Mary Ham

I remain interested in the human condition, including our drives; (Maslow 1943) society; our bodies, world, weather, money systems, commerce;

I feel more attuned to current art movements having seen many exhibitions which adjusted my thinking regards possibilities for myself.  I feel the need to step up; to enter that place where I can say “I am an artist” Monash has given me the courage for this.

I work with “Chaos Theory” which deals with dynamical systems. These systems weave throughout human life, from the heart-beat; weather systems; business; stocks and chares. (Gleick 1988)

Each system’s goal is to reach a steady state where things are stable and predictable. Mathematics explains these states graphically as attractors. This is a Yule chart.  It describes the turbulence in a body of water caused by the initial condition of a rock thrown into the edge of the water.  Non-linear equations plot the dynamics of this event.  The wave always curves to the left. I like the optical illusion created and the repeated lines.

Chaos theory deals with dynamical systems and uses only nonlinear calculations – stock exchange; a shoe manufacturer, cardiac arrhythmias, logistics, population growth, weather only up to 1 week. It has sensitive dependence on initial conditions. It is predictive up to a point and only in some systems.
It is deterministic meaning I think that it has a goal.

Modern computers have made it possible because they calculate up to 6 decimal points (even more with super computers.  Instead of the rounding off to 3 decimal points sent out on printouts so .637591 becomes .637 and the rest is discounted.  A printout taken halfway through and those numbers put in again changes the initial conditions and therefore changes the end result enormously.