Doug MacDowell

Sparklines

Date: April 18 to 20, 2025

Location: Majestic Galleries in Nelsonville, Ohio

Sparklines was an exhibition featuring hand drafted data visualizations like ones made by William Playfair or W.E.B Dubois in the 1700's and 1800's. The visualizations orbit a coffee maker computer I built and named Coffeematic PC. Coffeematic PC is part of a lineage of coffee maker computers. By focusing on this unique lineage of coffee maker computers along with public datasets, Sparklines presents data portraits and landscapes to contextualize a subversive group I call artist/hackers.

Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, main image Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, coffee maker computer and landscape Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, viewing data portrait Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, man takes picture Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, opening exhibition Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, landscape series Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, george foreman synthesizer Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, lineage of coffee maker computers Sparklines Exhibition by Doug MacDowell, coffeemaker computer detail

Photography by my lovely fiancée :)

Sparklines Exhibition List of Pieces by Doug MacDowell Sparklines Exhibition Statement by Doug MacDowell

You can find the 3.5 hour playlist, curated by my lovely fiancée and played at the reception here.

You can see the work in the show in more detail using the links below.
Data Landscapes (Sparklines)
Data Portraits (Sparklines)
The Lineage of Coffee Maker Computers
Coffeematic PC