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Information Design Journal
Vol. 27:3 (2022) ► pp.295–308

Immersive architectures for visual data literacy

ORCID logo | University of Groningen
ORCID logo | Austrian Academy of Sciences
ORCID logo | Namsor
| Garamantis
| Garamantis
| Ars Electronica Solutions
| Ars Electronica Solutions

The datafication process transforming society enables us to witness the pandemic from a global perspective. This article provides an example of immersive architecture in which coronavirus-related scientific literature was revealed during Ars Electronica 2021. Like a starry sky, a network visualization representing more than 600,000 articles was showcased in the Deep Space 8K theater, where spectators were accompanied in reading insights. The case study of 3D Cartography of COVID-19 illustrates a novel way to present data in public spaces to foster conversations and reflects on how visual data literacy can be addressed in museums.

Keywords: Ars Electronica, COVID-19, data literacy, dialogic practice, visual literacy
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • One First Response to COVID-19
  • A Successive, More Complex Response to COVID-19
  • Design Process
  • Data Literacy
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
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Published online: 2 December 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.22016.rod
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