Line Digital, where I work, is the proud digital partner of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.  As part of our partnership, we were asked if we would like to curate an event during the Science Festival this year, and of course we jumped at the chance.

Working in collaboration with the Festivals Innovation Lab, we created a data visualisation event, Under the Hood, on 16th April 2011 at Inspace which showcased and explored the innovative ways in which the arts and digital sectors can collaborate.  Taking part was two developers, two audio producers, a flash animator/designer, and a illustrator and painter.

The theme of the day was ‘Edinburgh: Festivals City’, and using the data set of the festivals events listings from 2010, the participants went about interpreting and extracting pieces of the data. The output? A combination of practical and accessible data in the form of a Google heat map of Edinburgh during specific days and times in August 2010 showing the busiest locations, a piece of music, portraits determined by specific variables, and an animation which highlighted festival activity throughout the 2010.

The Under the Hood website provides further info into the participants approach, and we will be updating the site with content from the day, so I would recommend you have a look and check back soon.  In the meantime, have a listen to the audio piece produced by Bartosz and Alex…

Paranoise & DFRNT – Under The Hood [rough master]