Mike Wirth asked me to submit up to five pieces of work to an art/design show he was organizing, called MineShow. The idea was to get work that 12 Charlotte-area designers had done on their own, rather than for somebody else.
The show opened last night at Queens University in Charlotte, NC, and will be open until April 9, 2010.
Three of the pieces I submitted were accepted: the U.S. ZIPScribble Map, the iTunes 10 Billion Downloads Visualization, and a screenshot from the Parallel Sets program showing the Titanic dataset.
There was quite a bit of interest in the visualizations, particularly the ZIPScribble Map and the Parallel Sets. I had been a bit unsure how these visualizations would stack up next to the more artistic work, but they actually fit in quite well.
It was fascinating to watch people explain to each other what they were seeing. There were usually small groups of people there looking at the images together.
Of course, the other pieces were highly interesting too. They also tended to be framed much better than mine and usually quite a bit larger. I’m still learning. But it was a great experience, and I hope to have this opportunity again.
