New York composer, performer and video artist R. Luke DuBois explores the concept of time and space by creating works of art that are reflective of current popular culture with the help of algorithmic and procedural methods. In Hindsight is Always 20/20, DuBois generated a graphical exploration of every State of the Union address ever held, organizing the most frequently used words into a Snellen eye chart. Through computation, the more often used words appear at the top in a larger typeface and the less often used at the bottom. Brilliantly, these charts not only highlight the unique vocabulary of each presidency, but allow us to reflect upon their contemporary context. In a way, DuBois is making us take a retrospective, visual acuity test- Did I mention brilliant?

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