{"id":4244,"date":"2019-01-04T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:53:00","slug":"transylvanias-morlan-gallery-to-feature-renowned-data-visualization-artists-jan-16-feb-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/01\/transylvanias-morlan-gallery-to-feature-renowned-data-visualization-artists-jan-16-feb-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania\u2019s Morlan Gallery to feature renowned data visualization artists Jan. 16-Feb. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The upcoming \u201cData, Mine\u201d exhibition at Transylvania University\u2019s Morlan Gallery will offer artistic takes on an issue seemingly ripped from today\u2019s headlines: What’s to do with all that information computers dig up on us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running Jan. 16 to Feb. 19, the show will feature the works\nof nationally renowned data visualization artists Hasan Elahi and Laurie Frick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elahi<\/a>, who is a\nUniversity of Maryland art professor, started an elaborate project in\nself-surveillance in the early 2000s when he was mistakenly put on a terrorist\nwatch list. His work examines issues of surveillance, citizenship, migration,\ntransport and challenges of borders and frontiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frick<\/a>, an artist\nwith a business background, anticipates the future of data and envisions a time\nwhen personal data is a unique glimpse into our hidden personality. She is\ncurrently mining data from the OkCupid dating site to create visual patterns\nhelping people to better understand one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laurie Frick, untitled work in progress, 2018, hand cut, hand dyed khadi paper on nine panels, 54″x 72″ 
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The exhibition is part of Transylvania\u2019s New Frontiers<\/a> feature\nevent series, which asks the public to go beyond the familiar and explore\nideas, art and music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elahi and Frick will visit Transylvania on Thursday, Jan.\n24, for a free lecture titled \u201cYou\u2019re Being Followed: A Discussion about Data\nPrediction, Privacy, and Digital Tracking.\u201d Emily Goodman, a Transylvania\nassistant professor of art history, will moderate the conversation beginning at\n6 p.m. in Carrick Theater. A reception for the artists will follow in Morlan\nGallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coinciding with the \u201cData, Mine\u201d exhibition, Transylvania\u2019s\nCreative Intelligence series will present two additional events: Data\nVisualization on Jan. 31 with Tim Meko, who is a deputy graphics designer for\nthe Washington Post and a Transylvania grad; and Medical Application of Data\nand 3D Digital Elements on Feb. 7. Both events will start at 7:30 p.m. in\nCarrick Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cData, Mine\u201d and related programing is supported by Transylvania\u2019s new Digital Liberal Arts<\/a> initiative, which teaches students how digital technologies affect the world of today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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