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SUMMARY:Art\, outreach\, and pattern formation - Stephen Morris (Universit
 y of Toronto)
DTSTART:20171129T102000Z
DTEND:20171129T110000Z
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DESCRIPTION:For the past several years\, I have been experimenting with th
 e boundary between art and science.  I have repurposed my scientific image
 s of pattern formation experiments and pattern-forming natural phenomena b
 y presenting them as art. I have exhibiting images and videos in art galle
 ries and juried art shows. I have brought artists into my research lab for
  several hands-on workshops. I am the co-organizer of the "ArtSci Salon"\,
  an evening meet-up group at the Fields Institute of Mathematical Science 
 in Toronto.  I have released a trove of icicle shape data for free use und
 er the Creative Commons. I have collaborated with sound artists and compos
 ers to use pattern formation images and videos as input to their creative 
 processes.  All these activities can be viewed equally as art-making or as
  scientific outreach.  The scientific field of pattern formation has devel
 oped a distinct aesthetic sensibility\, informed by mathematics and physic
 s\, but  inherently visual and dynamic. This aesthetic is an essential mot
 ivation for this work.  This talk will describe my experiences in this "ap
 plication" of pattern formation to making\, exhibiting and discussing art.
  My experience shows that unmodified scientific images can be well receive
 d as art and generate wide-ranging conversations across traditionally sepa
 rate disciplines. The art world offers an interesting venue for science ou
 treach activities\, as well as being a lot of fun to explore. <span> The A
 rtSci Salon:  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://artscisalon.c
 om">http://artscisalon.com</a><br> The Icicle Atlas:  <a target="_blank" r
 el="nofollow" href="https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/Icicle_Atlas/">https:/
 /www.physics.utoronto.ca/Icicle_Atlas/</a><br> Flickr stream: <a target="_
 blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nonlin/albums">h
 ttps://www.flickr.com/photos/nonlin/albums</a></span>
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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