Bridges Conference 2008

The annual Bridges conference concerns the intersection of Maths, Art and Music including art works dealing with such areas as mathematical visualisation, mathematical music, computer generated art, symmetry structures, origami, architecture, tessellations and tilings, geometric art and geometries in quilting.

The 2008 conference was held in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, in honour of one of it’s most famous sons, MC Escher. I was invited to present my paper, ‘Recursion, Symmetry & Tessellation with Software based Video Feedback Systems’, in lecture form.

‘The Bridges Conferences, running annually since 1998, bring together practising mathematicians, scientists, artists, educators, musicians, writers, computer scientists, sculptors, dancers, weavers, and model builders in a lively atmosphere of exchange and mutual encouragement. Important components of these conferences, in addition to formal presentations, are hands-on workshops, gallery displays of visual art, working sessions with artists who are crossing the mathematics-arts boundaries.’

You can read my review of Bridges 2008 here and view pictures of the conference here.