Artistic use of data physicalization
Visiting speaker
Melinda Sipos
PhD student at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Past Talk
Wednesday
Sep 21, 2022
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4:30 pm
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The physical embodiment of data simultaneously communicates through the cognitive and the sensual perceptions. The bodily experience increases the involvement of the audience, calls upon conversation, and may cause paradigm shifts in the recipient's way of thinking. They create a passage between scientific and artistic practices for the creators. Melinda's doctoral research at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design presents data physicalization projects through which the above characteristics can be identified and examined. Melinda's intention is twofold: aiming at outlining a new interpretative framework for the selected projects, and putting it into a dialogue with her own data-related artworks made during the doctoral research period.This talk is an introduction to Melinda's research, and to her personal and collaborative projects in the fields of art-design and technology, as well as related teaching experiences.

About the speaker
About the speaker
Melinda Sipos is a creator working at the intersection of art, design, and technology. She holds a master's degree in glass art from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Hungary and in new media design from ENSCI, Paris. Melinda is currently pursuing her doctoral studies on the subject of 'data physicalization as an artistic practice' at the MOME Doctoral School in Budapest. She works on commissioned data sculptures and holds tinkering workshops for children. Currently, she is a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Barabasi Lab.
Melinda Sipos is a creator working at the intersection of art, design, and technology. She holds a master's degree in glass art from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Hungary and in new media design from ENSCI, Paris. Melinda is currently pursuing her doctoral studies on the subject of 'data physicalization as an artistic practice' at the MOME Doctoral School in Budapest. She works on commissioned data sculptures and holds tinkering workshops for children. Currently, she is a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Barabasi Lab.