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Mushon Zer-Aviv, Disinformation Visualization: How to lie with Datavis

  • Posted by Michael Mandiberg (they/them) on February 17, 2014 at 9:25 am

    Disinformation Visualization: How to lie with Datavis (and other works)
    A lecture by Mushon Zer-Aviv,
    March 13, 2014, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
    NYU ITP, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor
    http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/news/event-disinformation-visualization/

    Designers, statisticians, journalists, researchers and technologists often apply visualization techniques in an attempt to get the big picture out of large quantities of data. In this rush towards informational imagery both creators and viewers are often taken by the lure of what Edward Tufte defines as “beautiful evidence”. But is information visualization indeed just another type of evidence, or is it a form of visual argument? Mushon Zer-Aviv would talk about the dark side of datavis and would discuss some of his own creative work in this theme including WikipediaIllustrated.org, The Turing Normalizing Machine (mushon.com/tnm) and his work with the Public Knowledge Workshop (hasadna.org.il).

    Mushon Zer-Aviv is a designer, an educator and a media activist based in NY & Tel Aviv. His work involves media in public space and public space in media. Among Mushon’s collaborations, he is the co-founder of Shual.com – a foxy design studio; YouAreNotHere.org – a tour of Gaza through the streets of Tel Aviv; Kriegspiel – a computer game version of the Situationist Game of War; the Turing Normalizing Machine – exploring algorithmic prejudice; Alef – the open source multi-script font; the Collaborative-Futures.org collaboratively authored book; and multiple government transparency and civic participation initiatives with the Public Knowledge Workshop; Mushon is also in charge of map design at Waze.com. Mushon is an honorary resident at Eyebeam – an art and technology center in New York. He teaches digital media as a faculty member of Shenkar School of Engineering and Design. Previously he taught new media research at NYU and Open Source design at Parsons the New School of Design and in Bezalel Academy of Art & Design. Mushon blogs at Mushon.com. Follow him at @mushon.

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