Abstract

Twitter Gospels. An artwork using the tweets about the Lindisfarne Gospels in Durham.
A ‘Twitter feed’ has been used to capture contemporary responses and thoughts about the Gospel text, in the form of ‘tweets’ written in response to each chapter and verse over the course of a single day. The data is translated into a computationally generated ‘illumination’ of the Gospels, which visually combines the biblical text with tweeted responses and comments. The result is a unique, visual representation of the Gospels in the light of online social engagement.