Curating data-driven information-based art
Sarah Cook · 2021
Describing four art works and exhibitions commissioned for LifeSpace Science Art Research Gallery in Scotland, this article by curator Sarah Cook looks specifically at the characteristics of data-driven information-based art works. It considers how audiences encountering life sciences research data translated through art might bring their own technological knowledge to the interpretation of these art works. The essay addresses the exhibition-life of an art work, and how that changes over time when the work of art is made using research data, and what curatorial responsibility is to the infrastructure that supports that research-data.