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Big data meets art at event organised by °®Âþµº academics

Artists inspired by big data are to gather at an event organised by °®Âþµº academics.

Artists inspired by big data are to gather at an event organised by °®Âþµº academics.

The workshop will bring together creative thinkers and practitioners who take a ¡°data-driven¡± approach to their artistic or creative outputs.

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Big Data event has been organised by the University¡¯s Dr Eddy Borges-Rey and Dr Greg Singh.

Delivered in partnership with Creative °®Âþµº, the Urban Big Data Centre, and Codebase °®Âþµº, the event has been organised by the University¡¯s Dr Eddy Borges-Rey and Dr Greg Singh, and will examine how creative people can explore the changing world from the perspective of the ¡°small city¡±.

Insight

Dr Borges-Rey and Dr Singh, of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, said: ¡°We invite artists whose work explores the impacts of communications technologies and data entities upon individuals, communities and environments.

¡°We engage creative thinkers who draw from data to glean insight into problem-solving within our communities.

¡°And we seek to learn from practitioners who use data visualisation and other means to enhance awareness of data-driven aspects of everyday life to shape their interpretations of the relationship between humans and the world around us.¡±

Dr Borges-Rey and Dr Singh have also held other ¡°Life in Data¡± workshops in Beijing and Nanjing in China, and in Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

The ¡°Creative Innovation in Scotland: Big Ideas from Small Cities¡± event will take place on Monday 19 February, at Codebase °®Âþµº.