It's not often that art, religion, and data collection coincide, which is what makes BIBLE, THE - an art project by the sideline collective - so unique.
Using custom software built by Ernst and Van Bruggen, the artistic team collected every word from the King James bible and re-organized it alphabetically. The end result is paragraphs upon paragraphs of repeating words starting with A and ending with Z. Aside from creating a re-imagined and aesthetically pleasing book, the team uncovered new data that provided insights into the importance of language and words. For example, the book cites 'his' 8,472 times, compared to 'hers' which is only cited three times. This, the team claims, better summarizes the gender divide than the individual instances from the book.
Photo Credits: designboom, sidelinecollective
Image Credit: joseph ernst and jan van bruggen of sideline collective
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Data-driven Art
- Combining data and technology with art to create unique and meaningful projects.
- Alphabetical Data Analysis
- Using alphabetical organization to uncover new insights and patterns from large data sets.
- Language-based Data Collection
- Collecting and analyzing data based on language and word usage to gain new knowledge and insights.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Art
- The art industry can explore new and inventive ways of incorporating data and technology into their creative projects.
- Data Analytics
- Data analytics professionals can utilize alphabetical organization methods to uncover new insights and patterns in large data sets.
- Publishing
- The publishing industry can explore new ways of organizing and presenting data to create unique and meaningful literary works.
