The Jewelry Code: Data as Wearable Art

DataArt is an increasing in popularity art form that uses data as source material for creating works of art. It not only makes data comprehensible but also imbues it with emotional resonance, turning it from mathematics into a tool for interpretation and reflection of reality - both global and personal.

We invite you to create a wearable object, a piece of jewelry, that merges data and art. Let your piece tell a story through material, structure, form, size, geometry, texture, or color.

We do not limit you in your choice of materials, techniques, or themes. Your work could be inspired by:

• Personal data: rhythms of your life, step counts, financial expenses, emotional states, even your caffeine intake - anything in your life you can collect the data on.
• Social topics: from human rights statistics to analyses of global social changes.
• Global issues: such as climate change, ecological crises, or the impact of technology.

In case your work is based on existing data we are asking you to use statistics from reliable sources - and we will ask to attach the link to these sources when telling about your work.
Tell your story through data and make the invisible visible!


Conditions
Please download and fill out the Application Form HERE and attach high-resolution pictures. If you have additional images supporting the date you are basing your work on, please attach them as well. Send it to our email syldyrproject@gmail.com

Application fee: None
Participation fee: To be paid once the artist is notified of being selected: 15$ (the fee is collected in order to help fund the international publications and translations).

If you’re interested in learning more about Data Art, you can find more information here:
- https://youtu.be/23o6I3x6Cbw?si=TOsbkeCMsEWyw732
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTkk0hnjESU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npAapdJn1RA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrn4t3bIbrs

For more questions, please contact us by email.




Syldyr project invites you to join our jewelry challenge! 
#DataArtChallengeSyldyr

In anticipation of our exhibition in The National Museum of Kazakhstan (that you can still be a part of, see our page for the open call info) we are launching a challenge - let’s make jewelry together, share our research and creation process, support each other - and then you will be able to apply to our open call with the piece you will create as a result of the challenge.

This is a creative challenge open to everyone interested in exploring how data can be transformed into wearable jewelry. We invite artists to join the challenge, create pieces based on personal or statistical data.


What should you do to participate?
1. Decide on what data you want to use for your piece. Is it your personal data about how much coffee you consume this year? Or is it statistical data from a trusted source about some global issues - climate change, gender inequality etc? All options are fine by us!

2. Decide how you will visualize the data on your wearable piece. With color (i.e. blue stones - days without coffee, red stones - days of double espresso), with size (i.e. different sizes of pendants represent gender pay gap in different countries), with reference to graphs or charts (i.e. the shape of the bracelet imitates the spikes of the graph that shows oceanpollution levels through the years) or something completely different? The more creative you get the better of course!

3. Share each step of your way on social media, tag @syldyr_project and add hashtag #DataArtChallengeSyldyr. Stories or posts - doesn’t matter (but please make sure that your page is public for us to see). We want to see everything - your process of choosing or collecting data, picking the right materials, assembling, your own thoughts on the subject - everything!

4. If you want to join our Challenge’s WhatsApp group, send us a DM on Instagram @syldyr_project or email syldyrproject@gmail.com to be included. 
And if you have any questions, hit us up too! 
Let’s make Data Art jewelry. In our Post-Truth era, trusted statistical data is one of the last resorts of common sense, so let’s spread it around with the help of our favorite medium.
#DataArtChallengeSyldyr