Title: Greetings from the Fractal Foundation Post by: FractalFoundation on January 07, 2010, 07:41:49 PM Hi there - I've been following the Forums for a while as a guest, and now it's time to register and introduce myself!
I run an educational nonprofit called the Fractal Foundation that uses the beauty of fractals to inspire interest in science, math and art. (Our slogan is "Fractals are SMART: Science, Math & Art!") See our website at http://FractalFoundation.org for more about the organization, and we also have a flourishing facebook fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Albuquerque-NM/Fractal-Foundation/71846292968 One very exciting thing we do here in New Mexico is a monthly planetarium show, "First Friday Fractals" where we zoom people into fractals in immersive hires video, with original music, and it's extremely cool. We've been doing it for 3 years now, and we've sold out every single show, 132 times in a row! It's become quite a phenomenon, and now we're beginning to license the content to some other planetariums around the world. Fun! It's a little like a laser show, but 1000 times cooler, and also educational, as I lecture about the fractals in nature, and explain a little of the algebra too, so it's not only psychedelia. I've just started playing with Mandelbulbs (of course) both in Ultra Fractal with reb5.ufm and MMFwip3D as well as the wicked cool pixelbender filter by subblue. I HAVE TO render hires zooms of the Mandelbulb! I can't wait to take my audiences on an immersive journey into this wonderland! Glad to virtually meet all of you at last, and look forward to participating in the Forums... Title: Re: Greetings from the Fractal Foundation Post by: cKleinhuis on January 07, 2010, 08:23:18 PM what a cool slogan! and welcome to the forums! O0
i would love to see that show, i am right now planning for a visit to america ... at least i now have a reason to visit america at all :D Title: Re: Greetings from the Fractal Foundation Post by: Nahee_Enterprises on January 08, 2010, 07:41:50 PM Hi there - I've been following the Forums for a while as a guest, and now it's time to register and introduce myself! ...... One very exciting thing we do here in [Albuquerque] New Mexico is a monthly planetarium show, "First Friday Fractals" where we zoom people into fractals in immersive hi-res video, with original music.... First of all, Greetings, and Welcome to this particular Forum !!! :) Secondly, I know several people from that area (used to ski the Sandia Peak whenever there was snow). I will be letting my acquaintances know about your show. Thanks for giving the information. Title: Re: Greetings from the Fractal Foundation Post by: KRAFTWERK on March 01, 2010, 10:29:35 AM Another mandelbulber-nerd, great! Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will share your highres-animations somewhere, canīt wait to see them! Johan Title: Re: Greetings from the Fractal Foundation Post by: aluminumstudios on March 01, 2010, 11:26:50 AM I think I might have stumbled across your site a little while ago. That is really cool what you do. I really believe promoting science and math education is important, but too many educators unfortunately make it dry so kids get turned off of it. Keep up the good work. I'd love to see one of those shows sometime! |