Camouflage in nature and the arts

Description

An event by the Cultures of Camouflage and Mimicry among Human and non-Human Animals research network.

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Speakers

• Peter Forbes (City University London)
• Caroline van Eck (University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Caroline van Eck: ‘Camouflage Research: A State of the Art’

Peter Forbes: ‘Drawing the World. The Art and  Science of Mimicry’

Animals and plants are patterned to have designs on other animals and plants: to reproduce, to capture or evade capture. The patterns they exhibit in this empire of signs cross the plant/animal divide, are often judged beautiful by humans, and are used as source material for their own pattern making.  The talk draws widely on artists and scientists who have drawn out and exploited these connections, and delves beneath the surface to explain some of nature’s processes that underlie these phenomena.

For enquiries please contact the Research Networks Programme Manager.