Description
A two-day workshop exploring geometry, mathematics, pattern, and artistic experimentation.Inspired by Bice Lazzari and Nasreen Mohamedi: In-Rhythm, this immersive workshop led by visual artist Arvind Sundarexplores how mathematical ideas and geometric systems can become tools for making art. Through discussion, drawing, construction, and hands-on experimentation, participants engage with concepts such as the Fibonacci sequence, the Golden Ratio, fractals, chess, and modular origami.Beginning with an introduction to Sundar’s artistic practice, the workshop examines how rule-based systems, geometric structures, and mathematical relationships generate visual forms and creative possibilities. Participants construct Fibonacci spirals, experiment with pattern-making, create fractal collages, and explore the Knight’s Tour, a chess-based system that transforms simple rules into complex visual pathways. The workshop also introduces Kusudama, a traditional Japanese modular origami form built from repeated folded units.Through these exercises, participants discover mathematics not simply as a system of calculation, but as a source of rhythm, structure, repetition, variation, and artistic play.Workshop ScheduleDay 1 | 11:00 AM – 6:00 PMIntroduction to Arvind Sundar’s practiceFibonacci sequence and Golden Spiral constructionPattern-making using Fibonacci systemsIntroduction to fractalsFractal collage-makingDay 2 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PMIntroduction to KusudamaModular origami constructionUnderstanding the Knight’s TourDrawing exercises based on chess and rule-based systemsAbout the FacilitatorArvind Sundar is a contemporary artist whose practice explores geometry, mathematics, and cosmology through drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation. Working with grids, ratios, sequences, and rule-based systems, he investigates how mathematical structures can generate visual and conceptual possibilities. He received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Cincinnati and has exhibited widely in India and internationally.While you're here, explore KNMA's ongoing exhibitions, In-Rhythm and Inheritors of Earth.