UCSC: Porter 34B, Chaos, Fractals, and the Arts, Spring 2014, Meetings

Meetings: Thursdays 10:00 -- 11:30 am, Porter C-118

01. Th 4/10 Website #01
A. Paleolithic geometry
B. Stairway, attractors-basins-separatrices, 1D examples
--- Logistic family/scheme, bifurcations, response diagrams (NetLogo demos)
C. Download NetLogo, install, model library, user manual, video tutorials (as homework)
02. Th 4/17 Website #02
A. Jung and Pollack
B. 2D examples, Dorband family, bifurcations, response diagram (movie)
C. Patch patterns and turtle drawings
03. T 4/24 Website #03
A. Fractal measures and aesthetics
B, Fractal dimension and Jackson Pollack
C. NetLogo code: examine play-image and play-movie models
04. Th 5/01 Website #04
A. JONATHAN HOEFS (guest lecture on active listening)
Title: Musicking, Interactivity, and Complex Dynamical Systems
Abstract: Jonathan's work engages interactivity and complex dynamical systems to reveal the possibility of awareness completely liberated from the tyranny of the pre-conceived - truly free. It does so through groups of people, software, traditional classical ensembles, interactive digital systems, meditative states, psychadelica, group playshopping and inquiry, etc. It seeks to reveal that which was hidden - to unveil the beautiful possibilities that are already here in new, exciting, and dynamic ways that bring them alive for everyone to experience, whether it's through musicking, games and other group activities, or through the medium of consciousness itself - discover more at Freshears.org
05. Th 5/08 Website #05
ALTERNATE LOCATION (joint with abstract painting course)
Baskin Visual Arts, D-101 (Art Seminar Room)
A. LARRY CUBA (guest lecture on abstract animation)
06. Th 5/15 Website #06
Midterm, aka Quiz #2
A. Shamanic vs Jungian cosmology: Chaos, Creativity, and Consciousness
B. (none)
C. Creating a new chaotic image
07. Th 5/22 (no webpage)
ALTERNATE LOCATION (joint with abstract painting course)
Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center, D-101 (Art Seminar Room)
A. FRANK GALUSZKA (guest lecture on cybernetics)
Project proposal due
08. Th 5/29 (no webpage)
A. LARRY POLANSKY (guest lecture on musical composition)
09. Th 6/05 Website #09
FINAL: M 6/09, 8-11 am
Revised 06 June 2014 by Ralph