The Foam Diaries
THE FOAM DIARIES
The Foam Diaries are photographs of an unspecified subject presented in a large format diary or notebook. These images, reminiscent of aerial views or arctic flows, indicate behaviour similar to weather systems or ocean currents, which meteorologists describe as ‘complex’ systems’.
Along with other complex systems such as ant colonies, financial markets and AI, the images point to the presence of emergent properties. These are behaviours which do not exist in the individual components of such systems, but manifest when the system has reached a critical point. Complex systems often maintain themselves near critical points, or “tipping points”, which means they can undergo dramatic changes in response to relatively minor events. This goes some way to account for the unpredictability for which artificial intelligence systems are notorious .
