Exhibition: what data I show when I show data about Haruki Murakami

Alright, I'm pretty excited about this. Last summer, I started a project that combines my work (data visualisation) with Haruki Murakami's novels. The project started after I finished the city and its uncertain walls, which I enjoyed a lot. Since then, the project has turned into a collection of data illustrations and animations based on the rhythm of his novels. A visual tribute to his work. My local library now gives me a space and a full week(!) to exhibit the animations on a huge screen. (Below are a few lines about the exhibition.) It's exciting, and a bit scary, to show the work in a public space for the first time.

After working on the exhibition, I now see the work as a personal attempt to visualize the idea of a novel as it appears in the head of Haruki Murakami.

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The work what data I show when I show data about Haruki Murakami translates the rhythm of the stories by the Japanese author into a series of calming, meditative data animations. Using modern technology and data – often associated with the fast-paced contemporary society – the slow animations calm the mind and prepare it to start reading a novel.

The work brings the viewer closer to the mind of Haruki Murakami. The images feel like visual poetry, in which sliding doors reveal the story chapter by chapter.

The exhibition will run from November 9 to 16 in LocHal, Tilburg, the Netherlands.