Join the Data Vandals and take data directly to the people! In this workshop you will create data visualization posters, sculptures, and paintings to directly engage with your community. We’ll be working with the mayor’s office to use data to spark conversations and change perspectives on the streets of Budapest! This promises to be a unique and eye-opening experience!
Course Fee: gross amount 101.600. HUF
Early Bird application deadline 2025-04-30
Start date 2025-08-21
Interactive Public Engagement: Create participatory experiences that invite audience contribution through real-time data collection, generating living datasets.
Collaborative Creation: Collaborate to bring data concepts to life through experimentation, and collective problem-solving.
Data as Social Catalyst: Harness the power of information visualization to illuminate societal challenges, inspire dialogue, and motivate action through data-informed expression.
… you are an artist and want to learn new approaches to directly engaging with your audience and community.
… you work in data and want to learn new approaches to make your work more engaging, surprising, and inspiring.
… you are curious about how to use data to generate conversations on topics that matter.
… you don’t need a background in data visualization to join, just a willingness to collaborate with others, get your hands dirty, and have some fun conversations!
… want to learn traditional data visualization. We won’t be teaching anything about data visualization fundamentals.
… this will mostly be using traditional art materials – no coding or digital work. (You will need to do some research, though)
…if you just want to be confrontational. While we consider ourselves to be activists, we do not try to provoke people into arguments. Instead, we want to engage with communities to have productive conversations.
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MOME Campus
1121 Budapest, Zugligeti út 9-25
Órarend
Multidisciplinary Artist
Jen Ray creates performances, paintings, and sound works that celebrate female empowerment, drawing from feminist sci-fi, dystopian theory, and seventies glam rock.
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Data Visualization and Design Expert
Jason Forrest is a seasoned expert exploring how data, culture, and design intersect. He’s currently writing a book on communicating with information in uncertain times.
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Data Vandals is a creative collective that transforms complex information into powerful visual narratives. In a world increasingly driven by data, they believe this information shouldn’t remain buried in databases—it should be seen, felt, and experienced.
Their work brings data to life in public spaces, galleries, museums, and parks, turning abstract figures into striking, immersive encounters. With a multidisciplinary approach that blends art, design, and technology, Data Vandals creates installations that spark dialogue, curiosity, and new perspectives.
By reshaping how we engage with information, they invite audiences to see the world through a more connected, meaningful lens.
