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Patterns in nature, patterns in life, patterns in you, and patterns in us.
Are you seeing a pattern?
or watch it high rez, 60mbs.
Hive explores the relationship from the individual to the collective. At what point does one end and the other begin? You're made up of trillions of cells, and society is made up of billions of you. How can we use the patterns we see below us, to infer understanding on the levels above?
This concept could be called "Fractal Understanding". Using the self-similarity in the universe to help us project what we can understand onto what we cannot.
The film walks through many layers from dna, to cells, to organisms, to the larger super-organisms that it can
Still from the film
Still from the film
close-up of cellular comparison to cities
close-up of individual vs. collective
close-up of individual vs. collective
close-up of collective intelligence
For more on the project, head over to The Movement.
Are you seeing a pattern?
or watch it high rez, 60mbs.
Hive explores the relationship from the individual to the collective. At what point does one end and the other begin? You're made up of trillions of cells, and society is made up of billions of you. How can we use the patterns we see below us, to infer understanding on the levels above?
This concept could be called "Fractal Understanding". Using the self-similarity in the universe to help us project what we can understand onto what we cannot.
The film walks through many layers from dna, to cells, to organisms, to the larger super-organisms that it can
For more on the project, head over to The Movement.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 Permanent link
Categories: fractals, flocking, super-organisms, film, science, art, collective intelligence, cells, society
Categories: fractals, flocking, super-organisms, film, science, art, collective intelligence, cells, society
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