Can data be soft? And can data-visualisation become an expression of love?
Web(log) is a woven visualisation of data about my dad’s Blogspot account. Since 2011 when he started his first blog series, he has published over 1,5 thousand blogs, subdivided in 14 different series. Because his weblogs appear faster than most of his readers (including myself) can keep up with, I reciprocated his blog-writing with the slow gesture of weaving instead.
The work can also be seen as a nod to the many connections between the history of computing and weaving; connections that are reflected by the word web. Besides a digital network, a web can also denote “a fabric on a loom or in process of being removed from a loom” (source: Merriam Webster).
︎ Visit my dad’s Blogspot profile here.
Web(log) is a woven visualisation of data about my dad’s Blogspot account. Since 2011 when he started his first blog series, he has published over 1,5 thousand blogs, subdivided in 14 different series. Because his weblogs appear faster than most of his readers (including myself) can keep up with, I reciprocated his blog-writing with the slow gesture of weaving instead.
The work can also be seen as a nod to the many connections between the history of computing and weaving; connections that are reflected by the word web. Besides a digital network, a web can also denote “a fabric on a loom or in process of being removed from a loom” (source: Merriam Webster).
︎ Visit my dad’s Blogspot profile here.
