Werkmodul/Fachmodul
Lecturer: Martin Schneider
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Block-Workshops
Venue: Marienstraße 7b, Room 204
First meeting: 2013-11-29
Beschreibung
Dieser Kurs setzt sich mit verschiedenen Formen der Selbst-Organisation auseinander.
Das geschieht in Form von Übungen und Experimenten mit der Programmiersprache Processing.
Die drei Themengebiete sind:
- Muster-Bildung (Zelluläre Automaten und Turing Patterns)
- Dynamische Selbst-Organisation (Swarm-Art)
- Selbst-Konfiguration (Geometrische Physik und Chemie)
Description
This course tackles several forms of self-organisation.
The subject is approached via exercises and experiments in the Processing programming language.
The three subject areas are:
- Pattern Formation (Cellular Automata and Turing Patterns)
- Dynamic Self-Organisation (Swarm-Art)
- Self-Assembly (Geometric Physics and Chemistry)
Language
The course will be in English, unless all participants are speaking German.
Leistungsnachweis
- Regular and active participation in all three workshop blocks.
- Working on subtasks and presenting them with documentation on the wiki and on OpenProcessing
- Autonomous preparation of the course involving self-study of the relevant skills (such as programming in Processing)
- Final Assignment: Individual exploration of self-organisation with documentation on the wiki
Application
Please sign up on the official list at the secretary with Daniela Dembowski.
All applicants are encouraged, to send an email
To: Martin Schneider
Subject: Self-Organisation by Design /// Application
Please provide a short answer to the questions below:
- What's your programming expertise? (Programming languages, generative works, projects ...)
- What do you already know about self-organisation (Books you read, related courses you took)
- What kind of computational processes are you most interested in? (Cellular Automata, Swarm Systems ...)
- What kind of patterns in nature would you like to learn more about?
Syllabus
This is an outline of the syllabus.
The dates are fixed, but details of the course may be subject to change.
| Block | Date | Day | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computational Systems | 29.11.2013 | Fri | Cellular Automata |
| 30.11.1013 | Sat | Particle Systems | |
| 01.12.2013 | Sun | Vector Fields | |
| Geometric Systems | 06.12.2013 | Fri | Swarm Art |
| 07.12.1013 | Sat | Geometric Physics | |
| 08.12.2013 | Sun | Geometric Chemistry | |
| Natural Systems | 13.12.2013 | Fri | Patterns in Nature 1 |
| 14.12.1013 | Sat | Patterns in Nature 2 | |
| 15.12.2013 | Sun | Patterns in Nature 3 |
Links
Virtual Classroom
Open Processing is a website for learning Processing and sharing sketches.
The virtual classroom "Self-Organisation by Design" will be
used extensively both during the course, and to publish your assignments.
Inspiration
Below is a list of resources provided by scientists, artists and designers, that rely heavily on nature inspired self-organisation in their work.
Self-Organisation Collection
Martin Schneider has created four collections of Processing sketches to give you an impression what self-organisation in software can look like.
The Nature of Code
Daniel Shiffman has published a Processing book on Natural Systems, that is available online.
Some chapters are quite relevant to the kind
of systems we are going to explore in our course.
Inspired by the Nature of Code, Diana Lange did her own explorations of Natural
Systems.
Her works are an excellent example of what you can achieve with Processing given the right combination
of artistic and programming skills, dedication to the subject and a good eye for visual detail.
Nervous System
Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Eisenberg are making use of self-organisation to generate 2D and 3D printable forms.
Their work relies on scientific models of growth, such as Diffusion Limited Aggregation and Laplacian Growth which we will explore in our course.
- Nervous System on Flickr
- Generative Jigsaw Puzzles
- Multiphase Numerical Modeling of Dendritic Solidification for Jigsaw Puzzle Generation
Jonathan McCabe
Jonathan McCabe is a scientist who uses self-organisation to create art.
His works are visually stunning and unique, and the code behind them is a well-kept secret.
However the open source community has managed to recreate some of his algorithms in Processing.
We will study those algorithms and explore the kind of patterns they can create.