An October 16, 2023 notice (received via email) from Toronto’s ArtSci Salon makes this performance announcement,

PATTERNS FROM NATURE
Saturday, November 4th, 2023
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles St West
Toronto
8pm
Free admission

An ambitious new project is set to captivate audiences with a mesmerizing fusion of physics, film, and music.

Physicist Stephen Morris, filmmakers Udo Prinsen, Gita Blak, Lee Hutzulak, Tina de Groot, and composer/saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff are joining forces to explore Morris’ area of research Emergent Patterns in Nature through a captivating multimedia experience.

The centerpiece of this innovative project is a four-movement, 40-minute work. Each filmmaker will delve into a specific research area within Emergent Patterns in Nature, exploring Branches, Flow, Cracks, and Ripples. Collaborating closely, the team will draw inspiration from one another’s progress into the composition and filmmaking processes.  These areas were inspired, in part, by the books about Patterns in Nature by Philip Ball. 

Blending jazz and classical elements, the composition will be performed by a chamber ensemble featuring woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano, string quartet, bass, drum set, and conductor. Renowned soloists, including clarinetist François Houle, the Molinari String Quartet, pianists Matt Mitchell and Santiago Leibson, bassist Carlo De Rosa, drummer Satoshi Takeishi, trombonist Ryan Keberle, and saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff, will contribute their virtuosity to the performance.

This groundbreaking collaboration promises to transport audiences on an immersive journey through the wonders of Emergent Patterns in Nature. The result will be an unforgettable multimedia experience that pushes the boundaries of creativity and innovation.

Toronto ensemble: Camille Watts (flute), François Houle (clarinet), Quinsin Nachoff (tenor saxophone), Peter Lutek (bassoon), Jason Logue (trumpet), David Quackenbush (french horn), Ryan Keberle (trombone), Mark Duggan (percussion), Santiago Leibson (piano), Carlo De Rosa (bass), Satoshi Takeishi (drums), Molinari String Quartet (Olga Ranzenhofer – violin I, Antoine Bareil – violin II, Frédéric Lambert – viola, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette – cello), JC Sanford (conductor)

In co-presentation with Art-Sci Salon at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and the University of Toronto Department of Physics

Made possible, in part, through the generous support of The Canada Council for the Arts, the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

Just Register here and/or there’s a roundtable discussion scheduled for the next day,

Let’s talk it up

An October 20, 2023 notice (received via email) from Toronto’s ArtSci Salon makes this related event announcement,

Patterns from Nature
Artists Talk & Roundtable

Sunday November 5, 4:00 -7:00 pm

William Doo Auditorium

45 Willcocks street

Register here

Join us for an afternoon of artists talk & roundtable to address the themes and the science behind Patterns from Nature, the multimedia concert/performance taking place on nov. 4 [sic] at Isabel Bader theatre <– register here if you haven’t done it yet! it is free!

Patterns from Nature is a new project intersecting physics, film, and music. Physicist Stephen Morris, filmmakers Udo Prinsen, Gita Blak, Lee Hutzulak, Tina de Groot, and composer/saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff  joined forces to explore Morris’ area of research Emergent Patterns in Nature through a captivating multimedia experience.

The transdisciplinary collaborations that led to this complex multimedia and multidimensional work raises many questions:

• Why and in what way did science, film and music come to converge in this work?
• What role did each participant play?
• How did they interpret the scientific findings informing the project?
• What were the inspirations, the concerns, the questions that each participant brought into this work?

Come with your questions and curiosity, share your experience and feedback with the protagonists

all artists and scientists will be in attendance.

see more information about the project and the artists bio here

For those who can’t get to the Toronto events, there is a recently published (2023) book about an art/physics collaboration, Leaning Out of Windows (see September 11, 2023 post/book review).