Making the Invisible Visible: A Study of Exoplanet Visualisation
(2022) KOVM12 20221Division of Art History and Visual Studies
- Abstract
- Exoplanets are planets found around other stars in the Universe. Although astronomical
studies have found and confirmed the existence of exoplanets, they are too far away to be
photographed directly, so there are dedicated visualisation scientists who use the data
collected on them to create hypothetical visualisation. This thesis project aims to conduct the
duality of science and art that exists in the production of exoplanet visualisation, to answer
the questions of how the scientific gaze evolved with respect to artistic representations and
how illustrations affect the dissemination of science in the public. This shall be achieved by
analysing images from NASA Eyes on Exoplanets and OpenSpace through the lens of a
... (More) - Exoplanets are planets found around other stars in the Universe. Although astronomical
studies have found and confirmed the existence of exoplanets, they are too far away to be
photographed directly, so there are dedicated visualisation scientists who use the data
collected on them to create hypothetical visualisation. This thesis project aims to conduct the
duality of science and art that exists in the production of exoplanet visualisation, to answer
the questions of how the scientific gaze evolved with respect to artistic representations and
how illustrations affect the dissemination of science in the public. This shall be achieved by
analysing images from NASA Eyes on Exoplanets and OpenSpace through the lens of a
Theoretical Framework postulated by Luc Pauwels that allows for understanding the issues
and variations in production, mediums, and contexts of distribution and the purposes
achieved by exoplanet visualisations. The reflection is also guided by the influence of the
three epistemic values (Truth-to-Nature, Mechanical Objectivity, and Trained Judgement)
posited by Daston and Gallison. (Less)
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- author
- Sharma, Ankita LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Making the Invisible Visible
- course
- KOVM12 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- exoplanet, visualisations, scientific representations, TRAPPIST-1, objectivity
- language
- English
- id
- 9092327
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-23 07:32:16
- date last changed
- 2022-06-23 07:32:16
@misc{9092327, abstract = {{Exoplanets are planets found around other stars in the Universe. Although astronomical studies have found and confirmed the existence of exoplanets, they are too far away to be photographed directly, so there are dedicated visualisation scientists who use the data collected on them to create hypothetical visualisation. This thesis project aims to conduct the duality of science and art that exists in the production of exoplanet visualisation, to answer the questions of how the scientific gaze evolved with respect to artistic representations and how illustrations affect the dissemination of science in the public. This shall be achieved by analysing images from NASA Eyes on Exoplanets and OpenSpace through the lens of a Theoretical Framework postulated by Luc Pauwels that allows for understanding the issues and variations in production, mediums, and contexts of distribution and the purposes achieved by exoplanet visualisations. The reflection is also guided by the influence of the three epistemic values (Truth-to-Nature, Mechanical Objectivity, and Trained Judgement) posited by Daston and Gallison.}}, author = {{Sharma, Ankita}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Making the Invisible Visible: A Study of Exoplanet Visualisation}}, year = {{2022}}, }