“Ecce Homology” by West, Burke, Kerfeld, Mendelowitz, Holton, et al. …
Conference:
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Title:
- Ecce Homology
Session/Category Title: Design and Visual Communication
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Abstract:
Ecce Homology, a physically interactive new-media work, visualizes genetic data as calligraphic forms. A novel computervision based user interface allows multiple participants, through their movement in the installation space, to select genes from the human genome for visualizing the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), a primary algorithm in comparative genomics. Ecce Homology was successfully installed in the UCLA Fowler Museum, November 6, 2003 – January 4, 2004. (http://www.insilicov1.org)
References:
Altschul, S. F., et al. 1990. Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, Journal of Molecular Biology 215, 403–410.
Burke, Jeff, Eitan Mendelowitz, Joseph Kim, and Rex Lorenzo, 2002. Networking with Knobs and Knats: Towards Ubiquitous Computing for Artists. In Ubiquitous Computing 2002, Concepts and Models Workshop, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 29-October 2, 2002.
Acknowledgements:
Ecce Homology is sponsored by: Intel, NEC Solutions America, Inc., Visual Systems Division, UCLA Technology Sandbox, UCLA Academic Technology Services, Computer Graphics and Immersive Technology Laboratory, USC Integrated Media Systems Center, UCSD Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, and the UCLA HyperMedia Studio.
