The First International Workshop on Physarum Transport Networks

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A Malleable Metaphor: Physarum polycephalum as artistic and educational medium

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262479,
    author={Heather Barnett},
    title={A Malleable Metaphor: Physarum polycephalum as artistic and educational medium},
    proceedings={The First International Workshop on Physarum Transport Networks},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={PHYSNET},
    year={2016},
    month={5},
    keywords={physarum polycephalum art and science emergence education public engagement interdisciplinarity model metaphor},
    doi={10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262479}
}
  • Heather Barnett
    Year: 2016
    A Malleable Metaphor: Physarum polycephalum as artistic and educational medium
    PHYSNET
    ACM
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262479
Heather Barnett1,*
  • 1: University of the Arts London
*Contact email: h.barnett@csm.arts.ac.uk

Abstract

The slime mold Physarum polycephalum is a well-established model organism within fields of biology, physics and computing. It is also increasingly employed within art and design disciplines, pedagogic practices and public engagement activities as a vehicle for exploring questions of intelligence, agency and emergence. This work was presented at PhysNet 2015.

Keywords
physarum polycephalum art and science emergence education public engagement interdisciplinarity model metaphor
Published
2016-05-24
Publisher
ACM
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262479
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