Visualisations in science as art works

The aim of the poster is to present scientific visualisations as visual art works. In order to do this we offer a particular example. It consists of two parts: a resume of the paper and its graphic representation generated by an algorithm computing the distribution of letters in the resume (the code is attached) and of a set of words printed with fonts creating a tension between their visual aspect (associations, emotions, and thoughts provoked by their form) and their meaning (content). The poster is based on the assumptions discussed in the paper. We suggest that data visualisations should be approached as if they were works whose creators have to cope with issues similar to ones with which creators of visual art works are familiar with and works which have to be interpreted by their users in a similar way to one in which works of art are interpreted by their public.