The Institute For Figuring




	Membership registration is now available online Join IFF events e-mail list Corals and Ocean Acidification - LA Times NEWS FLASH: Year Of The Reef NEWS FLASH: IFF in Time Out NEWS FLASH: IFF in The Guardian NEWS FLASH: Bjork and the Crochet Reef // Current Exhibitions + events: Crochet Reef Showing in Los Angeles Jan 10 - Feb 21, 2009 Crochet Reef Workshops And Lectures See here for a complete schedule of upcoming workshops and lectures // IFF PUBLICATIONS Learn how to do Hyperbolic Crochet! Here's the book that shows you how: A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space The Institute's Inaugural book: The Figure That Stands Behind Figures Mosaics of the Mind by Robert Kaplan // RECENT EXHIBITionS The New York Reef and Chicago Reef on exhibition at SHOW gallery in Staten Island Sept 27 - Dec 20, 2008 UK Reef Tour Autumn 2008 Plastic Exploding Inevitable Reef Showing in San Francisco Sept 7 - Oct 3, 2008 Crochet Reef Showing in London June 11-August 17, 2008 Crochet Reef Showing in New York April 6 - May 18, 2008 The Hyperbolic Crochet Cactus Garden At the Wignal Museum - Chaffey College January 29 - March 1, 2008 The Logic Alphabet of Shea Zellweger The Museum of Jurassic Technology March 3, 2007 - December 31, 2008 // RECENT IFF EVENTS + NEWS IFF Director Margaret Wertheim Neuroscience Discussions at the LA Public Library October 2 + November 10, 2008 Crochet Reef Symposium at Southbank Center June 13, 2008 World Ocean Day June 8, 2008 //		Lectures + Events The Institute presents lectures and other events for a general audience. Each year’s lectures are focused on a specific theme, though non-theme talks are also interspersed. The theme for 2005 is Figuring Minds. The emphasis in all presentations is to actively engage the audience in hand-on exploration and thinking through logical and intellectual puzzles. [more]
			Online Exhibits The Institute creates online exhibits on selected themes inspired by our lectures. Exhibits provide further information on a given topic and include downloadable materials for further activities and exploration. [more]
			Publications The Institute publishes books and brochures related to the lectures and other topics of interest. In addition to reading matter, the Institute produces model kits and sundry other supplementary materials. [more]
			Exhibitions The Institute curates exhibits and exhibitions at various museums and galleries. We are building a permanent collection of models and documents that we plan to make available in the future. The Institute does not yet have a physical exhibition space of our own - but we are dreaming. [more]
			GALLERY The Institute hosts an online gallery featuring objects related to our lectures and other topics. Our first series of galleries shows an extensive collection of crochet hyperbolic models. Please email us your own models, which we will add to this exhibit. [more]
			HYPERBOLIC CROCHET CORAL REEF The Institute For Figuring is crocheting a coral reef: a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world. [more]