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<b>** PLEASE CIRCULATE ** ALL WELCOME **<br><br>
INTUITIVE GEOMETRY<br>
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<b>An LKL Maths-Art seminar by<br>
Daniel Piker<br>
Tuesday 9 December, 6.00 – 7.30pm<br><br>
</b>The language of symmetry allows us to describe not only the rotation
and translation of shapes in space, but also the shape of those
transformations themselves. Quite apart from whatever shapes are being
transformed, we can talk about rotation itself as a thing with a definite
form. The exploration of such dynamic forms can give us deep insights
about the nature of physical reality and they also have a startling
beauty all of their own.<br>
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These ideas stretch our everyday sense of space and shape, but spatial
intuition can be exercised through use and play. Engaging with the
geometry and topology of 2, 3 and even 4 dimensional spaces can enhance
the mental facility to manipulate imagined objects. Increasing spatial
ability in this way can open up thrilling new vistas and could be useful
for artists, architects, designers, sculptors or anyone who has to deal
with space in a creative way.<br>
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The talk will cover a range of topics from tensegrity to topological
torsion, chirality to complex numbers, quasicrystals to quaternions,
fluid flows to folding spaceframes, spinors to stereographic projection,
loxodromes to logarithmic spirals, Moebius transformations to minimal
surfaces, and Daniel's personal approach to the role of geometry in
architecture. All copiously illustrated with animations, models, toys and
puzzles.<br><br>
<i>Daniel Piker studied at the Architectural Association and has worked
for Arup's Advanced Geometry Unit (AGU). He has a particular fascination
with geometry and the nature of space which he explores through the
making of experimental structures, sculptural forms, toys and puzzles.You
can see more of his work at
</i><a href="http://spacesymmetrystructure.wordpress.com/">
http://spacesymmetrystructure.wordpress.com/</a><br><br>
TIME: 6.00 - 7.30pm, Tuesday 9 December 2008<br>
PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS<br>
[Travel information / Maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ]
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All welcome. No reservation required, but an email to
lkl.maths.art@gmail.com would be appreciated for planning
purposes<br><br>
<b>Next seminars</b>: December 12 at 2.30pm: Special seminar -
'Anamorphic art: A technical & demonstrations seminar'; January 13 at
6pm: Ernest Edmonds.<br><br>
<b>Visit the website and seminar archive:
<a href="http://www.lkl.ac.uk/events/maths-art" eudora="autourl">
http://www.lkl.ac.uk/events/maths-art</a> <br>
Join the email list for future seminar announcements:
<a href="http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/lkl-maths-art" eudora="autourl">
http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/lkl-maths-art</a> <br><br>
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Dr Phillip Kent<br>
London Knowledge Lab - Institute of Education<br>
23 - 29 Emerald St<br>
London WC1N 3QS<br>
p.kent@ioe.ac.uk <br>
tel 020 7763 2156 mobile 07950 952034<br>
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