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= Meandering Curves =
= Meandering Curves =


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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
[[File:meander-construction-stuebel.jpg|400px|thumb|left|[https://archive.org/stream/mhaanderkreuze00heinrich#page/13/mode/1up Meander Construction] by Symmetry Breaking (Stübel)]]
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=== About ===
=== About ===
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* Basic understanding of generative coding
* Basic understanding of generative coding
* Basic understanding of self organisation
* Basic understanding of self organisation
=== Inspiration ===
==== Nature ====
* Harold Fisk: [http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?fisk Mississippi Maps] (1944)
* Daniel E. Coe: [http://www.oregongeology.org/pubs/ll/p-poster-willamette.htm Willamette River, Oregon] (2013)
==== Culture ====
* Alois Raimund Hain: [https://archive.org/details/mhaanderkreuze00heinrich Mäander, Kreuze, Hakenkreuze] (1852)
* Owen Jones: [https://archive.org/stream/grammarornament00Jone#page/XV/mode/1up The Grammar of Ornament ] (1856)
* koFactorLab: [http://lab.kofaktor.hr/en/portfolio/super-flexible-laser-cut-plywood/ Super-Flexible Laser-Cut Plywood] (2015)
==== Art ====
* Anni Albers: [http://www.albersfoundation.org/art/anni-albers/weavings/#slide2 Red Meander] (1954)
* Anni Albers: [http://www.albersfoundation.org/art/anni-albers/weavings/#slide7 Intersecting] (1962)
* Anni Albers: [http://www.albersfoundation.org/art/anni-albers/weavings/#slide5 Under Way] (1963)
* Wilson Thomas: [http://luc.devroye.org/WilsonThomas--Tramarada--2011.png Tramarada Font] (2011)


=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===
==== Meanders ====
==== Meanders ====
* Hans-Henrik  Stølum: [http://raaf.org/pdfs/meandering_river.pdf River Meandering as a Self-Organization Process] (1996)
* Hans-Henrik  Stølum: [http://raaf.org/pdfs/meandering_river.pdf River Meandering as a Self-Organization Process] (1996)
* Jeffrey Ventrella: [https://archive.org/details/BrainfillingCurves-AFractalBestiary Brain-filling Curves: A fractal Bestiary] (2012)
* Jeffrey Ventrella: [https://archive.org/details/BrainfillingCurves-AFractalBestiary Brain-filling Curves: A fractal Bestiary] (2012)
* Jenny Sabin: [http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/05726862 Meander: Variegating Architecture] (2010) — ISBN 978-0415424271


==== Lines ====
==== Lines ====
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* Casey Reas: [http://10print.org/ 10 PRINT] (2012)  — ISBN 978-0819426529 or [http://trope-tank.mit.edu/10_PRINT_121114.pdf PDF]
* Casey Reas: [http://10print.org/ 10 PRINT] (2012)  — ISBN 978-0819426529 or [http://trope-tank.mit.edu/10_PRINT_121114.pdf PDF]


==== Science ====
* E.Gail Hutchinson and Janet M.Thornton: [http://peds.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/3/233.full.pdf The  Greek  key motif: extraction,  classification  and  analysis] (1993)
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== Collaborative Drawing ==
== Collaborative Drawing ==
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=== About ===
In this lecture we will draw curves using everything from paper to online tools.
=== Goals ===
* Learn about algorithms
* Learn about constraints
* Design your own algorithm
=== Sol Lewitt ===
Sol Lewitt's [http://www.thegundgallery.org/2013/07/sol-lewitt/ Walldrawing] from the Do It Exhibition (2001):
:''A black not straight line is drawn at approximately the center of the wall horizontally from side to side.''
:''Alternate red, yellow and blue lines are drawn above and below the black line to the top and bottom of the wall''
More walldrawings in this [http://massmoca.org/sol-lewitt/ retrospective].
=== Conditional Design ===
* Studio Moniker: [https://conditionaldesign.org Conditional Design Website]
* Studio Moniker: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn4FE3b8DQ Conditional Design Workshop] (2013)
* Studio Moniker: [https://vimeo.com/channels/gdfbtv/12260671 Conditional Design Keynote] (2015)
=== Hypercomics ===
* Ted Nelson: [https://www.google.de/#q=computer+lib+dream+machines Computer Lib / Dream Machines] (1974) feat. [https://twitter.com/bitcraftlab/status/773977855604719616 Hypercomics]
* Scott McCloud: [http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/canvas/ Infinite Canvas] (2009)
=== Collaborative Canvas ===
* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Exquisite Corpse|Exquisite Corpse]]
* Hannes Niepold und Hans Wastlhuber: [http://www.cointel.de/index1.html cOiNTEL] (2000) — a collaborative hypercomic
* Ralph Schulz: [http://www.superfreedraw.com Super Free Draw] (2010)
* Xavier Barrade: [http://www.epicexquisitecorpse.com/ Epic Exquisite Corpse] (2011)
* Aaron Koblin: [http://www.exquisiteforest.com/ This Exquisite Forest] (2012)
* Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson: [http://www.moonmoonmoonmoon.com/ Moon] (2013)
=== Connection Games ===
* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Hex_(board_game)|Hex Board Game]]
* Cameron Browne: ''Connection Games: Variations on a Theme'' (2003) — ISBN 978-1568812243
* John Conway: ''Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays'' (1982) — [https://lhwei.gbv.de/FAM?PPN=031635741 Gewinnen: Strategien für mathematische Spiele]
=== Tiling Systems ===
* Dominique Douat: [https://github.com/bitcraftlab/10PRINT/raw/master/lit/douat.pdf Méthode pour faire une infinité de desseins differens] (1722)
* Keith Haring: [https://twitter.com/bitcraftlab/status/697814780753616897 Drawings for Multiple Figures from 8 Seperate Tiles] (1982)
* BoardGame Geek: [https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/54579/games-inspired-truchet-tiles Games inspired by Truchet Tiles]
=== Reading Lists ===
* [http://www.flong.com/blog/2014/computing-without-computers/ Computing without Computers]
* [https://socialmediacollective.org/reading-lists/critical-algorithm-studies/ Critical Algorithm Studies Reading List]
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== Random Walks ==
== Random Walks ==
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[[File:john-venn-pi-walk.png|400px|thumb|left|John Venn [https://archive.org/stream/logicofchance029416mbp#page/n153/mode/1up The Logic of Chance] (1888) ]]
 
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=== About ===
In this class we will learn how to use randomness to create curves.
 
=== Goals ===
* Learn to use and create functions in processing
* Basics of determinism, randomness and pseudo-randomness
* Learn about random distributions
* Learn about noise functions
 
=== Code ===
* Connect Random Points<br>
[https://codepen.io/bitcraftlab/details/mOyayr/ https://codepen.io/bitcraftlab/pen/mOyayr/image/small.png]
* Random Walk <br>
[https://codepen.io/bitcraftlab/details/woBNxV/ https://codepen.io/bitcraftlab/pen/woBNxV/image/small.png]
* Nature of Code : [http://natureofcode.com/book/introduction/ Introduction] to Randomness  by Daniel Shiffman
** Random Walk Tutorial — [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_01_RandomWalkTraditional/index.html Preview] + [https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_01_RandomWalkTraditional/sketch.js Code]
**  Random Distribution — [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_02_RandomDistribution/index.html Preview] +  [https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_02_RandomDistribution/sketch.js Code]
** Random Walk tends to the right — [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_03_RandomWalkTendsToRight/index.html Preview] + [https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_03_RandomWalkTendsToRight/sketch.js Code]
** Gaussian Distribution — [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_04_Gaussian/index.html Preview] + [https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_04_Gaussian/sketch.js Code]
** Noise Walk  — [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/NOC_I_05_NoiseWalk/index.html Preview] + [https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/tree/master/introduction/NOC_I_05_NoiseWalk/sketch.js Code]
** 1 dimensional noise — [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/Noise1D/index.html Preview] + [https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code-Examples-p5.js/blob/master/introduction/Noise1D/sketch.js Code]
 
=== Links ===
* [http://walks.carma.newcastle.edu.au/ Walking on Real Numbers]
* [http://www.random-walk.com/ Visualizing Randomness] (Anti-Dataviz)
 
==== Art ====
* [http://cyberneticzoo.com/mazesolvers/1952-%E2%80%93-theseus-maze-solving-mouse-%E2%80%93-claude-shannon-american/ Claude Shannon's Theseus] in [https://books.google.de/books?id=3VUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 in Live Magazine] and [http://cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Shannon-Maze-PopSci_Mar19521.pdf Popular Science]
* [https://www.flickr.com/groups/roomba/pool/ Roomba Art Pool] on Flickr
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sergioalbiac/albums/72157625497147722 Drawn not Void] by Sergio Albiac (2010)
 
==== Science ====
* [http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/home/robotic-vacuum.htm/printable How Robotic Vacuums work]

Latest revision as of 11:02, 7 November 2016

Meandering Curves

Introduction

Meander Construction by Symmetry Breaking (Stübel)


About

This lecture provides an overview of the course and meanders through space and time.

Goals

  • Overview of the course
  • History of meanders in nature and design
  • Basic understanding of generative coding
  • Basic understanding of self organisation

Inspiration

Nature

Culture

Art

Literature

Meanders

Lines

Labyrinths and Mazes

Science

Collaborative Drawing

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Studio Moniker: Conditional Design Workshop


About

In this lecture we will draw curves using everything from paper to online tools.

Goals

  • Learn about algorithms
  • Learn about constraints
  • Design your own algorithm

Sol Lewitt

Sol Lewitt's Walldrawing from the Do It Exhibition (2001):

A black not straight line is drawn at approximately the center of the wall horizontally from side to side.
Alternate red, yellow and blue lines are drawn above and below the black line to the top and bottom of the wall

More walldrawings in this retrospective.

Conditional Design

Hypercomics

Collaborative Canvas

Connection Games

Tiling Systems

Reading Lists

Random Walks

John Venn The Logic of Chance (1888)


About

In this class we will learn how to use randomness to create curves.

Goals

  • Learn to use and create functions in processing
  • Basics of determinism, randomness and pseudo-randomness
  • Learn about random distributions
  • Learn about noise functions

Code

  • Connect Random Points

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  • Random Walk

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Links

Art

Science

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