Go meta at this exhibition about digital data by generating even more data with your own Instagram photos
By Pamela Chow. Photos: ArtScience Museum & Pamela Chow
Imagine how many emails crowd your inbox every day. Now, multiply that by the number of people in the country, and then the world.
That's a mad amount of data, and we're not even counting the sheer volume of photographs, text messages, blog posts, songs and videos flying through the Internet every day. It's unimaginable - almost.
At Big Bang Data - sorry K-pop fans, it's got nothing to do with the boy band - this staggering amount of data is materialised into large-scale art installations that are beautiful, surprising and somewhat eccentric.
Weekender headed down for a preview, and here are the most noteworthy (and Instagram-worthy) works in the gallery.
5. Starry night
Another highlight right by the “World-Processors” exhibit is “Black Shoals; Dark Matter” by Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway. The twinkling stars in the dome aren’t a simple cosmic phenomena. They represent global financial markets, including the Singapore Stock Exchange trading in real time.
If you see stars that erupt in bursts, it means a company has just made a trade.
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