Visualizing the East Side: A STEAM Project, Nuit Blanche Toronto (2019)
- Art Projects
The Mary Ward STEAMpunks will bring interdisciplinary learning to life through artful interactive experiences in “Visualizing the East Side: A STEAM Project.”
In the main space of the Scarborough Civic Centre Library, visitors will co-create engaging data visualizations aided by senior students from Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School. These visualizations will use a variety of media to demonstrate the intersections of math, art and technology.
Interactive installations will animate a series of data points collected from the public over a 12-hour period.
One line graph will ask visitors to plot out their social identities using coloured yarn on a 12-foot-long display, for instance.
Not only will these data visualizations offer an informative snapshot of Nuit Blanche visitors in the east end, but they will also yield artistic results. Beautiful patterns will emerge from the information gathered. Meaningful conclusions and aesthetic experiences will be born from data.
