R. Luke DuBois: Insightful human portraits made from data
R. Luke DuBois: Reveladores retratos humanos a partir de datos
R. Luke DuBois weaves information from a multitude of sources into art and music exploring the tensions between algorithms, portraiture and temporal space. Full bio
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wrote that I was a menace
de trabajos manuales anotó
en mi carné de notas.
want to see my photographs.
that 100 years ago,
es algo nuevo,
verlo como algo vanguardista.
that's very "now."
that's been around for a very long time
nos acompaña desde hace mucho
for tens of thousands of years, right?
decenas de miles de años, ¿no?
and harmonies and melodies --
armonías y melodías...
y hace unos 15 años,
I started making pieces
at the intersection
entre imagen y sonido,
a musical structure
una estructura musical
something interesting
algo interesante sobre algo
una representación gráfica.
is literally being drawn
literalmente, es un dibujo
creada por los músicos en el escenario,
of the musicians onstage,
that it looks like a plant,
que se parezca a una planta,
algorithmic biology of the plant
subyacente de la planta
in the first place.
caracteriza a esa estructura musical.
once you know how to code with media,
que uno sabe codificar los medios,
for the Sundance Film Festival.
el Festival de Cine de Sundance.
every Academy Award Best Picture,
de la Academia a la Mejor Película,
the history of Hollywood cinema.
la historia del cine de Hollywood.
del montaje cinematográfico de Hollywood.
is the history of editing
on the right, we've got Chicago.
a la derecha tenemos Chicago.
is a little easier to read.
es un poco más fácil de leer.
of a cinematic shot in the 1940s
en la década de 1940 era de 26 segundos
el Gobierno Federal de EE.UU.
by the US Federal Government
a specific actor in any video.
a un actor específico en cualquier video.
to train a system on one person
a una persona de nuestra cultura
to be surveilled in that manner,
ser vigilada de esa manera,
hechas por los paparazzi
photos of Britney Spears
que reconozca únicamente su rostro.
and will center her eyes in the frame,
suya y enfocar sus ojos en la imagen,
double commentary
about being watched,
is a collaboration I did
to explain and describe,
de explicar y describir,
para salir una noche,
in slow motion in New York City.
en Nueva York en una isleta peatonal.
con un equipo de filmación.
speeding it up to 72 minutes again,
acelerándolo hasta 72 minutos otra vez,
se mueve con normalidad
de que estaba haciendo retratos.
was making portraits.
you tend to think about stuff like this.
solemos pensar en cosas como esta.
is named Gilbert Stuart.
se llama Gilbert Stuart.
of the United States.
of George Washington from 1796.
de George Washington, de 1796.
there's a lot of symbolism, right?
mucho simbolismo, ¿verdad?
Tenemos una espada.
We've got a sword.
como el padre de la nación.
as the father of the nation.
tiene palabras.
State of the Union addresses
sobre el Estado de la Unión
than any other president.
otro presidente.
and its own rhetoric.
y su propia retórica.
that that's the word he used the most.
la palabra que más usa.
para George W. Bush,
in 43 easy steps,
en 43 sencillos pasos,
looking at a series of paintings.
una serie de pinturas.
of the United States
de la historia de EE.UU.
rhetoric of its leaders.
de sus líderes.
talking about deficits.
hablando de déficit.
he would no longer be president,
no sería presidente,
que dio el discurso del Estado de la Unión
on prime-time television;
de máxima audiencia
with the word "tonight."
or more accurately, his speechwriter,
llamado William Safire,
thinking about language
portrayed a rhetoric of honesty.
retratado a través de discursos honestos.
as a series of monolithic sculptures.
una serie de esculturas monolíticas.
de luz al aire libre.
that they're to scale,
que son a escala,
read between those two black lines,
leer entre esas dos líneas negras,
And there's a lot of these.
to do this with data.
de hacer esto con datos.
a more democratic form of portraiture,
my country and how it works.
y cómo funciona.
in the United States.
what kind of jobs we've got,
qué puestos de trabajo tenemos,
really important stuff.
cosas realmente importantes.
quiénes somos.
and our aspirations.
ni de nuestras aspiraciones.
to make my own census.
hacer mi propio censo.
por los estadounidenses comunes.
written by ordinary Americans.
y está a la espera de ser utilizado.
online dating services,
de citas en línea diferentes,
mujer gay, y mujer hetero,
a gay woman and a straight woman,
19 million people's dating profiles --
de 19 millones de personas,
of the United States.
de Estados Unidos.
really freaking obvious. Just go with me.
all this stuff by zip code.
las palabras "sola" o "solo".
topographically,
are more use of the word,
representan un mayor uso de la palabra
is a pretty lonely place.
es un lugar bastante desolado.
that Nebraska ain't that funny.
no es tan divertida.
so what this is showing you
need to get together
necesitan salir
para pasarla bien.
at a pretty granular level,
a un nivel muy detallado
de la mitad este de Long Island
in the eastern half of Long Island
of Long Island.
oeste de Long Island.
from this whole conference.
de toda la conferencia.
that fact for, like, 30 years.
to a cartographic level,
lo mismo que con la tabla optométrica.
I was doing with the eye charts.
of every city in the United States
de la ciudad de Estados Unidos
in that city than anywhere else.
en relación a cualquier otro sitio.
from Seattle, this makes perfect sense.
de Seattle, esto tiene mucho sentido.
You've got "heartbreak."
of the Microsoft Corporation.
so, Los Angeles is "acting"
y San Francisco es "gay".
about being curvy;
they still talk about the flood.
hablan de la inundación.
will say they're interesting.
dicen que son interesantes.
will say they're afraid.
dirán que tienen miedo.
between "annoying" and "cynical."
number one word is "now,"
en Nueva York es "ahora",
but actually I'm an actor."
pero en realidad soy actor".
at NYU, but actually I'm an artist."
en la UNY, pero de hecho soy artista".
in Syracuse, New York,
para moteros llamado Dinosaur Barbecue.
called Dinosaur Barbecue.
take somebody on a date.
"Midsummer" en el centro de Manhattan.
and "midsummer," in Midtown Manhattan.
and "hipsters" and "urbane."
"hipster" y "urbano".
a more democratic portrait.
más democrático.
red-state and blue-state maps
del estado rojos y azules
on a Friday night?
hacer un viernes por la noche?
enviados en más de 20 años.
en una selfie cuantitativa.
as a quantified selfie.
a physics equation
en mis datos personales.
I've ever corresponded with.
el que he mantenido correspondencia.
and it exploded with a big bang.
y explotó como el Big Bang.
de mails intercambiados
they've been emailing,
you're heavier to me.
que tienes más peso para mí.
addresses in the middle,
de mi correspondencia
and this work with real-time data
se procesan en tiempo real
in a specific city.
en una ciudad en concreto.
semiautomatic handgun
de 9 mm Walther PPK
in the French Quarter of New Orleans
barrio francés de Nueva Orleans
en una discusión en el aparcamiento.
in an argument over parking.
where the shooting took place.
a little bit of engineering.
un poco de ingeniería.
en forma de árbol de levas,
rigged up as a cam shaft,
are buried in a box.
están dentro de una caja.
soldada a una placa de acero.
through to the trigger,
de la caja está en línea.
Departamento de Policía de Nueva Orleans,
of the New Orleans Police Department,
reported in New Orleans,
un tiroteo en Nueva Orleans,
so there's no bullet.
a day in New Orleans,
al día en Nueva Orleans,
this piece was installed,
que duró la instalación,
you call this "data visualization."
"visualización de datos".
as the artist in residence
como artista residente
is literally the crossroads of the world.
literalmente el cruce del mundo.
people don't notice about it
place on Earth.
más instagrameado del planeta.
someone commits a selfie
una selfie tomada en Times Square.
y yo las tengo a todas.
with their eyes centered.
con los ojos en el centro del marco.
a su alcance para hacer arte.
of technology available to make art.
of the artist to ask questions
hacer preguntas
y cómo refleja nuestra cultura.
we're more than numbers.
Somos mucho más que números.
dreams and ideas.
sueños e ideas.
is something that's done
que se hace por cuenta y riesgo propio.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
R. Luke DuBois - Artist, composer, engineerR. Luke DuBois weaves information from a multitude of sources into art and music exploring the tensions between algorithms, portraiture and temporal space.
Why you should listen
R. Luke DuBois is a multidisciplinary artist mining the intersection of art, culture and technology, often expanding or contracting perspectives or timespans to accentuate aspects of each work. As a musician, he has produced a spectrum of electro-acoustic works with a multitude of artists, including Bora Yoon, Bang on a Can and the Freight Elevator Quartet.
As an artist, DuBois focuses on exposing the long narratives created by arcs of data, in the same way that time-lapse photographs expose long swaths of motion in a single image. As a programmer, DuBois is co-author of Jitter, a software suite that allows real-time manipulation of video and 3D imagery.
DuBois teaches at New York University, where he co-directs the Integrated Digital Media program at the Tandon School of Engineering. His artwork is represented by bitforms gallery in New York City.
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