Art+Interpretation: Introducing the IEEE VIS 2014 Arts Program

This paper introduces VISAP’14, the IEEE VIS 2014 Arts Program. We discuss the motivations leading to the choice of this year’s theme, Art+Interpretation, and provide an overview of the work presented in the Arts Program papers track and art show. We describe our process of creating an effective interdisciplinary peer review system where artists and researchers decided jointly on installations and papers that were of the interest to the various communities present at IEEE VIS. We conclude with further ideas for improving future incarnations of VISAP, which may also be of interest to organizers of other interdisciplinary arts conferences.