UCSC: Porter 34B, Chaos, Fractals, and the Arts, Spring 2011

Meeting 01. Th 3/31

Overview

• Components of the course
  • A. Art History and prehistory of digital harmony (John Whitney)
  • B. Aesthetics of fractals and chaotic attractors
  • C. Agent based programming for the arts
• Student work (weekly assignments and term project)
  • A. Art history reading and writing
  • B. Chaos theory experiments
  • C. NetLogo programming
  • P. The term project

We Begin

• A.
  • The Big Picture
  • John Whitney Fireside Chat
• B. Frantisek Kupka intro
  • The stairway to chaos
  • The Ueda Attractor, 3D demo
  • The Ueda Attractor, 2D drawing
  • Kupka's Amorpha
• C. Installing NetLogo 4.1.2 and its Model Library (homework)