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How we classify and organize information is a hard problem. Old traditions, with large categories and awkward keywords seem to be giving way to more detailed, precise, but inevitably more complex methods like tagging and coding.
the visual new media art survey shows an online collection of media art that has been categorized in a visual taxonomy that forms the basis of the survey. Icons, such as physical objects, projected content and group or personal experience define the characteristics of the piece visually. The hope is that this will help to evaluate the effect of the piece on the audience and the role of the piece in the domain of new media artwork.
The reaction is both complex and simple. While each visualization contains many (up to twenty) differing icons, the gestalt creates a unique badge for each kind of piece. If the mappings are understood the role of the observers personal interest can quickly focus on certain regions or icons, heightening the simplistic presentation of the survey.
As more synthetic and widespread fusions of technology and art occur, how to understand the role of these in all of the parent domains becomes more difficult. Will solutions like this ease that burden?
