EMERGENT PATTERNS: IN NATURE, SCIENCE AND ART

Saturday March 24 & Sunday March 25, 10am – 5pm
$180 / $120 for students and unwaged (light lunch included)
Only 12 spaces available!
Register here: http://subtletechnologies.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=60afcd5...

As part of our Expedition Series of workshops, Subtle Technologies is
excited to be presenting this workshop with award winning
physicist Stephen Morris at the University of Toronto.

This workshop explores the fascinating world of Nonlinear Physics as it
relates to Pattern Formation. Stephen Morris's research lab investigates
examples of emergent, self-organized structures that occur in Nature.
The workshop will look at the driving forces behind such patterns as ripples
on blown sand, crack patterns in dried mud, spirals in oscillatory chemical
reactions and ripples in icicles. The workshop will also introduce
participants to the equipment and techniques used in the lab.

Robert Deegan from the University of Michigan will be a special guest in
the workshop and will discuss his research into pattern formation from
exploding seed pods to the bizarre nonlinear physics of vibrating
cornstarch.

Participants taking this workshop will have a new appreciation for the
patterns of nature and the mechanisms which drive these formations. This
workshop will be of special interest to artists, designers and
architects; however it is accessible to all those who are curious about the
art of natural phenomena. Join us for this very engaging and thought
provoking weekend.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it
because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If
nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were
not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.- Henri Poincaré

REGISTRATION STILL OPEN FOR INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Co-presented by OCAD and Subtle Technologies

Saturdays, March 3 to April 7, 2012. 1pm – 4pm.
$350 + HST

This 6 week course aimed particularly at artists will introduce students to
a wide range of open source software. Open source applications provide high
quality, reliable and flexible tools that are free or at a low cost to use.

For more information and to register please visit: Continuing Education
at OCAD:
http://subtletechnologies.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=60afcd5...