“Parse” at Axiom (141 Green Street, Jamaica Plain, through May 10) rounds up six artists “visualizing data that makes us human.” Jason Salavon layers Google-image-search results (!), but his work is more affecting than Gould’s because his subjects (newlyweds, kids with Santa) tap our collective memories. Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg present posters charting surveys of where people like to be touched on their bodies or like to touch others. The answer — surprise, surprise — is genitals. More unexpected is a poster charting which body parts turn up most frequently in various music genres. Eyes win most categories. Hip-hop — you guessed it — prefers the booty. But how come hands are favored in blues and gospel?
BOSTON CYBERARTS FESTIVAL | Numerous locations in Greater Boston | Through May 10 | www.bostoncyberarts.org
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