Inspiration: The Whale Hunt
Posted: September 10th, 2009 | Author: steve | Filed under: Data viz inspiration | Comments Off
“The Whale Hunt” is a super interesting data visualization project by Jonathan Harris which pushes the boundaries between the real world and the database world (as discussed in the Christiane Paul paper). This project consists of an entire trip from new york city to alaska that ultimately results in the capturing, killing, and butchering of a whale for an Eskimo village’s winter food. The documentation is presented in a variety of ways, with each photo being classified as a certain emotion. The user has the ability to sort the photo and documentation in a variety of ways that allow them to experience different emotions.
I am sure that I’m leaving something out, but by watching the artist himself talk about the work you can get the whole story. Here is a Ted Talk, go to about 5:45 to see the discussion involving this project.
This blog won’t let me embed video, so Here is a link to the Ted Talk