EMERGENCE
Every complex system begins with a simple rule.
4th August – Cell has emerged
Cell — Simple Rules
CHAPTER I
How can simple rules produce unexpected complexity?
From the simplest computational rules emerge the first cells, autonomous units whose local interactions lay the foundation for all higher forms of complexity.
Casey Reas
ARTIST 1 OF 2
"Emergent behavior can make a system appear alive - that appearance may reveal more about our own desire to find intention and agency than it does about the system itself."
Jonathan McCabe
ARTIST 2 OF 2
“In either case consciousness could arise in a suitable system. It would probably be very alien to us and we wouldn’t recognise it.”
NEXT: STATE II - PATTERN
11th August
EMERGENCE unfolds over six weeks.
Beginning on 28th July, a new chapter will emerge every Tuesday,
gradually revealing artists and conversations, until the complete exhibition
opens on 8th September 2026.
4th August – Cell has emerged
The exhibition began unfolding in July. It opens in September.