and published based on the SIGGRAPH exhibition: Lars Erik Holmquist and Tobias Skog: Informative Art - Information Visualization in Everyday Environments.
Proceedings of GRAPHITE 2003 International Conference on Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and South East Asia,
ACM Press / ACM SIGGRAPH.
>>> download PDF A video was created for SIGGRAPH Television and made available on SIGGRAPH Online: >>> View Informative Art video (9,4 MB MPEG)
Current work The work on Informative Art continues. Here are some links to where you can find more information: The Future Applications Lab (home of the project; take a look at the list of publications)
Informative Art project page (with additional information) Credits The Informative Art Exhibition at SIGGRAPH 2001 was created by Tobias Skog and Lars Erik Holmquist. Linda Melin helped with the textiles. The conept of Informative Art was originally presented at the conference DARE 2000 in a paper by Johan Redström, Tobias Skog and Lars Hallnäs. This web page by Lars Erik Holmquist, August 2003.
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