Culture In Numbers open data workshop 18 Feb 2015
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Culture In Numbers
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a
maker of patterns.
Godfrey Harold Hardy
Numbers In Culture
Narratives
DATA
Time
The Past
Analyse
The Future
Predict
The Present
Explain
Focus
What
Why
How
Depth
Methods
Correlation
Causation
Take a data set
CateringMeals soldDrinks sold
Ingredients bought
ShopPostcards sold
Gifts soldItems bought
GalleryFootfall per room
Loiter timeArtefacts on display
EntrancePeople entering
Guides soldComplaints made
Make a story
TimeFocus
Methods
Tell us a story
But...
Culture in numbers
I am interested in mathematics only as a
creative art.
Godfrey Harold Hardy
Art as critique
Art as response
What I say
What you understand
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
Godfrey Harold Hardy
Generative art
Footfall
Iteration as journey
Glitch art
Error as exploration
Leeds Art Crawl
Walk ParisSee Leeds
Absurdist art
Dada data
Toilet flushesversus
Art Appreciation
Often the absurd is what unveils hidden
aspects of our models.
Joerg Blumtritt
SeePeeTeaFlee
Take your data set
Make something new
Imagine how to change it
GenerativeGlitchDada
Whatever
Tell us what you made
2 things
There are numbers in
culture
There is culture in numbers
What we say
What we understand
Thank you
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