Manipulated Light

I took 2C-I yesterday

it went somewhat like this :









These images are also created through video feedback ( sorry that this blog is just always more of the same ). This time, the maps are of the form a/z+c ( or combination thereof )

Mon, Mar 31, 2008  Permanent link

Light, Self Reflection, Fractal Symmetry

These images were produced via video feedback ( a camera pointed back at the screen ) under logarithmic maps.










Snapshots of the raw video feed :

Thu, Mar 27, 2008  Permanent link

Video Feedback

Wed, Mar 26, 2008  Permanent link

Looking at the back of your eyelids, what do you see ?

( cellular automata under a logarithmic map )

Sun, Mar 16, 2008  Permanent link

Iterated Conformal Maps (III)

Thu, Feb 28, 2008  Permanent link

Iterated Conformal Maps (II)

Tue, Feb 26, 2008  Permanent link

Diffusion ( circular bound )

Wed, Feb 20, 2008  Permanent link

Diffusion

This started several hours ago as a computational biology homework assignment to model stem cell diffusion and proliferation. Turning the cells into elastic threads produced these results. The leading edge of the thread undergoes a random walk while the remainder of the thread exponentially decays toward the lead position. There are some more images here.

Tue, Feb 19, 2008  Permanent link

Question

I am curious, how many contributors at SpaceCollective are associated with research into neuroscience, artificial intelligence, or emergent complexity ? I see many new media artists and architects ( the art here is beautiful ), and I see much discussion of the future of scientific progress. What fraction of SpaceCollective comes from the scientific community ?



Am I correct in thinking that the focus of this community is discussion of the metaphysical and cultural implications of technology and possible futures? How committed is this group to maintaining a rational and scientific approach ? How conservative should I be with my speculations into the nature of consciousness and reality when writing to this community ?

Sun, Feb 10, 2008  Permanent link

Recycled Thought

Thought is information, and experience of information is nothing more than the existence of that information. Consciousness is a mathematical entity, to speak roughly. It has been implemented in life by chance, for the advantages is confers. Self awareness is by definition recursive, and arises directly from the recursive nature of the system : the mind implemented in the brain. Given a system designed to process information ( from environment to action), the creation of feedback on the system ( in primitive systems, physical action feeds back to sensory perception ) automatically, essentially must create consciousness, to varying degrees of complexity. I no longer believe that there is a strict threshold for emergent complexity, consciousness occurs on a continuum.

Thu, Feb 7, 2008  Permanent link