Course: HT 2813 
FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM
Term: Summer 2025 SCI-Arc
Instructor: Breanna Browning 
Course Meetings: Tuesdays, 4:00-6:50 pm, Synthetic Landscapes Studio  
Office Hours: by appointment

Contact: breanna_browning@sciarc.edu







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BREANNA BROWNING 
HT 2813

❺ Homework

FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM



Newest Oldest. Assignments are always due before class on the specified date. 


 Week 11: Exercise 6
Due 7/29/25
  • Finish exercise 6.
  • Prepare for final review of work. 

Week 10: Exercise 6
Due 7/22/25
  • Work, as a class, on Exercise 06 - curation of the final exhibition. 
  • By next week (7/22) you should have a framework/plan for the exhibition, and the majority of your independent projects completed.
  • Refer to Exercise Materials for brief.

Week 9: Exercise 5
Due 7/15/25
Week 8: Exercise 5
Due 7/8/25
  • Work on Exercise 05. Refer to Exercise Materials for brief. 
  • You should have progress on 3d experiments (digital or physical). You should also have a clear idea of the direction for your constructs. Compile this as a 1 paragraph description with sketches / screenshots. 


Week 6: Exercise 4
Due 7/1/25

  • Work on Exercise 04. Refer to Exercise Materials for brief. 
  • Note that next week’s class will be an independent work session. Exercise 04 is due July 1. 


Week 5: Exercise 3
Due 6/17/25


Week 4: Exercise 2 Due 6/10/25



    Week 3: Exercise 2 (progress)Due 6/3/25

    1. Work on Exercise 2 using the tools covered in today’s tutorial. Refer to Exercise Materials for brief and templates. Upload PDF of your progress here: Assignment Submission.
    2. Read the following essays posted here before our next class meeting: “Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior” and “AutoGen: Enabling Next-Gen LLM Applications via Multi-Agent Conversation” 

    Week 2: Exercise 1Due 5/27/25

    • Complete Exercise 01. Refer to Exercise Materials for brief and agent templates. Upload PDF’s here: Assignment Submission.


    Week 1: Readings Due 5/20/25

    Read the essays posted here before our next class meeting. We will discuss these works and how they relate to “far from equilibrium” agents/systems.

  1. "Dr. Daedalus" by Lauren Slater
  2. "Real Nature is not Green" by Koert van Mensvoort
  3. "The Educator of Excess" (an interview with Liam Young) by Rory Hyde
  4. "Combustible Landscape" by Sanford Kwinter
  5. "Love, Mike, Swarm Intelligence: Quartzsite, Arizona" by Robert Sumrell and Kazys Varnelis