Doors to Hidden Worlds: The Power of Visualization in Science, Media, and Art

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Author: Alfred Vendl, Martina Fröschl (eds.)This lavish and highly illustrated book brings together a wide range of contributions on visualisation in science, media, and art. Renow ned experts and associates of the Science Visualization Lab at the University of Applied Arts Vienna present examples of outstanding and innovative visualisation projects and provide insight into their working methods. The book follows a variety of approaches to expanding perception and rendering the invisible visible.The visualisation of often-encrypted data reveals new, previously hidden, but quite real worlds to humankind. Art adopts these insights and uses them to create new dimensions: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William BlakeWith contributions by Ina Conradi, Mark Chavez, Christian Köberl, Walter Köhler, Thomas Matzek, Markus Müller, Ruth Schnell, Victoria Vesna, James K. Gimzewski, Manfred Wakolbinger, and others ISBN 9783111250007. Edition Angewandte. hb. 400 pages. 290 colour ills. 24 x 21 cm.available to order Show more