Statistical Material
Globalization and the Digital Art of John Klima
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3873762 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rita Raley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 67-89 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CR The New Centennial Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-687X • E-ISSN: 1539-6630 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ncr.2003.0026 |
| OpenAlex | W1999001693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
THREE WORLD MAPS ARE ALIGNED ON THE OPENING SCREEN OF DIGITAL artist John Klima's Political Landscape, Emotional Terrain: one political, one topographical, another emotional. Color-coded in accordance with data [End Page 67] culled from the United Nations, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the World Health Organization, respectively, the three maps register global reports of human rights abuse, geophysical data, and life expectancy statistics. 2 The cartographic display, which is interactive and three-dimensional, renders the political and emotional components of individual lives in different colors and tonalities, and makes it possible to compare incidents of UN-classified political oppression and life expectancy. He describes the work in these terms: "Frequently, we use the metaphor of a landscape to describe a seemingly unrelated human condition, be it political or personal. . . . I decided to create a series of global terrains that relate to the aforementioned metaphors. . . . The result is a compelling visual comparison and representation of a particularly intriguing source dataset." 3 His methodology for the graphing component of the project is the A* (A-star) algorithm used for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the gaming industry. This algorithm allows a character/sprite to avoid artificial and physical obstacles and to navigate the most efficient solution path through a terrain, which creates the appearance of intelligence. 4
Cartography · Data science · Geography · Globalization · Life expectancy · Linguistics · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrain · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Italian Literature and Culture · Law · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |