Sculptural Data Visualization – Stock Market and GDP
In his latest data sculptures, Andreas Nicolas Fischer places data visualization in a physical space when we're so used to seeing it on a computer monitor. Above is a piece of two layers - the bottom is gross domestic product for 2007 (made of plywood) and the top maps "the derivatives volume, alloted to the coordinates of the countries on a map." I don't know what derivatives volume and I probably should, but I'm too lazy to look it up (a lil' help please?).
From the project page:
This sculpture is a statistical map, a hybrid between physical and conceptual space. The horizontal arrangement equates to the Mercator projection of a world map and the vertical axis metaphorically corresponds to the financial activity of the country.
Similarly, Andreas displays the S & P 500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ prices in 2008 from January to November:
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This web page introduces the basic concept of derivatives:
http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/e.....ative.html
Here’s a finance blog with more financial art:
http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/p.....erivatives
Felix Salmon is a well-repsected financial journalist writing here about blogs:
http://www.portfolio.com/views.....ves-market
Lest we never forget Nancy Paterson’s Stockmarket Skirt.
Goes to show that there is inherent beauty in everything. You just have to look for it and be prepared to appreciate. :). These are nice. Thanks
Nice Visualization. How about the prediction for the upcoming FY09?.
WRLDs project is another artists project on the financial markets that began in early 2007, and marked the fall with the Goldman Sachs shift in November 2007:
http://wrlds.com