< back From the series Visualizing the Bible: Cross References in the Bible (40x24" inkjet print) The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of the chapters in the Bible. Books alternate in color between white and light grey. The length of each bar denotes the number of verses in the chapter. Each of the 63,779 cross references found in the Bible is depicted by a single arc - the color corresponds to the distance between the two chapters. Distribution of Biblical People and Places (34x56" inkjet print) Description of the work: This is the entire Bible printed on a single piece of paper. Floating above the text are the people and places that appear in the Bible - more than 2,600 names in total. These are positioned according to their average location in the text. Faded lines are rendered to show where they occur. Additionally, font size is proportional to the number of occurrences in the text - the larger the name, the more frequently it appears. Few books can claim to have been as thoroughly analyzed as the Bible. For millennia, people from several major religions have poured over the text, extracting meaning and guidance from its pages. Using special software, it is possible to extract large quantities of simple information very rapidly. By collapsing information found on thousands of pages of text into a visual overview, we can expose interesting, even beautiful patterns, and relationships that might otherwise get lost. Chris Harrison Chris Harrison, 23, views his information visualization work as the intersection between his art and computer science interests. He received his bachelors degree in computer science from New York University and is currently working towards his Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. Contact Information Chris Harrison 5000 Forbes Ave CMU, SCS, HCII, NSH 3508 Pittsburgh, PA 15213