Doug MacDowell

Title: Sparklines

Date: April 18 to 20, 2025

Location: Majestic Galleries in Nelsonville, Ohio

Sparklines was an exhibition featuring hand drafted data visualizations like ones made by William Playfair or W.E.B Dubois in the 1700's and 1800's. The visualizations orbit a coffee maker computer I built and named Coffeematic PC. Coffeematic PC is part of a lineage of coffee maker computers. By focusing on this unique lineage of coffee maker computers along with public datasets, Sparklines presents data portraits and landscapes to contextualize a subversive group I call artist/hackers.

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Photography by my lovely fiancée :)

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You can find the 3.5 hour playlist, curated by my lovely fiancée and played at the reception here.

You can see the work in the show in more detail using the links below.
Data Landscapes (Sparklines)
Data Portraits (Sparklines)
The Lineage of Coffee Maker Computers
Coffeematic PC