metabiosis

The evening “In rand() we trust” took place last Thursday, March 13th. It was a very interesting evening with great contributions by Adger Stokvisch, Arie Altena, Florian Cramer and Dave Griffiths. A big thanks to Sign and all guests for making it possible!

‘hello process’ lectures: in rand() we trust!
13 March 2008, 20.00 - 22.30
Sign, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen
Guests: Florian Cramer, Arie Altena, Adger Stokvisch, Aymeric Mansoux, and Marloes de Valk
During this evening we will be questioning the nature and purpose of generative art. With 4 lectures and an open talk, we investigate whether or not generative art is […]

Openlab Groningen
11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and 27 March 2008
between 14.00 and 18.00
Sign, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen
Costs: free!
Join us for 6 afternoon sessions of Openlab Groningen! The Openlab is a workspace equipped with 6 workstations running a wide variety of open source software for artists and designers. The goal of the lab is to kick start […]

Workshop ‘Hello Process’
5-6-7 March 2008
10:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 17:00
Sign, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen, NL
Costs: Free!
Chaos theory, finite state machines, randomness, entropy, non linear systems and non deterministic automata, l-systems, self-similar series, recursions and iterations. WTF? LOLZ

Some sites to look at during the workshop:
iteration and recursion in design: http://www.theverymany.net
l-systems: http://www.chriscoyne.com/wordpress
l-systems in architecture: http://www.mh-portfolio.com/L_Systems/lsi.html
fractals in design: http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/invaderfractal
particles: http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/bubblechamber/index.php
automata: http://www.solaas.com.ar/dreamlines/
alife: http://blog.metaphorical.net/page-plankton
chaos in crafts: http://www.generatorx.no/tag/chaos

Metabiosis will visit the sign gallery in Groningen (NL) from the 3rd of March til the 3rd of April 2008. The project we’ll be developing there is called hello process. We’ll be working on a new installation and are planning a series of public events in the gallery: a workshop on generative and algorithmic art, […]