Eccles studied philosophy, aesthetics and semiotics at the University of Bologna from 1985-1987. He graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1989 with a master of arts degree in philosophy and Italian. A full biography is available upon request.
InForm: Turning Data into Meaning
Through InForm:
Turning Data Into Meaning, Thomas Goetz presents an analysis of
digital data from our online lives, and gives new meaning to this
information through a series of newly commissioned and found images.
The commissioned images are based on data sets gathered from across the Internet centering on three themes: Wikipedia as a crowd-sourced network with constantly evolving data; how the Twitter platform of followers, interactions and re-tweeting ranks its various users; and the impact and fluidity of an online financial social network. A series of digital artists has been invited to use these data sets to create unique visualizations of the information. Goetz’s program intends to make visible the way our social lives are digitally quantified. The exhibition celebrates a new generation of visual pioneers – part graphic designer, part statistician, part artist – who have a facility for turning data into meaning.
About Thomas Goetz
Thomas Goetz is executive editor at Wired
Magazine. In his 10 years at Wired, he has pioneered the magazine’s
innovative use of unconventional storytelling and information
presentation, working with visionaries from Rem Koolhaas to Will Wright
to James Cameron on award-winning special issues.
Goetz is also the author of the The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine, and he writes frequently for Wired on the confluence of medicine, health and technology. Goetz’s 2010 talk at TEDMED on redesigning healthcare was featured as a TED Talk in 2011, and he has served as co-curator for the TEDx Silicon Valley conference, with a theme of Living By Numbers.
Goetz studied English at Bates College. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a master of arts degree in American literature, and he holds a master of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two sons. A full biography is available upon request.
About Adobe Museum of Digital Media (AMDM)
The Adobe Museum
of Digital Media (
www.adobemuseum.com)
is a one-of-a-kind online museum and interactive venue designed to
showcase and preserve groundbreaking digital media works and provide a
forum for expert commentary on how digital media influences culture and
society. The AMDM is open 24/7, 365 days a year, and is free of
charge. Visitors are invited to sign up for free membership.
The AMDM launched in October 2010 with inaugural exhibition, The Valley, a specially commissioned work from renowned American artist Tony Oursler. The second program, an interactive lecture by John Maeda entitled Atoms + Bits = the neue Craft, launched in March 2011. Following the fall exhibitions, upcoming programming includes a CIR program by filmmaker Shari Frilot, curator of the Sundance Film Festival New Frontier program, launching in early 2012. Exhibitions are curated by leaders in art, technology and media, changing regularly throughout the year. A permanent exhibition archive remains indefinitely accessible at www.adobemuseum.com.
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