It reads “esto no es media art” (this is not media art) and it links to my blog entry about starting to create a community around spanish-speaking media artists.

(Don’t you love that image? I hear that animated gifs are the new black)

My work with CARE and Ajkem’a Loy’a in Guatemala has gotten me interested in how design can be used as a vehicle to promote social and economic development.  Several months ago I started a blog, “Designing Development” to write about these interests, and document projects that are doing similar work.  Please send me a comment if you know of exciting similar ventures that I should be aware of!

Soy parte de un grupo de artistas de medios interesados en crear una comunidad robusta y presencia en internet, que una el gran trabajo de artistas de media el mundo de habla hispana // I am one in a group of artists interested in creating a robust community and online presence of the great media artwork in the Spanish-speaking world.

Por favor llene esta encuesta si quisiera estar al tanto de esta iniciativa // Please fill out this short survey if you would like to be kept posted on this initiative.

In a recent conversation with an art critic who has looked through my work, she pointed out that I seem to be very interested in visualizing data (rss feeds into a flag, multiple photographs into one image, video tracking information into animated text), so it is not surprising that as soon as I heard about Daytum, I had to participate!

I started when it was in beta phase, and continue now that it has officially launched.  I find the charts and interface beautiful, and have been experimenting with everyday information, which may become meaningful after a certain accumulation.  Let me know what you think!