The Distant Viewing Lab uses and develops computational techniques to analyze visual culture on a large scale. We develop tools, methods, and datasets that can be re-used by other researchers. The lab engages closely with critical cultural and data studies, aiming to make explicit the interpretive act of algorithmic logic. The Lab is directed by Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton.
The lab and its projects have received generous funding from the National Endowement for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and the University of Richmond.
