Case studies

Installations, artworks, and live systems built on DataNet. Each one runs on the same realtime pub/sub layer you get the moment you sign up.

datanet.artLive demo

datanet.art demo

A zero-setup browser demo where visitors publish signals into shared DataNet channels and watch updates move across the page in realtime.

BrowserPresencePub/sub
Studio Jordan ShawCase study

Constellation Range

A networked control panel and live system for coordinating distributed visual states. DataNet carries realtime signals between the browser interface and the artwork.

BrowserRealtime controlInstallation
Studio Jordan ShawArtwork

Ephemeral Presence

A presence-first work where connection state becomes the material: who is here, who has just left, and how a shared system changes while people are briefly together.

PresenceEphemeralLive state
Studio Jordan ShawArtwork

Same Material / Different Time

A study in live data, replay, and changing context. The same signals can be experienced as immediate behaviour, retained history, or a later reconstruction.

HistoryReplayInstallation
Studio Jordan ShawExhibition

Data as Material

A body of work treating wireless transmissions and network activity as physical material. Sensors and sculptures stream live data into responsive light, textile, and screen-based systems.

ESP32SensorsInstallationHistory
Studio Jordan ShawLive demo

Celestial Signals

A browser-based device state demo for Data as Material, turning networked signals into a live interface that can be opened and shared from anywhere.

BrowserDevice stateRealtime
Studio Jordan ShawArtwork

(in)visible

A work about signals that are present but not directly seen. DataNet helps expose hidden or ambient activity as responsive state without flattening it into a static record.

SignalsVisibilityRealtime
Studio Jordan ShawArtwork

You had to be there...

A time-bound networked work built around the difference between witnessing a system live and encountering its traces afterward.

EphemeralPerformanceArchive
Studio Jordan ShawArtwork

Soft Presence

A quieter presence study where subtle network activity becomes a soft signal: a way of feeling another participant or system without needing a loud interface.

PresenceAmbientRealtime
Studio Jordan ShawArtwork

Pulses

A pulse-based networked work where simple repeated signals become timing, rhythm, and shared state across devices or viewers.

SignalsRhythmRealtime
Studio Jordan ShawPrototype

Data as Material iOS app

A mobile companion and field interface for Data as Material, using an iOS device as a live participant in the same networked system as the installation.

iOSMobileField interface

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