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Emergence

93 points by ghosh 10y ago

framebit 10y ago
Beautiful, thoughtful. I love seeing the intersection of science and art through such a talented artist!
sandebert 10y ago
Max also did a very nice Essential Mix for BBC two years ago. (The mix also introduced me to Niels Frahm, which I found very enjoyable. Check out his album Spaces if you don't know where to start.) https://m.mixcloud.com/livesetsdjmixes/max-cooper-essential-mix-sat-02-28-2015/ https://m.mixcloud.com/livesetsdjmixes/max-cooper-essential-...
- makmanalp 10y ago
  Nils Frahm's "Less" remains one of my favourite examples of minimal music. So many small details. I won't ruin it, but if you like the song you should google how he got that sound.
  - sandebert 10y ago
    Thanks, I'll check it out!
khana 10y ago
Quite impressive.
kipple 10y ago
I always love seeing anything following the philosophy of emergence[0], I think the "composition of simple rules leading to organic unpredictable complexity" is a powerful metaphor that can help understand nearly any natural phenomena. It's exciting to see the increasing emergence of this idea (see what I did there) in modern science & industry, such as in MIT's Mediated Matter lab[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence [1] http://matter.media.mit.edu/tools http://matter.media.mit.edu/tools
leafpile 10y ago
None of the "View More" links work in Firefox. Event handlers should use the events passed to them, not window.event. Quick fix in the console: window.event = {preventDefault:()=>{}}
- henrygibson 10y ago
  Fixed - thanks for the support :)
lobster_johnson 10y ago
My favourite among the vidoes is "Adaptation", for the song "Order From Chaos", created by French VFX artist Maxime Causeret: https://vimeo.com/196269431 https://vimeo.com/196269431
makmanalp 10y ago
So it looks like almost all of them are videos, but only some of them look vimeo-playable. Does anyone know why, or where to get the full thing? This is gorgeous. It's the thing of thing I want to shove in people's faces when I see unimaginative things like the umpteenth golden ratio overlay on nature or a basic and extremely pixellated rendering of the julia fractal.
- j2kun 10y ago
  What about this is more imaginative and deep than something like a fractal? If anything these videos seem more hokey to me in that they are implying a deep connection between the mathematical model and reality (where there might be none, or just an artistic interpretation/expression) whereas fractal lovers like fractals for their own intrinsic beauty. I'm not saying that artistic expression is bad, but if you "shoved" this in the face of someone who was interested in the math of fractals, they'd rightfully say this is mathematically gibberish. I agree that the golden ration nonsense is worthless.
  - j2kun 10y ago
    I guess, the point of a fractal is not to be imaginative, but in that the object itself is interesting. If you're saying people's unimaginative renderings of fractals are dumb, I'd be inclined to agree, but I don't think there are necessarily "good" renderings of fractals either, or that the bar for such hasn't, in my opinion, been met.
    - jbpetersen 10y ago
      I think demoscene has met my bar for "good" rendering of fractals. Hopefully worth a quick search for anyone not already familiar with that corner of esoteric programming.
    - marssaxman 10y ago
      There are a good many fractal renderings which meet the bar as far as my taste is concerned. Have you seen any of the videos by Julius Horsthuis, for example? https://vimeo.com/juliushorsthuis https://vimeo.com/juliushorsthuis
cimi_ 10y ago
I was lucky enough to see the show live in London in the beginning of December. It was stunning, one of the most beautiful blends between music and visuals that I've ever seen. I really hope Max will release the entire thing on DVD, I would buy it in a heartbeat for all my friends. He has a few shows coming up in Europe, if you guys are nearby you won't regret it. He has the first third of the show up on his Facebook page (it was broadcast live and Facebook keeps the videos). Sadly I can't find how to share the URL.
- ArekDymalski 10y ago
  There are some here: https://www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax/videos/10155585907773636 https://www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax/videos/101555859077736...
edem 10y ago
Does this have anything to do with Dwarf Fortress?

93 points by ghosh 10y ago

Beautiful, thoughtful. I love seeing the intersection of science and art through such a talented artist!

Max also did a very nice Essential Mix for BBC two years ago. (The mix also introduced me to Niels Frahm, which I found very enjoyable. Check out his album Spaces if you don't know where to start.) https://m.mixcloud.com/livesetsdjmixes/max-cooper-essential-mix-sat-02-28-2015/ https://m.mixcloud.com/livesetsdjmixes/max-cooper-essential-...

makmanalp 10y ago
Nils Frahm's "Less" remains one of my favourite examples of minimal music. So many small details. I won't ruin it, but if you like the song you should google how he got that sound.
- sandebert 10y ago
  Thanks, I'll check it out!

khana 10y ago

Quite impressive.

kipple 10y ago

I always love seeing anything following the philosophy of emergence[0], I think the "composition of simple rules leading to organic unpredictable complexity" is a powerful metaphor that can help understand nearly any natural phenomena. It's exciting to see the increasing emergence of this idea (see what I did there) in modern science & industry, such as in MIT's Mediated Matter lab[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence [1] http://matter.media.mit.edu/tools http://matter.media.mit.edu/tools

leafpile 10y ago

None of the "View More" links work in Firefox. Event handlers should use the events passed to them, not window.event. Quick fix in the console: window.event = {preventDefault:()=>{}}

henrygibson 10y ago
Fixed - thanks for the support :)

lobster_johnson 10y ago

My favourite among the vidoes is "Adaptation", for the song "Order From Chaos", created by French VFX artist Maxime Causeret: https://vimeo.com/196269431 https://vimeo.com/196269431

makmanalp 10y ago

So it looks like almost all of them are videos, but only some of them look vimeo-playable. Does anyone know why, or where to get the full thing? This is gorgeous. It's the thing of thing I want to shove in people's faces when I see unimaginative things like the umpteenth golden ratio overlay on nature or a basic and extremely pixellated rendering of the julia fractal.

j2kun 10y ago
What about this is more imaginative and deep than something like a fractal? If anything these videos seem more hokey to me in that they are implying a deep connection between the mathematical model and reality (where there might be none, or just an artistic interpretation/expression) whereas fractal lovers like fractals for their own intrinsic beauty. I'm not saying that artistic expression is bad, but if you "shoved" this in the face of someone who was interested in the math of fractals, they'd rightfully say this is mathematically gibberish. I agree that the golden ration nonsense is worthless.
- j2kun 10y ago
  I guess, the point of a fractal is not to be imaginative, but in that the object itself is interesting. If you're saying people's unimaginative renderings of fractals are dumb, I'd be inclined to agree, but I don't think there are necessarily "good" renderings of fractals either, or that the bar for such hasn't, in my opinion, been met.
  - jbpetersen 10y ago
    I think demoscene has met my bar for "good" rendering of fractals. Hopefully worth a quick search for anyone not already familiar with that corner of esoteric programming.
  - marssaxman 10y ago
    There are a good many fractal renderings which meet the bar as far as my taste is concerned. Have you seen any of the videos by Julius Horsthuis, for example? https://vimeo.com/juliushorsthuis https://vimeo.com/juliushorsthuis

cimi_ 10y ago

I was lucky enough to see the show live in London in the beginning of December. It was stunning, one of the most beautiful blends between music and visuals that I've ever seen. I really hope Max will release the entire thing on DVD, I would buy it in a heartbeat for all my friends. He has a few shows coming up in Europe, if you guys are nearby you won't regret it. He has the first third of the show up on his Facebook page (it was broadcast live and Facebook keeps the videos). Sadly I can't find how to share the URL.

ArekDymalski 10y ago
There are some here: https://www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax/videos/10155585907773636 https://www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax/videos/101555859077736...

edem 10y ago

Does this have anything to do with Dwarf Fortress?