Fractal Foundation
We use the beauty of fractals to inspire interest in Science Math & Art. But mostly, we love fractals - 'cause they ROCK!
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Albuquerque, NM, 87106
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http://fractalfoundation.org
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Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Yippee!! The Fractal Foundation fanpage now has over 1000 fans! Wow! Thank you to everyone who supports our work. Congrats to Shanna Bennewitz, our 1000th fan - please contact info@fractalfoundation.org for a fractal prize!

Tue at 12:21pm
Beth Larsen
Beth Larsen
That's so great! Maybe someday Art in the School will have as many fans. I know the 6,600 kids we serve are fans, but they aren't all on Facebook - ha!
Tue at 4:39pm
Tania Goldfeder-Wolfe
Tania Goldfeder-Wolfe
Congratulations! That is a milestone, indeed.
Tue at 7:55pm
Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Hi Beth - I would definitely love to talk to you about having the Fractal Foundation partner with Art in the School for some of our projects.
And I'll encourage people to become fans at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-in-the-School/116201771776?ref=search&sid=673998082.3980670703..1
Yesterday at 10:05pm
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation A classic zoom into the Crystal Canyon of the infinite Mandelbrot Set, featuring a brand new soundtrack by http://wolfesongs.com
Eerie, spacey, beautiful!

Crystaloon [HQ]
Length:3:07
Mon at 5:05pm
Carissa Smith
Carissa Smith
Woah... what a coincidence... I was JUST searching for your fractal videos on youtube! I wanted to share them.
Mon at 5:46pm
Susan Bender Phelps
Susan Bender Phelps
Just beautiful!!!!
Mon at 6:38pm
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Currently my favorite 2D fractal zoom in the planetarium show. The middle section, where it all melts down, is particularly entrancing. Enjoy!

Butterfly Meltdown [HQ]
Length:4:31
November 19 at 9:32pm
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Daniel
Daniel
Yeah, this is one of my favorites. What I really love is that each one we do is the best we've ever done... and then we top it. Wahoo!
November 20 at 8:29am
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Albuquerque children featured on KOAT's "Research Rocks!" discussing the Fractal Challenge. Congratulations kids - great job! See the video online here.

Albuquerque Kids on “Research Rocks” (pt2) : FractalFoundation.org
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November 18 at 9:01am
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Urban planners win award for promoting fractal architecture for cities. We need more of this!

Architecture lecturers win prestigious award (The University of Manchester)
www.manchester.ac.uk
The Michael Breheny Prize went to the researchers based at the University’s School of Environment and Development in recognition of their work on fractal environments.The academics argue that ...
November 17 at 10:17am
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Free Family Fractal event tonight at Corrales Community Library at 6PM. 45 minute presentation, followed by a half hour fractal triangle making activity. Kids: help us make the world's largest fractal triangle! Please join us if you're able...

November 17 at 9:43am
Dawn Grubb Varra
Dawn Grubb Varra
What city are you in?
November 17 at 8:16pm
Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Sorry for the ambiguity. It was in Corrales, outside of Albuquerque NM. And the event was great! Thanks to all who showed up, we had a great turnout, with over 30 kids making fractal triangles.
November 17 at 8:31pm
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Some tremendously exciting research on 3D Mandelbrot Sets. I've been exploring this myself, with the goal of including in planetarium fractal shows. Great to see this progress. Much more amazement ahead.

Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal
www.skytopia.com
It's been almost two years since we last wrote about the potential for a real 3D equivalent to the famous 2D Mandelbrot set. We're talking about a fractal which produces exquisite detail on all axes and ...
November 16 at 6:15pm
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Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Yes, I too saw the resemblance with Ernst Haeckels work from long ago. No surprise that microscopic nature should look like 3D Mandelbrot fractals, I guess, except it is somewhat miraculous.
And YES, of course I'll be working to get some of this scrumptious new material into the Fractal Shows!
November 17 at 9:38am
Margarita
Margarita
!!!!!! seriously.
November 17 at 6:59pm
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Just got back from teaching ~100 students at Laguna-Acoma High School, and they were SO excited about making fractals with algebra! Many want to enter their fractals in the Fractal Challenge, even tho' it's only really funded in ABQ. Hopefully we can raise the money to make it a State-wide program.

November 16 at 11:11am
Monique Caire Richart

Monique Caire Richart tres beau!!!

November 16 at 10:01am · Report
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation If you liked the "Geometrica" 3D fractal animation I posted a while ago, you'll love this one, made by Rena Jones, over about 6 months. Fantastically beautiful!

Phidelitys 3d fractal video of Rena Jones - Open Me Slowly | Phidelity Blog
www.phidelity.com
A page explaining the creation of the 3d fractal video for Rena Jones' - Open Me Slowly.
November 15 at 2:32pm
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Marion Duignan
Marion Duignan
Absolutely FABULOUS - so beautiful!
November 15 at 7:50pm
Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Yes indeed, we've had a display of the winning fractals from the ABQ Fractal Challenge up inside the Convention Center for some time now. Congrats to the student winners!
November 16 at 11:12am
Marissa Nordstrom Perez

Marissa Nordstrom Perez Last night at the grocery store my four year old wanted to sit in the cart and I told her she was too big so she couldn't. She then whined, "But my feet will get all fractally!" Sometimes keeping a straight face is just impossible.

November 6 at 6:26am · Report
Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Funny! My daughter's feet get all fractally in the bath. Cute...
November 10 at 11:43pm
Fractal Foundation

Fractal Foundation Ah, the Italian comments are starting to make sense! I just found out we were recently featured in a newspaper in Italy. No translation (yet), but you can check it out at:
http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=9591508

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Stampa PDF Invia ad un amico
November 5 at 8:13pm
Jean
Jean
Kind of like the movie 'BOTTLE SHOCK' lol You'll be the number one fractal foundation in the world!!! :)
November 5 at 8:23pm
Kz Rivera
Kz Rivera
Looks like...
"You discover to all the fratta one them around Mathematical you. In New Mexico the first show dedicated to celebrates geometric forms, to the border between art and science ' ' From two coordinated I can expand the space till scales of largeness comparable to those of Sistema Solare'"

Oh Mathematical you!!!
November 5 at 8:45pm
Kz Rivera
Kz Rivera
Yahoo Babelfish came up with this... Hooray for the "Fratta" Foundation. Enjoy!

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-res&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchivio.lastampa.it%2FLaStampaArchivio%2Fmain%2FHistory%2Ftmpl_viewObj.jsp%3Fobjid%3D9591508&lp=it_en&btnTrUrl=Translate
November 5 at 8:50pm
Bianca Maria Barnini

Bianca Maria Barnini Salve a tutti ! I frattali sono la pura bellezza e la riservano continuamente sorprese meravigliose.

November 5 at 2:45am · Report
Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Thanks Bianca!
My best guess at the translation:
"Hi everyone! The fractals are pure beauty, and they continually provide marvelous surprises."
Oh yes indeed!
November 5 at 1:45pm
Felice

Felice I've checked out a few books at the library on fractals because they are so pretty. I make quilts and embroidery art. This is a great idea.

November 4 at 11:43am · Report
Kristofer

Kristofer Hello fractal lovers! I wonder if there's someone out there who makes nice fractal videos and would like to make a contribution to a show about science? Your contribution will be a fractal video that'll be played on a screen on stage while a person reads a poem about fractals. If this sounds interesting, please mail kristofer.robin.poesi@gmail.com !

November 4 at 7:30am · Report
Fractal Foundation
Fractal Foundation
Always happy to share fractal video with people. Sounds like a fun project. I'll contact you...
November 5 at 1:45pm