What does music look like? "The Shape of Song" is an attempt to answer
this seemingly paradoxical question. The custom software in this work
draws musical patterns in the form of translucent arches, allowing
viewers to see–literally–the shape of any composition available on the
Web. The resulting images reflect the full range of musical forms, from
the deep structure of Beethoven to the crystalline beauty of Philip
Glass.

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Martin Wattenberg is a New York-based digital artist whose work centers
on the theme of mapping information. Recent pieces include Apartment,
with Marek Walczak, shown at the Whitney's Data Dynamics exhibit and on
the Turbulence web site, and WonderWalker, also in collaboration with
Walczak. Wattenberg also works in the field of financial data
visualization and is known for the SmartMoney.com Map of the Market. He
holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley.