Pattern and Chaos in Art, Science and Everyday Life

Critical Intersections and Creative Practice

This richly illustrated volume explorescritical and visual practices through thelens of intersections between pattern andchaos. It challenges disciplinaryboundaries, perception andcommunication, often referencing the in-between territory of art and sciencethrough experimentation and visualscrutiny. 179 colour illus.

This collection explores critical and visual practices through the lens of interactions and intersections between pattern and chaos. The dynamic of the inter-relationship between pattern and chaos is such as to challenge disciplinary boundaries, critical frameworks and modes of understanding, perception and communication, often referencing the in-between territory of art and science through experimentation and visual scrutiny. A territory of ‘pattern-chaos’ or ‘chaos-pattern’ begins to unfold.

Drawing upon fields such as visual culture, sociology, physics, neurob