Bestiario Project Presentation
Lecture by Santiago Ortiz (Bestiario) held on November 12th, 2007 within the context of Visualizar 07, a broad program of research, reflection and production activities about data visualization and its social, artistic and cultural applications. The first edition took place at Medialab-Prado from November 12th through 28th, 2007.
Related people
For two years now, Bestiario has been developing interactive information spaces. An interactive information space is a digital environment where information can be accessed and transformed.
More than just visualizing, the aim is to generate a spatial and interactive experience. And more than just information, the goal is knowledge. What turns data into information is the relational structure between them. And what turns information into knowledge depends on how the information relates to people.
Bestiario works in both relational contexts. For the first, it develops data management infrastructure technologies primarily aimed at handling networks. For the second, it develops interaction technologies: browsable, visual spatial metaphors. We will demonstrate aspects of both types of technologies and how they can be structured.