Philip Benn: Fractal Piece

There is a growing body of knowledge relating to fractal geometry; it defines our world and who we are in terms of growth, form and motion. The currents of energy and the flow of life can be explained and visualized using fractal theory. In terms of rational measurement, the physical and the virtual bodies that fill the space which we occupy and that which is implied by computer simulations, Euclidean geometry serves  well. However the underlying mechanisms and structures appear to be, in one way or another, a function of fractal theory. I can imagine countless lifetimes of research into the mysteries of the emergent properties of this self-similar process of geometrical formation.

Fractal Piece is a video of fractal imagery created by Philip Alden Benn for Meredith Tromble's Imaging Energy class. The visual sequences are edited to Dmitry Kormann's Coral Reef Symphony Part 2.