Visualizing Cosmic Models: A Situated Approach

David McConville

David McConville is a media artist and theorist whose work explores the potential of immersive visualization tools to expand perspectives on the nature of cognition. Combining his interests in media art, perception, ecology, and cosmology, he works with visualizations of scientific datasets and cultural imagery to create performative environments that facilitate examination of different approaches to modeling knowledge. He is co-founder of the Elumenati (http://www.elumenati.com), a design and engineering firm creates custom installations for clients from art festivals to space agencies. He is also President of the Buckminster Fuller Institute (http://www.bfi.org) and creative director of the Worldviews Network (http://www.worldviews.net).