The Brighton Park Birdsong Commons w. Jer Thorp

​Jer Thorp is an artist, writer and teacher living in New York City. He is best known for designing the algorithm to place the nearly 3,000 names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan.

​Jer was the New York Times' first Data Artist in Residence, is a National Geographic Explorer, and in 2017 and 2018 served as the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. Jer is one of the world's foremost data artists, and is a leading voice for the ethical use of big data. 

​Jer’s data-inspired artwork has been shown around the world, including most recently in New York’s Times Square, at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, at the Ars Electronica Center in Austria, and at the National Seoul Museum in Korea.

​In this talk, Jer will share very much in-progress work on The Brighton Park Birdsong Commons, a permanent data sculpture about to be installed in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood.

​Co-designed with 12 local high school students and with Ben Herring from Kent State's Making Our Own Space (MOOS) program, the Birdsong Commons explores ways in which technology can support habitat enhancement, and envisions futures in which AI strengthens community connection and fosters environmental care.

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