Serial nature : collapse and emergence within systems

Examining the practice of Kai Franz, Serial Nature bridges the tangible world of matter and the abstractions found in the workings and logics of computation. This book can be seen as a window into a practice that proposes alternative methodologies in art and architecture’s engagement with technology. Additionally, Serial Nature also proposes a new model for a practice that subverts traditional processes in favor of working methods and processes that are alternatively inventive and playful, absurd and disheveled, and deadpan sincere. This book features more than 30 projects from Franz’s practice that find form in sculptures, prints, machines, software-programs, systems, and on screen, from the hijacked automated sculpture maker Plopper (Dual Axis Precision Deposition System), to the gravity-induced software simulations. Serial Nature is characterized by an explorative tone, the book invites six outside voices to critically reflect and discuss various themes that emerge in Franz’s work.