Category: News

Fellows, News,
Aug 2023

Carsten Könneker joins the KielSCN as Creative Fellow

From August 1 to September 30, 2023, Carsten Könneker will support the Kiel Science Communication Network (KielSCN) as an additional Creative Fellow. During his fellowship, he will work on parts of the concept for the participatory platform that we are building together with our practice partner Spektrum der Wissenschaft.

News,
Jun 2023

VdM #12 – teamLab Planets Tokyo

Perceiving together with others and with the whole body – that is the motto of teamLab Planets Tokyo. Here, the artist collective teamLab has created an exhibition in which visitors walk barefoot through water, change the works with their presence and become one with nature. We chose it as our last visualization of the month for now.

News,
May 2023

VoM#11 – Made to Measure

Day after day, we give platforms like Facebook and Google insights into our lives, our thoughts and actions – including our most intimate secrets. The Laokoon Group’s “Made to Measure” project impressively demonstrates the impact our digital footprint can have. We selected it as our Visualization of the Month in May.

News,
Mar 2023

VoM #9 – Gaia‘s Stellar Family Portrait

The Gaia Space Telescope has been mapping the Milky Way since December 2013. In the interactive visualization Gaia’s Stellar Family Portrait, the European Space Agency (ESA) presents the results of the mission. We have chosen it as our visualization of the month March.

News,
Feb 2023

Kiel Science Award 2023 goes to Hinrich Schulenburg

KielSCN Senior PI Hinrich Schulenburg, professor at Kiel University, has been awarded the Kiel Science Award 2023. The prize, which is endowed with 10,000 Euros, will be awarded at a ceremony on June 25.

News,
Feb 2023

VoM #8 – Dear Data

For the course of a year, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec sent each other postcards with their personal data visualizations. The result is the book “Dear Data”. As an example, for our visualization of the month #8 we have chosen a week that is all about goodbyes.

News,
Jan 2023

VoM #7 – An Explorable Explainer

Most theoretical descriptions struggle to bring mathematical procedures to life within one’s own imagination. However, Yi Zhe Ang’s translation of the K-Means algorithm into an explorable explainer does just that: it breathes life into an abstract logical concept. That is why we have chosen it as our Visualization of the Month #7.

News,
Dec 2022

VoM #6 – Antarctic Resolution

Gulia Foscari & UNLESS has created a monumental work of science communication with the transdisciplinary project “Antarctic Resolution”. It is the most comprehensive documentation to date on the Antarctic continent and our Visualization of the Month #6.

News,
Nov 2022

VoM #5 – Euclid’s Elements

The work Elements by the Greek mathematician Euclid is considered one of the most famous and successful textbooks of all time. We have chosen two adaptations as our visualization of the month #5.