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Fractals, Acequias, and a
Journalist’s View of Data
Coming Events at Santa Fe Complex

July 23, 2008
Don’t Forget
Dinosaurs are on the loose tonight, July 23, at Santa Fe Complex
6:00 - 9:00 pm at 632 Agua Fria St.

Santa Fe Complex is a nonprofit, community studio creating connections in science, technology and art. Our studio stands on three core activities: Collaboration to address real-world problems, encourage cooperation and create economic opportunities in applied complexity, urban planning and simulation, and computational arts. Communication with local, national and international communities about our work in Santa Fe and elsewhere. Whether it’s a live feed or published reports, we broadcast our work - and the role Santa Fe plays in this important effort - to all interested parties.
Education through the principle of learning-by-doing in active projects that lets students be part of, and contribute to, their project team. We offer formal classes, scientific and technology lectures, and internships.

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August Begins with Fractals

Fractals are infinitely complex, self-similar patterns. They are also often extraordinarily beautiful and intriguing. Explore the exciting field of fractals in an engaging interdisciplinary presentation that demonstrates their enormous potential for inspiring interest in science and math. Covering the art and science of fractals, we explore the fractal patterns in nature, seen at scales from the microscopic to the galactic. The simple, repetitive natural processes that give rise to fractals all around us can also be harnessed by computer simulations to generate mathematical fractals, which are simple to explore and breathtakingly beautiful. Learn to create fractal art yourself using available free software. The presentation includes dazzling animated zooms, choreographed with original music, into infinitely deep mathematical fractals, which can be seen as objects much, much larger than our universe.

Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Fractal Foundation, a New Mexico nonprofit that uses the beauty of fractals to inspire interest in science, math and art. With a scientific background in visual neurophysiology, and an international reputation as the artist behind the flying fractal hotair balloons, Dr. Wolfe is ideally situated to promote both the beauty and the intellectual impact of fractals. Since 2003, he has taught over 21,000 children and 10,000 adults about fractals, and he is the creator of the extremely popular First Friday Fractals show at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

For more information, visit the Santa Fe Complex home page.

Aequias of Taos County

The acequias of Taos County create a rich network of physical and social features. Join Michael Cox as he describes his work mapping and understanding the acequia network of Taos County. Additional speakers will be added to the event and posted here.

Unruly Data Makes for a Bad Hair Day
Traditional structured database tools are limiting because they require pre-defined structures and fields. Chris Feola, president of xextPression and named one of the 50 most influential people in new media by Online Journalism Review, describes the ins-and-outs of information overload in the computer culture. In particular, he will discuss imposing order of data to extract meaningful information from it. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free but donations to defray costs are appreciated. More information is available here.

Come Visit Us

Santa Fe Complex is located next to the Railyard Art District and within walking distance of the hotels, restaurants and shops at the plaza downtown. We’re housed in two facilities, the conference area at 624 Agua Fria and the project space at 632 Agua Fria.

The conference area contains meeting rooms and facilities for short-term use associated with on-going complex projects. The project space houses the great room, where we hold events and offer working facilities for laptop users, coffee lounge and work carrels.

While there is parking at 624 Agua Fria, the Romero Street parking lot is more conveniently located for the 632 facility. Romero St. is an old-style Santa Fe ox-cart road just east of the 624 driveway. Follow it until it opens up to two lanes and turn hard right into the parking lot for 632.

Here’s a map to our location, a representative shot showing the Railyard District and a sketchup drawing of the facility at 632: For more information, call 505/216.7562 or click here.

Don Begley
Managing Director
Santa Fe Complex
624 Agua Fria St
Santa Fe, NM 87501

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