Jonathan Morse: BIONS
We are pleased to announce the installation of a new mini-show in our Alcove Gallery.
BIONS 1-15 is a series of imagined biological images inspired by Jonathan’s involvement as an invited artist in last year’s “Art of Systems Biology and Nanotechnology” at Santa Fe Complex. To see the entire BIONS series and other recent work, go to www.jmorseart.com.
Piper Leigh and Tres Chicas: Reading and Panel Discussion
Tres Chicas Books (run by local poets Renee Gregorio, Joan Logghe, and Miriam Sagan) will host a reading followed by conversation.
Piper Leigh will read from her recently published Tres Chicas book, “my thin-skinned wandering” as part of the installation comprised of fabric, projected image, and transparent layers. Following the reading, Tres Chicas will join Piper Leigh in a conversation about “Making a book: livelihood, collaboration and community.” more…
What We Do
Santa Fe is a place where creative people in science and the humanities come together to work on the world’s most complex problems.
Santa Fe Complex is a community organization that supports project-based teams working on important and interesting problems. We build and apply powerful digital tools, drawing on New Mexico’s expertise in complexity science and visualization. We believe that the process is as important as the results, and are dedicated to advancing careers in science, technology and the humanities for New Mexico’s students.
Our Activities
- We host project teams, bringing innovative technologies to market;
- We support our members with services, facilities, and events;
- We support education and workforce training in partnership with area schools.
David Breecker
David is currently President and Principal Consultant of David Breecker Associates, a strategic planning firm specializing in business, industry, and economic development. He is also the founder and President of the Santa Fe Innovation Park, a creative problem solving laboratory for social systems innovation. more…
Randy Burge
Randy Burge is principal at Proactive Teams, a technology-based economic development consultancy working with companies, universities, and government agencies. Burge is the founder and past president of the New Mexico Technology Council and remains on the board. more…
WedTech: Artist Talk — Marcia Lyons and Woody Vasulka: RED
LOCATION: David Richard Contemporary, 130 Lincoln Avenue, Suite D
Marcia Lyons and Woody Vasulka will discuss their works, installed as part of “RED (Force Fields)” an immersive exhibition at David Richard Contemporary. Marcia’s piece is a data- and viewer-driven interpretation of live seismic data. Woody has re-installed “Noise Fields” a seminal work from 1974. more…
Teacher sets out to rekindle public’s math romance
Posted: Monday, April 18, 2011 – 4/16/11
It happens with relationships. One party changes faster than the other, and the two become incompatible.
We started out great. I loved math’s simple beauty, its irrefutable rules.
Then came algebra. And proofs. And really long equations.
Suddenly math was speaking in a language I couldn’t understand. We sought counseling with a math teacher, but it was too late. We grew apart and, I sought out math as rarely as possible.
Then I read about some guy who thought it was possible to make math “fun and accessible.” He started a blog, Wild About Math!, and last fall he began hosting a math group the third Wednesday of each month at the Santa Fe Complex (a place where brainy people work with math to create some incredible, even useful, things). more…
Innovator’s Forum: How not to get hacked: simple tasks for a business owner
What would a hacker want with your site? What would a hacker do to your site if they got in? And how can you, a non-techie business owner, prevent hackers from doing damage to your site, your reputation, and your finances should they break into your site?
Oban Lambie is the owner of Brownrice Internet, one of New Mexico’s largest web hosting, server, and programming businesses. more…
Camer Obscura Workshop
After the talk, Ethan will lead a hands-on workshop on camera obscura techniques, including working with lenses and selecting locations.
The workshop fee is $10.
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WedTech Talk: Camera Obscura with Ethan Jackson
Ethan Jackson will install a camera obscura at the Complex, and present his recent work with both camera obscura (completely analog) and with anamorphic and interactive video. Ethan Jackson is a visual artist working in optical installation, photographic media, and interactive video. Light, vision, image and imagination are the basis for projects that range across perceptual, spatial, documentary and experiential territory.
There is no charge for the presentation.
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