This experimental art video work presents data visualization that is translated and coded from 9 news stories on US military drone attacks. Each of the news stories are transformed from words and coded into hexidecimal colour grids which are then reformatted, re-contextualized and archived into three dimensional space. The video loop is intended for public monitor/projection or a gallery installation.
This single channel version of the project was screened in 2017 at 30th European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Germany, and three Cyfest11 locations in New York and in Russia at St. Peterburg and Kalingrad. It was shown at two other video art and animation festivals in the US in 2016, in Philadelphia and Denver. It was also exhibited at the 19th annual Antimatter Media Art show in Victoria, BC from Oct 14 – 29, 2016 as part of a gallery exhibit of five international artists entitled “Kernel Panic.” It was also on exhibit from December 5, 2016 – January 29, 2017 at the Gallery of Alberta Media (GAMA) in Calgary at Arts Commons. An installation version based on this work was presented at 3rd festival of media art, Particle + Wave in February, 2017 through EMMedia in Calgary.