commit a8d1b4783e2c39725fb3ff9b7461762f285cf0d0 Author: manetta Date: Tue Feb 19 17:22:55 2019 +0100 first sketches for the Data Workers poster diff --git a/poster/__pycache__/functions.cpython-37.pyc b/poster/__pycache__/functions.cpython-37.pyc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aef7c63 Binary files /dev/null and b/poster/__pycache__/functions.cpython-37.pyc differ diff --git a/poster/data-workers-poster.svg b/poster/data-workers-poster.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7538045 --- /dev/null +++ b/poster/data-workers-poster.svg @@ -0,0 +1,1136 @@ + + + + diff --git a/poster/data-workers-posters.py b/poster/data-workers-posters.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1af3db6 --- /dev/null +++ b/poster/data-workers-posters.py @@ -0,0 +1,273 @@ +import random +import functions + +# Data Workers +# http://www.algolit.net/index.php/Data_Workers + +# --- +# My summary of the exhibition: +# +# exhibition, audio tour, introductions to machine learning processes +# machine learning, learning with machines, learning about machines, machines learning about others +# a learning situation (teaching/introducing others) after learning situations (studying/understanding together) +# --- +# Learning, understanding, co-operating, collaborating, reading ... +# ... with, through, via ... +# ... algorithms, models, stories. +# --- + + +subjects = ['humans', 'machines', 'machine learning scripts', 'languages', 'writers', 'readers', 'learners', 'collaborators'] +actions = ['learn', 'read', 'write'] +conditionals = ['while', 'if', 'or', 'as'] +relations = ['as', 'with', 'in'] +timing = [''] + +# --- +# "can we challenge this classification somehow? for example by looking at the ambiguous elements: predicters can be writers too" +# --- +# Complexifiers as words that complexify objects/subjects. +# Adding a dimension. +# Suggesting a relation to another object/subject. +# Maybe the one object is not so different to the other? +# --- +complexifiers = ['computers', 'readers', 'writers', 'processors', 'learners', 'readers', 'writers', 'programmers'] + +# --- +# Calculated randomness as the current selector algorithm ... +# --- +def get_random_from_list(list): + list_length = len(list) + random_num = random.randint(0, list_length) - 1 # Because len() always starts at 1 + random_item = list[random_num] + return random_item +# --- +# Another algologic is possible ... +# --- + +def draft1(): + for i, subject in enumerate(subjects): + if i + 1 < len(subjects): + print('---------') + print(conditionals[i % len(conditionals)], + subject, + '({})'.format(complexifiers[i % len(complexifiers)]), + actions[i % len(actions)], + '...') + print('---------') + +# draft1() + +# --------- +# while humans (computers) learn ... +# --------- +# if machines (readers) read ... +# --------- +# or machine learning scripts (writers) write ... +# --------- +# as languages (processors) learn ... +# --------- +# while writers (learners) read ... +# --------- +# if readers (readers) write ... +# --------- +# or learners (writers) learn ... +# --------- + + +def draft2(): + for subject in subjects: + print( + get_random_from_list(conditionals), + subject, + '({})'.format(get_random_from_list(complexifiers)), + get_random_from_list(actions), + get_random_from_list(subjects), + '...' + ) + +draft2() + +# if humans (writers) write machine learning scripts +# as machines (writers) write machines +# as machine learning scripts (writers) read readers +# or languages (readers) read machine learning scripts +# if writers (programmers) write humans +# or readers (computers) write machines +# if learners (readers) write learners +# as collaborators (writers) write writers + +# --- +# Selection of words from the Data Worker pads +# What words are used to describe the exhibition, the projects, the intentions, the story? +# --- +padadj = ['voice', 'model', 'human', 'visionary', 'algorithmic', 'programming', 'editing', 'assisting'] +padsubjects = ['voices', 'models', 'humans', 'visionaries', 'algorithmic writers', 'programmers', 'editors', 'authors', 'assistants'] +padverbs = ['understanding', 'extracting', 'using', 'manipulating', 'plotting', 'writing'] +specifics = ['with intent'] + +def draft3(): + for subject in padadj: + print(subject) + print(get_random_from_list(subjects)) + print('---') + +# draft3() + +# voice +# humans +# --- +# model +# collaborators +# --- +# human +# learners +# --- +# visionary +# machines +# --- +# algorithmic +# readers +# --- +# programming +# machine learning scripts +# --- +# editing +# collaborators +# --- +# assisting +# machine learning scripts +# --- + + +def draft4(): + for verb in padverbs: + print(verb) + print(get_random_from_list(subjects)) + print('(as {})'.format(get_random_from_list(padsubjects))) + print('---') + +# draft4() + +# understanding +# collaborators +# (as editors) +# --- +# extracting +# machine learning scripts +# (as models) +# --- +# using +# machines +# (as visionaries) +# --- +# manipulating +# collaborators +# (as voices) +# --- +# plotting +# machine learning scripts +# (as humans) +# --- +# writing +# machines +# (as models) + + + +# --- +# Using frames (sentences) to play with the subject words. +# Nice how the sentences are already dynamic in itself, +# it makes the game of exchanging words more interesting. +# +# But as a visual language it's perhaps a bit too much, +# too subtle for something like a poster. +# +# clarity <-------------------> interesting wordplays +# generated <-------------------> written +# +# --- + +# From: Course in General Linguistics - Ferdinand de Saussure +frame = 'First something called "grammar" was studied. This study, initiated by the Greeks and continued mainly by the French, was based on logic.' + +def draft5(): + for i in range(5): + frame = frame.replace('grammar', get_random_from_list(subjects)) + frame = frame.replace('Greeks', get_random_from_list(subjects)) + frame = frame.replace('French', get_random_from_list(subjects)) + print(frame) + print('---') + +# draft5() + +# First something called "languages" was studied. This study, initiated by the readers and continued mainly by the collaborators, was based on logic. +# --- +# First something called "writers" was studied. This study, initiated by the collaborators and continued mainly by the humans, was based on logic. +# --- +# First something called "machine learning scripts" was studied. This study, initiated by the collaborators and continued mainly by the humans, was based on logic. +# --- +# First something called "readers" was studied. This study, initiated by the machine learning scripts and continued mainly by the collaborators, was based on logic. +# --- +# First something called "collaborators" was studied. This study, initiated by the machine learning scripts and continued mainly by the learners, was based on logic. +# --- + +def draft2html(): + tmp = '' + for subject in subjects: + print( + get_random_from_list(conditionals), + subject, + '({})'.format(get_random_from_list(complexifiers)), + get_random_from_list(actions), + get_random_from_list(subjects), + '...' + ) + row = ''' + + {} + {}^({}) + {} + {} + {} + + '''.format( + get_random_from_list(conditionals), + subject, + get_random_from_list(complexifiers), + get_random_from_list(actions), + get_random_from_list(subjects), + '...' + ) + tmp += row + html = ''' +

Data Workers

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+ + {} + + + + + + + + + +

Algolit

+ oracles

+ writers

+ cleaners

+ informants

+ readers

+ learners

+

+ The exhibition is open from the 28th of March untill the 28th of April, between 10:00h and 18:00h. +
+ www.algolit.net + www.mundaneum.org + '''.format(tmp) + functions.write_html(html, 'data-workers.html') + +draft2html() \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/poster/data-workers.html b/poster/data-workers.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..161a7f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/poster/data-workers.html @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ + + + + + + Data Workers + + +

Data Workers

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or	humans^(readers)	write	writers	...
as	machines^(processors)	read	machine learning scripts	...
as	machine learning scripts^(processors)	write	humans	...
as	languages^{(programmers)}	read	readers	...
or	writers^{(programmers)}	read	collaborators	...
as	readers^{(programmers)}	read	machine learning scripts	...
as	learners^(readers)	write	collaborators	...
if	collaborators^(readers)	write	humans	...
	Algolit		+ oracles + writers + cleaners + informants + readers + learners +

+ The exhibition is open from the 28th of March untill the 28th of April, between 10:00h and 18:00h. +
+ www.algolit.net + www.mundaneum.org +

+ + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/poster/data-workers.png b/poster/data-workers.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c95da1 Binary files /dev/null and b/poster/data-workers.png differ diff --git a/poster/fonts/FantasqueSansMono-Regular.ttf b/poster/fonts/FantasqueSansMono-Regular.ttf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..239f20b Binary files /dev/null and b/poster/fonts/FantasqueSansMono-Regular.ttf differ diff --git a/poster/functions.py b/poster/functions.py new file mode 100755 index 0000000..ae2a0ab --- /dev/null +++ b/poster/functions.py @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +def get_template(html): + template = ''' + + + + + Data Workers + + +

{}

+ + + '''.format(html) + return template + + +def write_html(html, filename): + html_template = get_template(html) + out = open(filename, 'w+') + out.write(html_template) + out.close() + + print('*html file written*') + +# html = '' +# write_html(html, 'data-workers.html') diff --git a/poster/stylesheet.css b/poster/stylesheet.css new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4ad099 --- /dev/null +++ b/poster/stylesheet.css @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +@font-face{ + font-family: 'fantasque'; + src:url('fonts/FantasqueSansMono-Regular.ttf'); +} + +body{ + margin:10mm; + font-family: 'fantasque'; + font-size: 12pt; + max-width: 210mm; +} +h1{ + font-size: 400%; + width: 100%; + text-align: center; +} +table{ + width: 100%; +} +table, td{ + border:1px solid; +} +tfoot td{ + border:0; + font-weight: bold; + vertical-align: top; +} + td{ + padding:10px 20px 50px; + line-height: 1.4; + } +small{ + display: block; + margin-top:1em; +} \ No newline at end of file