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IFF Directors Talks
IFF Directors Talks 2012
IFF Directors Talks 2011
IFF Directors Talks 2010
IFF Directors Talks 2009
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Previous IFF Lectures
THE MOSELY SNOWFLAKE SPONGE
Exhibition Opening and Fractal Unveiling
Doheny Library, University of Southern California
Thursday, September 20, 2012 @ 5–7pm
THE ART OF ITERATION
A Lecture by Ryan and Trevor Oakes
Sat. September 22, 2012 @ 6–8pm
MAKING SPACE
Theoretical and Practical Explorations of Space
@ Hayward Gallery, London
June 12–14, 2012
IFF Director Margaret Wertheim speaks at Art Center College of Design
June 22, 2011 @ 7pm
With Dr. Jerry Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Captain Charles Moore Talks About Plastic Trash
[IFF-L22] Saturday Jan 17, 2009
IFF Director Margaret Wertheim
Neuroscience Discussions at the LA Public Library
[IFF-L21] October 2 + November 10, 2008
Seeing Anew [IFF-L20]
A lecture by Trevor and Ryan Oakes
at Machine Project
Sunday, June 24 @ 7pm
The Logic Alphabet of Shea Zelleweger[IFF-L19]
A discussion with the IFF and Dr. Shea Zelleweger
at Foshay Masonic Lodge
Saturday, March 3 @ 5pm
Structural Considerations of the Business Card
Sponge[IFF-L17]
By Dr. Jeannine Mosely
Sunday, September 10 @ 8pm
The Insect Trilogy
@ Telic Arts Exchange
How Flies Fly [IFF-L14]
By Dr Michael Dickinson
The Ecology of a Termite's Gut [IFF-L15]
By Dr Jared Leadbetter
What is it Like to be a Spider? [IFF-L16]
By Dr Simon Pollard
Where the Wild Things Are 2:
A Talk About Knot Theory [IFF-L13]
By Ken Millett
at The Drawing Center in NY.
Where the Wild Things Are 2
by Ken Millett
at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Things That Think:
A hands-on history of physical computation devices.
by Nick Gessler [IFF-L12]
Where the Wild Things Are:
A Talk about Knot Theory
by Ken Millett [IFF-L11]
at The Foshay Masonic Lodge (Culver City)
Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane:
A conversation on non-euclidean geometry and feminine handicraft
by Dr. Daina Taimina and IFF Director Margaret Wertheim [IFF-L10]
Darwinism on a Desktop:
Sodaplay and the Evolution of a Digital World
by Ed Burton [IFF-L9]
The Logic Alphabet
by Christine Wertheim [IFF-L8]
Why Things Don't Fall Down
A Talk About Tensegrities
by Robert Connelly [IFF-L7]
Kindergarten:
The Art and Science of Child’s Play
By Norman Brosterman [IFF-L6]
Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane [IFF-L5]
A Talk by David Henderson and Daina Taimina
The Mathematics of Paper Folding [IFF-L4]
by Robert Lang
The Physics of Snowflakes [IFF-L3]
by Kenneth Libbrecht
Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane [IFF-L2]
by Daina Taimina and David Henderson
The Figure That Stands Behind Figures:
Mosaics Of The Mind [IFF-L1]
by Robert Kaplan
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Previous Events
Crochet Hyperbolic Workshop
Proteus Gowanus gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hyperbolic Crochet Workshop:
a celebration of feminine handicraft and higher geometry and a homage to
the disappearing wonder of coral reefs.
at The Institute For Figuring – Special Collections
KnitOne-PurlOne:
A workshop on crocheting the hyperbolic plane.
at the Velaslavasay Panorama in
Los Angeles.
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Director Margaret Wertheim explains different types of geometries in the IFF's Maths Play Tank at Art Center College of Design's Williamson Gallery.
Assembling the Mosely Snowflake Sponge at the USC Libraries. Dr. Jeannine Mosely explains the intricacies of the sponge's internal anatomy to USC Library Communications Director Tyson Gaskill.
Plastic Bag Crochet Workshop held at Track 16, Los Angeles. |
