{"id":6981,"date":"2011-11-06T08:28:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T12:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2011-11-06T08:28:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T12:28:42","slug":"artfully-visualizing-our-humanity-aaron-koblin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/6981\/artfully-visualizing-our-humanity-aaron-koblin\/","title":{"rendered":"Artfully Visualizing Our Humanity &#8211; Aaron Koblin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--copy and paste--><object width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011\/Blank\/AaronKoblin_2011-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/AaronKoblin-2011.embed_thumbnail_r.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1152&#038;lang=eng&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=aaron_koblin;year=2011;theme=media_that_matters;theme=art_unusual;theme=a_taste_of_ted2011;event=TED2011;tag=Arts;tag=Design;tag=Technology;tag=collaboration;tag=data;tag=visualizations;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n&#8220;Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data &#8212; and at times vast numbers of people &#8212; and weaves them into stunning visualizations. 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