<i>Untitled (Domino Theory)</i>

Abstract The author explores the promise of a variety of models and materials for generating new forms for art and architecture. She recounts her ongoing search for viable models for her art. Initially this quest led her to research the utopian architecture of Bruno Taut's Crystal Chain Correspondence and then to experiments by scientists Per Bak and Kan Chen that utilized dominoes. This resulted in her exploration of the nonlinear dynamics of generative systems, which continue to hold yet untapped potential for art.