Meaningful multiplicity

I had a thought about the lecture on multiplicity. It is truly amazing how just by repeating something heaps of times we can build new things. We can create a whole new level of art or experience. I went in and had a look at Chris Jordan's work and it really took my breath away. It is so inspiring to see people that would put in that much time and effort in order to put a message through. It was also really interesting how he'd used thousands and thousands of images to create a bigger images or simply just a color. This is how he describes his work on his web site:

This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. Employing themes such as the near versus the far, and the one versus the many, I hope to raise some questions about the roles and responsibilities we each play as individuals in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming.

Chris Jordan, Seattle, 2008

I really think that the way he has used multiplicity is so effective and strong and it really gets the message through in a strong and touching way. The actual way that multiplicity works also gives you this feeling of interaction, even if it is still images. it gives the same effect as zooming on a screen, but you're just moving your body closer to the images.

Chris Jordan talked about his work at the TED conference 2008. He there talked about how he has visualized the overwhelming statistics in contemporary issues that we have to deal with soon but we choose to look away. His way of using multiple images to show his point rather then to show numbers makes it far more real, far more intelligent and far more emotionally grabbing.
This is an amazing work of art that I probably wouldn't have come across if it wasn't for this class, and for that I take my hat of.


This video it taken from the TED website.