*the above video is the composed music alongside the data-visualization piece. (captioning not available)
Bruises— The Data that we don’t see, is a piece by Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King that uses Data Visualization to ask the following question:
“can a data visualization evoke empathy and activate us also at an emotional level, and not only at a cognitive one? Can looking at a data visualization make you feel part of a story of a human’s life?“
What I love about this piece, is that the designers are not just asking how data is scientific and computational, but also sensorial. This piece, in particular, takes in information about a child’s clinical records and her emotional experience as her body changes.
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To read more about the piece, please read their medium article.