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Experience
Ecce Homology during SIGGRAPH 2005,
July 31 - August 4, 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
SIGGRAPH
is the premiere international showcase for computer graphics and interactive
techniques. (more) |
The project
uses custom software to visualize genetic data as luminous pictograms
that resemble Chinese or Sanskrit calligraphy. Five projectors present
Ecce Homology’s calligraphic forms
across a 40-foot wide wall. A novel computer-vision interface allows
multiple participants, through their movement in the installation
space, to draw their own calligraphic characters and select genes
from the human genome for visualizing the Basic Local Alignment Search
Tool (BLAST),
a primary data-mining tool used worldwide in comparative genomics.
Results are presented as two superimposed pictograms. Ecce Homology
asks: Can artistic approaches and aesthetic experience nurture discovery
in the sciences? |
