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Three Strange Loops

Following on from their Strange Loops triptych, Marcus du Sautoy and Joana Seguro discuss the inspiration behind the work – Douglas Hofstadter’s 1979 book Gödel Escher Bach.

Add to Calendar 04/17/19 07:30 PM 04/17/19 08:30 PM United Kingdom (GMT) Three Strange Loops <p>Marcus du Sautoy in conversation with Joana Seguro.</p> The Barbican Centre
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Following on from their Strange Loops triptych, Marcus du Sautoy and Joana Seguro discuss the inspiration behind the work – Douglas Hofstadter’s 1979 book Gödel Escher Bach.

Jumping between the logical loops of Kurt Gödel, the impossible geometry of MC Escher and the interlocking cadences of Johann Sebastian Bach, the two discuss the self-referential and repeating patterns in nature and art, and perhaps the strangest loop of all – our own consciousness.

Marcus du Sautoy is the Oxford Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Joana Seguro is the producer of the Strange Loops series at the Barbican and founder of Art Klang.

Attending this event

This event is part of the Strange Loops triptych as part of the Royal Society's year-long partnership with the Barbican's Life Rewired season.

For all other enquiries please contact events@royalsociety.org.

Marcus du Sautoy and Joana Seguro in I is a strange loop
Joana Seguro and Marcus du Sautoy in I is a strange loop

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