A Malleable Metaphor: Physarum polycephalum as artistic and educational medium

Heather Barnett

The First International Workshop on Physarum Transport Networks

Research Article

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