artist bios
Karima Afghoul
Karima Afghoul is a second-year undergraduate BFA student in Design at Concordia University. She mainly focuses on graphic design as she tries to approach the practice with a more sustainable perspective. Karima has also a good amount of experience in social media design as well as branding. As she explores different areas of design, she started dabbling in web and user experience design which allows her to create more user-centric and holistic designs. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in nature and finding new brunch spots in the city.
John Mendoza
John Mendoza is primarily a graphic designer but has interests in venturing in other areas of design. He is particularly interested in the collaborative nature of design and its link in all fields, which compelled him to pursue higher education. Today, he is currently studying Design at Concordia University as an undergrad while working as a visual communication lab coordinator where he oversees the many talented students and their projects to provide support ranging from technical to conceptual.
Ursula J'vlyn d'Ark
Workshop
DataArt Initiation
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Kirell BENZI
November 2020
November 28th, 15h - 18h20 CET, France.
Kirell Benzi Ph.D. in Data Science Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, France.
Data Science Scientist and Data Science Artist.
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Workshop by Kirell BENZI
Syllabus
In this data art initiation workshop, we introduce powerful yet accessible tools for starting getting creative with data. We first start by reviewing some data basics and rapidly move on to the creation and manipulation of the dataset we will use. The second, and most important, part of the workshop is dedicated to the creation of our first data art piece with Cables, a visual programming language in the browser. While no experience is required in data manipulation or programming, an understanding of data structures will help.
Prerequisites
To apply to the workshop, you need to be comfortable with manipulating files on your system, browsing the web and be completely autonomous with your computer/laptop. You have a working microphone and a high-speed internet connection. Your browser needs to support WebGL (Chrome preferred).
You can test it here: https://get.webgl.org/.
About Kirell Benzi
Dr. Kirell Benzi is a data artist, TEDx speaker and data science researcher. His work shows in an unexpected way, how Big Data can be articulated visually and operate as a visual interpreter between complex phenomena and the human being. He holds a Ph.D. in Data Science from EFPL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and teaches data visualization at various universities.
DataArt Initiation
