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

Meeting 03. Th 4/14

  • Preliminaries, 15 min
    • Film by Len Lye: Colour Box, 1935, 5 min
    • Len Biobib, 2 min
    • Quiz #2, 5 min
    • Tour of our website
    • Results of HW #2
    • Example of an abstract in the Lascaux cave
    • The signs of Genevieve von Petzinger, poster
  • A. Prehistory of Abstract Animation (POSTPONED)
    • A1. Shaman Drums Slide Show (click anywhere to advance the slide)
      • Lapps
      • Siberians
    • A2. Kandinsky Slide Show (click anywhere to advance the slide)
      • First abstract watercolor
      • Drum paintings
  • B. Chaos Theory
  • C. Computer Programming
    • C1. NetLogo 4.1.2, your second model
    • C2. SFTP, setting up FilesZilla
    • D. Discussion

Homework
Revised 09 April 2011 by Ralph