R. Luke DuBois
Artist & Professor | Mashups, Data Visualization, and the Human Condition
About
R. Luke DuBois is an artist, composer, and professor at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering.
His interdisciplinary work blends data visualization, digital media, and music composition to explore themes of identity, culture, and the human experience. DuBois has exhibited his creative projects at major institutions like the Smithsonian and the Whitney Museum, and his data-driven artistic mashups have been featured in publications like The New York Times and Wired.
Through his engaging keynotes, DuBois reveals how technology can be leveraged to gain unexpected insights and challenge perceptions of the world around us.
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Insightful human portraits made from data
Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. In this talk, he shares nine projects -- from maps of the country built using information taken from millions of dating profiles to a gun that fires a blank every time a shooting is reported in New Orleans. His point: the way we use technology reflects on us and our culture, and we reduce others to data points at our own peril.
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