The Grimm Network - Aperiodic

APERIODIC

1st to 14th of July '24

Kit Form Gallery

37-39 Jamaica Street

Bristol, BS2 8JP

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“The absence of regular or repetitive patterns in a sequence or structure”

APERIODIC is a two-week festival focussing on the concept of aperiodicity, running from the 1st to the 14th of July at the Kit Form Gallery, in the heart of Stokes Croft. It will contain public talks, music, dance, performances and an art exhibition: through this diversity of perspectives we will explore the realm of aperiodic structures.

SCIENCE

International scientists and mathematicians will attend and host public talks about aperiodicity: what it means, the latest discoveries and the different ways in which aperiodic phenomena manifest in nature, mathematics and the world around us.

ART

There will be an open art exhibition throughout the event. We are proud to showcase works of artists who focus on destructuring repetition, transcending patterns and embracing the beauty of irregularity.

EDUCATION

This is an event intended for everybody, and aims to reach out especially to those who might feel intimidated by learning about maths and science.

If you are a school or community group and would like to organise a group trip to APERIODIC we would love to hear from you.

PERFORMANCES

Southwest Dance Theatre -- Co-Founder and Director Anna Demming Davis has a PhD in physics and has expertise in translating scientific ideas into dance. Dr Davis has trained with professional companies in London and Japan, and has performed as a soloist. Southwest Dance Theatre are developing workshops to engage school students, working with university mathematicians and physicists to develop a dance performance based around aperiodicity, which will be accompanied by a talk by a mathematician to explain the concepts.

Wilfred Merttens (poet and storyteller) -- Professional storyteller, with extensive experience of working with schools and Children's hospitals, as well as leading university workshops to improve academic public speaking. Wilf will work with mathematicians to develop storytelling workshops (for school visits) and a poetry/storytelling performance.

WHY PATTERNS? -- a band specialising in experimental music, and currently undertaking a residency in Paris. Why Patterns? will develop a number of pieces incorporating aperiodicity for performance at APERIODIC.

PUBLIC TALKS

Ameet Hindocha -- an expert in Islamic design, Ameet has delivered talks at the Istanbul design center on the mathematics of traditional constructions in Islamic pattern. He will deliver a public talk on these connections as part of APERIODIC.

Latham Boyle -- a researcher in cosmology and aperiodic tilings at the Higgs Institute for Theoretical Physics in Edinburgh. His recent work, in which he discovered a connection between aperiodic Penrose tilings and cutting edge computer science (error correcting codes), has been written up in Quanta magazine. He will be delivering a public talk at the University of Bristol's Fry Building on the 1st July.

ACADEMIC MEETING (1st & 2nd July, Fry Building, University of Bristol)

APERIODIC is a meeting of the Grimm Network, a collection of mathematicians and scientists interested in aperiodic order. The 1st and 2nd July will feature a 2 day academic meeting of the network.

Confirmed speakers

Shazia'Ayn Babul (Oxford)

Valérie Berthé (CNRS/Paris Diderot)

Michael Bjorklund (Chalmers, Gothenburg)

Latham Boyle (Edinburgh)

Anu Jagannathan (Paris Saclay)

Lizzy Rieth (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Yotam Smilansky (Manchester)

Jorg Thuswaldner (Montanuniversität Leoben)

Reidun Twarock (York)

APERIODIC is organised by:

Dr Felix Flicker