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Research



Here is a series of short films about symmetry that I shot using an old camera and black-&-white film on my various research trips to Egypt, China, India, and Rome prior to 2015/16.


The videos were rough-cut together and shown at a small event at the Royal Institution in London (David Attenborough and Ronald Harwood, thank you), and some of the passages from the text were subsequently adapted for use in the British Museum's docu-video, The Language of Symmetry (2023). 


Despite their rough-hewn appearance & poor production values, I believe that these little films offer some interesting insights into dynamic symmetry. 


Symmetry: Order and Chaos

A brief introduction (2'25") 

1 The Valley of the Nile

How symmetry was interpreted in Ancient Egypt  (2'36")

2 Self-Organised Criticality

What a sandpile can tell us about life's patterns  (2'08") 

3 Tao

The Way that life works (2'08") 

4 The Sacred Circle

The paradox of the centre (5'11") 

5 Crux Sancti

The sanctity of the  pre-Christian cross  (2'43") 

6 Does God Play Dice?

The paradox of chance (1'46") 

7 Symmetrical Symmetry

The symmetries within symmetry (1'18") 

8 Entropy & Order

The paradox of social systems (0'59"")

9 Everyday Symmetries

Order and chaos in the world around us (2'20") 

10 Critical Analysis

The decision-making process (1'46")

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