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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]
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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]