Jer Thorp
Jer Thorp is one of the world’s foremost data artists and a leading voice for the ethical use of big data. He was The New York Times’s first Data Artist in Residence and has served as the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. His data-inspired artwork has been shown around the world, and his work has appeared in a wide variety of publications. An adjunct professor in New York University’s renowned Interactive Telecommunications Program, he is the co-founder of The Office for Creative Research.
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Living in Data
- By: Jer Thorp
- Narrator: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: June 28, 2021
- Language: English
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In the fall of 2009, the data artist Jer Thorp wrote a pair of algorithms to inscribe names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. The project involved designing a layout that allowed for “meaningful adjacencies”?family members, business... Read more
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