All of things in life can be presented by data. Data is something that used to understand and explain everything in the world. Whether it is in the natural sciences, economic, social and other fields, data has shown the status of all things from past to present. Through these data people resolve the past and predict the future. From human beings to human civilization, people use the invention to present many types of data in visualization, such as charts, images... etc. In recent years, data has been presented by many of art installations. It shows that people began to use a variety of ways to understand data, and the data affects our lives along with the evolution of the times. This thesis, "Data Reification in Interactive Internet Art " attempts to explore the data presented in reification and the possibilities in data reification.

This thesis will present “UV Light Meals in Seven Days” and “The Power of PM”, that are two of graduate art works explaining and discussing the production of the topic. “UV Light Meals in Seven Days” shows data of UV light in a variety ways. The work shows with interactive installation, data-visualized graphs and documentary film of action performances. The interactive installation can be used to transform data of UV light into toaster’s energy to make toast, and the documentary film shows the process of two performers use the installation to make toast and eat those seven days. This work try to transform the data of UV Light, have data more tangible, and convey the feeling of uncomfortable about UV Light. “The Power of PM” shows the power of particular materials in life. This work incorporates the physical effect of domino chain reaction. It presents ten rectangular boxes form a domino structure. The smaller domino can pull down others which are bigger than itself and this effect will continue to ripple through the enlarged. The work presents a huge influence on the small things.

In this thesis, through these two works, I tried to explore the possibility of developing data reification in internet art. I hope to explore the data presented living thing around and to let people can feel more about the data and understand the data. In addition to all things have a deeper understanding, but also be able to appreciate all our influence and importance. Moreover, this thesis has stimulated people to start thinking about life or to change their behavior.