Idealine
_Martin Wattenberg
about Martin Wattenberg
http://www.mw2mw.com
His work centers on the theme of making the invisible visible. Past projects include The Shape of Song, Third Person, the Whitney Artport’s Idea Line, and Apartment. Wattenberg is a researcher at IBM, where he creates new forms of data visualization. He is also known for the SmartMoney.com Map of the Market. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley.
about Idealine
http://artport.whitney.org/commissions/idealine.shtml
"From the beginning, net art has traveled multiple paths. More
than a medium, the net is a environment uniquely hospitable to many diverse
media: programming and animation, video and audio, gameplay and community.
Each individual artist picks up these threads and weaves them in novel
combinations. The Idea Line is designed to let you follow these threads
of thought yourself, and discover how each work is part of a larger tapestry."
- Martin Wattenberg
Questions about the Idea Line collection
How was the list of artworks made?
We sent out a public request for help to several net art forums. Almost
one hundred artists responded. In addition, we entered data on many popular
or influential artworks that were not covered in this response. A text-only
list of the artworks (146K) is available.
Can I get on the Idea Line?
Yes. You can send an e-mail with information about your projects to
idealine_info@whitney.org.
In your e-mail, please follow the categories of the text-only list of
the artworks (see above) and submit the following information: Artist,
Title of Project, URL, Year, Keywords and Technologies (from the list
that the Idealine displays) and a brief description. You can also add
important works by other artists that we may have overlooked. (Note that
we currently limit each artist to five works total.) We will periodically
update the idealine to use new information.
How do I update my information?
If you want to update information about your artwork, also let us know
at the e-mail address above.