with Santiago Ortiz, July 3rd 2008
Interaction among elements is the essential force that gives rise to emergence. Fractals, dynamic systems, and the idea of complexity prove that agents that interact on the basis of simple rules can lead to complex and unforeseen results. Paradoxically, chaos reveals a kind of order, and theories suggest that meanings and coherences emerge from the confusion of an apparently disordered and diffuse world.
Also watch the lectures Emergence and Cybernetics, Emergence and Aesthetics and Emergence and Creativity.
Santiago Ortiz is an artist, mathematician and researcher in the areas of art, science and fields of representation. He works with techniques of communication, creation and expression that combine narrative and literature as well as digital and architectural spaces.