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The world’s pulse

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THE WORLD’S PULSE

What is datafication?
The ease of storing large volumes of information at low cost comes hand in hand with another determining factor: ease in producing this information, thanks to the millions of sensors flooding the world. From GPS receivers that monitor goods and passenger transport to those measuring air quality in cities, the traffic on the roads and the functioning of assembly lines, for example.
This infrastructure is now essential for major global systems to work, but it also offers a new narrative, in real time, of urban, social, and economic mechanics.
  • Flux | Pim Pam Pum
    01/01/2014

    Flux | Pim Pam Pum

    Flux shows the flows of financial transactions in Madrid and Barcelona, deter-...
  • Tele-Present Water | David Bowen
    20/09/2008

    Tele-Present Water | David Bowen

    This installation shows in real time the physical movement of the surface of t...
  • Flight Patterns | Aaron Koblin
    20/07/2006

    Flight Patterns | Aaron Koblin

    Aaron Koblin uses data to tell amazing visual stories that reflect on life and...
  • Barcelona heat (economic map) | Telefónica I+D
    30/06/2012

    Barcelona heat (economic map) | Telefónica I+D

    Mobile telephone data segmented by time bands give rise to a new territorial d...
  • BCN Beats | Diversos
    30/06/2013

    BCN Beats | Diversos

    Real-time map of what is happening in the city, and includes traffic density, ...
  • Barcelona Commercial Footprints | Xavier Giménez
    30/06/2013

    Barcelona Commercial Footprints | Xavier Giménez

    The project is an interactive Data Visualization to explore purchases made by ...
  • MWC Impact | CARTODB and BBVA
    27/02/2012

    MWC Impact | CARTODB and BBVA

    The interactive visualization shows the number of credit card transactions in ...
  • Barcelona cruise passenger behavior | Telefónica I+D
    30/06/2012

    Barcelona cruise passenger behavior | Telefónica I+D

    Every time a cruise ship arrives in Barcelona, a phenomenon of connection to l...
  • Visitors data analytics | Counterest
    10/03/2014

    Visitors data analytics | Counterest

    In numerous contemporary environments from shopping centres and supermarkets t...
  • _BIG BANG DATA
    04/12/2013

    _BIG BANG DATA

    _BIG BANG DATA is an exhibition about the ‘datafication’ of the world curate...
  • Data Falls | Domestic Data Streamers
    08/05/2014

    Data Falls | Domestic Data Streamers

    How can we extract quantative data on the impact of a work of art? This is the...
  • Wind Map | Fernanda Viegas and Martin Watterberg
    09/09/2012

    Wind Map | Fernanda Viegas and Martin Watterberg

    Wind Map is the representation, in real time, of the movements of the winds th...
The exhibition is open
At CCCB (Barcelona) – From 9 May until 16 November 2014
At Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Madrid) – From 12 March until 24 May 2015
At Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Buenos Aires) – From 2 July until 28 November 2015

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