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Chaos and the Science of Consciousness. Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory has been adapted to a nonlinear dynamical model by sociologist TR Young (Young, Paradigm) and others, and they have observed that “truth” is not absolute. In the realms of nuance between “facts” (Briggs/Peat p.194) are multiple fractal convolutions of truth that range in value between…
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Chaos in Art and Cultural Practice. Part 2: Embracing Chaos … Continued from Part 1 Chaos theory is the study of simple iterative formulae that produce complex, unpredictable results. In common usage the word “chaos” implies disorder or randomness but this sense it means an underlying, unpredictable order from which patterns emerge over time. Those…
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Chaos in Art and Cultural Practice Part 1: How Math Affects Art and Perception. For some it may be difficult to imagine how developments in mathematics have affected the evolution of the arts and the course of culture, let alone how they may change our own practice and how we contextualize our work. What does…