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The Symmetry Festival is an event series organised by the Symmetrion
under the auspices of the International Symmetry Association (ISA)
and
under the patronage of the UNESCO
Venue:
The Symmetry Festival 2013 is hosted by the
UNESCO-IHE
INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION
UNESCO-IHE
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UNESCO-IHE
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The Symmetry Festival is a science and art program series,
the most important periodic event to bring together scientists, artists, educators
and practitioners interested in symmetry (its roots, what is behind, applications,
etc.), or in the consequences of its lack.
Featured programs
(1) Symmetry and Water Day
(Inanimate
– Organic – Artificial)
Programs on water and climate
dedicated to
the UN
International Year of Water Cooperation, 2013,
led by UNESCO.
Keynote
speaker: G. Pollack (University of Washington,
Seattle)
View
G. Pollack's plenary lecture on the theme at
the previous Symmetry Festival !
Watch
children's art exhibition "Sealife" in the Jardin Gallery
by D. and J. Hiigli !
downoadable
program of the Jardin Gallery
Keywords:
Water – Life – Construction - Climate
(2) 4 days dedicted to specific aspects of symmetry in
science and arts, techology and design, mathematics
and humanities,
and
whatever else you propose and deserves the interest
of other attendees,
including
all
aspects of symmetry in any discipline and art.
Program to be specified later.
See Call
for Papers and Workshop proposals below!
Multidisciplinary
approach is appreciated.
Keynote speakers: ...
Keywords:
Symmetry/Asymmetry – Harmony/Disharmony –
Links between science-art-technology – Construction – Interpretation and Representation
(3) Family day
this
day includes the community programs (see below)
(4) Excursion day
Museum
visits, etc. ... (August 4)
(5) Exhibitions, performances
Every
day (August
2-7)
Character of the event: Festival
this means, an organic combination of
a multidisciplinary
scientific program in science-arts-technology
and
various cultural events
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The Organising Committee and the Program Committee
are the Boards of the International
Symmetry Association (ISA)
Chairman of the Symmetry Festival 2013: György Darvas, Symmetrion, Budapest, Hungary
Curator of the art programs: Zsuzsa Dárdai, art critic
Image
and catalogue design: János Saxon-Szász
Organiser of
the community programs: Kristóf Fenyvesi,
University of Jyväsklylä, Department of
Art and Culture Studies, Finland
Patrons:
András
Szöllősi-Nagy, rector, UNESCO-IHE
....
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Program:
Scientific conference, workshops: Symmetry 2013
Exhibition(s)
Performances: Music, Movement, Multimedia, Theatre
Community programs
General
Assembly of the ISA
Social events
Mornings:
keynote and plenary sessions with invited speakers,
5 days, 3-4 lectures per morning
Afternoons:
parallel sessions and practical (creative) workshops
Evenings:
arts/cultural events like exhibition vernissage(es),
concert(s) or recitation, movement performance(s),
movie projections
Community programs - an afternoon and night:
open for the public
of the city and visitors of Delft
Excurcion day:
visit of a permanent museum/collection
of geometric art
Arrival
day: ........ 1 August
Departure
day: ... 8 August
Keynote
speakers: (to be announced as soon as confirmed)
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Conference: Symmetry 2013
morning plenary lectures and afternoon
parallel sessions, symposia and workshops
with an interdisiplinary approach
Symposia/scientific sessions/workshops:
- Structural Morphology (P.
Huybers, J. Coenders, A. Borgart)
- Symmetry and chirality in chemistry and physics (M.
Petitjean, V. Borovkov)
- Symmetries of the genetic code (S.
Petoukhov, M. He)
- Crystallographic symmetries in materials and arts (...)
- Tessellation and tiling in the mathematics, sciences and arts (...)
- Polyhedral symmetries (...)
- Symmetries in Geometric Theories of Physics (Mauro
Francaviglia and Lorenzo
Fatibene)
- Symmetry in philosophy (from Nietzsche to Popper) (K.
Fenyvesi)
- Symmetry in children’s artistic creativity (J.
Hiigli)
- Symmetries in music (A. Sokolov, A.
Koblyakov, and ...)
- Kantian or Hegelian approach to symmetries of nature (K.
Fenyvesi)
- Symmetry in contemporary literature (T.
Bonch-Osmolovskaya)
- Symmetry in semiotics (K.
Schwarzfischer)
- Geometric arts in the 20-21. centuries (heritage of the suprematic idea)
(...)
- Symmetry of Chinese Arts, Culture, and Science (scAcs)
(M.
He, and ...)
- Origami - paper folding - 3D modelling
(...)
- Spidron and sphidron
geometry (...)
- Symmetries in different non-Euclidean geometries (...)
- Special symmetries at nanoscales
(...)
- Tiling and tessellation (...)
- The Experience workshop movement introduces (K.
Fenyvesi)
- .......
- .......
In case, you want to submit your contribution in a specific symposium, session
or workshop, please, write your intention,
proposal, then submit your Extended
Abstract to one of the organisers listed
above.
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Main art programmes: fine art exhibition(s), exhibition of models and teaching
aids, concert(s), movement and multimedia
performances
(more to be announced as soon as confirmed)
- suprematism100 - its influence on the west; fine art exhibition (curators:
Zs. Dárdai and J. Saxon-Szász)
- Mondrian
Variations - multimedia
performance with live music (S. Valyi
and E. Polgar)
- Gameplay - live movement and video
performance (K. Dance Co.)
- Hommage
á John Cage (suprematism in music in
the west); performance
(E. Pimenta)
- "Victory
over the Sun" after hundred years (provisional title); multimedia
performance with live constructivist
music, dance, light effects and projection
(Koleychuk Total Theatre)
- ...
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Community programs: (to be announced as soon as specified)
-
Creative workshops, playing with symmetries,
Dutch cheese cutting, tiling by regular
cheese slices, make your cheese spidrons!,
fold your own paper polyhedra!, shape
your Dutch beer’s foam!, try to drink
it from
your
hand-made Klein bottle!, and other surprises
...
- Symmetry in ethnic dances (in the market
place of Delft) (music: ....... )
- Symmetric DJ night for young (and less
young) scholars and artists: (.......
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Symmetry in jazz? Yes!
Dissymmetry
in rock? Come on!
Asymmetric salsa steps?
Let's have a go, of course!
Antisymmetric
dance partners, where? At the SymFest,
Delft.
UNESCO-IHE
WORLD WATER DAY 2011
- Why do I hate symmetry? Discuss it
at open air with live artists!
Perhaps,
do you like it? Great! Then, visit their
exhibition and applouse!
- ZomeTool for biological modelling –
DNA, RNA, Amino acids, Peptids, Virus
structures (for educational purposes)
– ...
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Social events: (like. e.g.,) welcome party with cheese and beer; banquet (optional, not
included); vernissage(s); excursion
(optional); symmetric DJ night - for
young and less young
scholars and artists - and ethnic dance
programs; programs for
accompanying
persons (all
to be announced as soon as specified).
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Call for papers and for workshop organisation
-
Please,
submit your paper proposal as soon as
you have a good idea to contribute
to the theme of
the Festival (any form
of symmetry, dissymmetry, antisymmetry,
asymmetry,
invariance, symmetry breaking, harmony,
proportion, golden section, groups and
their geometric and algebraic
representation, etc.,
....) with a report
on fresh results or review the
latest
developments
in your field(s) of interest. Interdisciplinary
approaches are appreciated.
Please, consider
in designing your presentation the variety
of backgrounds of the expected audience.
The main
aim
of the Festival is to
exchange methods, approaches and
ideas between the representatives
of
the various
disciplines. Note, symmetry is a common
language for all of us gathering
in Delft in early
August. Papers encouraging
discussion are preferred. Presentation
of papers is not the final
aim
of
your participation, it is only an initiating
phase to continue discussion at a
coffee,
tea, beer or wine, in
the exhibition area, during the social
events.
The organisers
will be most satisfied by
follow-up co-opeartions
initiated by the intellectual
contributions to the
Symmetry Festival.
-
Please,
invite your interested colleagues in your institution, in your geographic
region, in your thematically close scientific
community all over the world. We
will be pleased if you can invite
people in the company of whom you
and we will feel ourselves in a more
comfortable
intellectual atmosphere.
We
would like to rejuvenate the symmetry
movement.
Please, invite your students!
Special discount registration rates will
be offered for students. Note, the future of our present efforts depends on how much can we forward them. Do not forget, we can also learn from
their fresh ideas, new approaches.
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Organise
your own workshop! Invite 5-12 colleagues to discuss a specific topic
related to the application of symmetry
(or just its absence, distortion,
breaking, ...) in your field of interest.
- Any further idea to enrich the program of the Festival is welcome.
Asymmetries
of water –
Asymmetries of climate change and water
resources (causes and consequences)
–
100 years of suprematism –
Symmetry in design –
In memoriam Arthur L. Loeb, born in
Amsterdam, 90 years ago, July 13,
1923 –
Panel discussion on the state of the
art of symmetry studies –
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Accompanying persons are welcome!
Deadlines:
| Extended abstracts
(max 4 p.) style-sheet |
March 4 |
| Notification on
acceptance |
April 30 |
| Final
papers style-sheet |
May 24 |
| Early
bird registration by |
July 1 |
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Registration:
| Early
bird registration |
Eur 325 |
| Students |
Eur 180 |
| Accompanying
persons |
Eur 100 |
| Late
registration (after July 1) |
Eur 360 |
The registration fee includes:
- festival kit,
badge
- free attendance of all art and community programs
- free attendance of all lectures and
workshops
- coffee breaks
- exhibition catalogue
- conference proceedings
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How
to find: UNESCO-IHE is situated in the heart of the probably most marvelous, lovely old town of The
Netherlands. Delft is an artistic, cultural and scientific
centre since the middle ages. Airports, trains, highways are nearby. Cozy panzions and modern hotels, as well as
many well-pleasing restaurants, cafees, historic places
can be found in few minutes walking reach. Most frequented
Dutch cities can be reached both by frequent trains, trams, buses, and by car within half hour.
UNESCO-IHE
- Living in Delft
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Accommodation:
(information will be published later)
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