First Friday Fractals 
First Friday Fractals is the spectacular, award-winning fulldome planetarium show that takes viewers on a tour of the fractals in nature and zooms through infinitely complex mathematical fractals. Featuring original music, the show is both educational and highly entertaining, and suitable for audiences 3 and up.
Next Shows: Friday, February 3d
at the NM Museum of Natural History and Science
at 1801 Mountain Road, NW, in Albuquerque NM
Adults $10, Seniors $7, Children (3-12) $5
Photo by Velvet Valentine
Please be aware: These shows ALWAYS sells out (208 times, so far), so you must buy tickets in advance - do not just show up and expect to get in. Also, you must arrive at the Museum at LEAST 10 minutes prior to showtime to pick up your willcall tickets. There is NO late-seating, as the planetarium is extremely dark, and there are no refunds. Sorry!
If the show is sold out already, try “Fractals Rock!”
Show Credits:
First Friday Fractals is produced and narrated by Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D.
Music:
The lead composer and sound designer is Daniel Wolfe, who produced the music for the following animations from the show:
Ahonia (intro), Galanga, Hypermeshy, Mandelirium, Featherino, Peacock, Morphalingus, Triumple, Shroomungous, Butterfly Meltdown, Iftikhar, Xylengi, Hagen, Bulbia, Canyonero, Bulbalicious, Sportal.
Kan’Nal / Tierro Lee produced the music for:
Glomey / All Things Change, Oxlahun, Novamorph.
Fractal Formulas & Software:
- Benoit Mandelbrot
- Jérémie ‘bib’ Brunet
- Krzysztof Marczak - Mandelbulber
- Jesse - Mandelbulb3D
- Frederik Slijkerman - Ultra Fractal
Images:
Jonathan Wolfe, Tania Goldfeder-Wolfe, Velvet Valentine, Bert Hickman, Robert Fathauer, Jef Duncan, Jennifer Warren, Jani Patokallio, Jared Tarbell, Bernard Malamud (Kings College, London), Paul de Koninck (Université Laval), T. Janka (Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics), Ronald Thomas (New Mexico Tech), PK Yeung (Georgia Tech), NASA, Google Earth.
I love this show and can’t wait to see it again! I especially love the original music, too. Great new site, by the way!!
I would like to know how one participates in this great new idea i am an eighty two year old fractal artist recognized world wide check out my images and respond
http://www.wirefree.net.au/~lawrence i am a fractal master my images are called novagraf
My images all have good art elements
I am dying for that playlist, you promised! The songs from your equally talented brother “Daniel Wolfe” to the music from your boys in Boulder, it is a soundtrack for a smooth evening of Fractal Jams and I want to find those songs you played last night during “Fractal’s Rock”. Please post a track listing when you get a chance. Thanks!
When will you have another Fractal Rock? I loved it!
Fractals Rock! will return next summer.
Please feel free to contact the NM Natural History Museum Foundation (505.841.2801) to let them know if you’d like to see Fractals Rock! run year-round. Thanks for your interest!
I would LOVE to see Fractals Rock year round!!!!
Phenomenal! Any chance you would be looking to sell the technology/knowhow or be willing to partner to bring this show/technology to Toronto Canada?
Incredible show! Excellent for young children and older children. Great way to get them interested in math and art. You can’t imagine nor put words to the show..you must SEE it!
This an excellent and consciousness-altering experience. Have come for the Friday Fractals and now Fractal Rock! I hope that it will still be around early next year as I plan to come with my students in Psychology of Consciousness (at Southwestern College in Santa Fe http://swc.edu ) — we look at consciousness in terms of complexity science — in which individuals, families, cultures, historical periods have self-similar organizing patterns and therefore also inter-influencing effects on one another. There is something about this visual transmission of that which really brings it home, helps people to see the world in this way. How when we zoom in on an individual life we see the patterns of the family, the culture repeated, therefore can work for transformation at many different levels macro and microcosmic.
I also so appreciate your enthusiasm and generosity with this show. And great music. Thank you.
Thank you for the show yesterday. I also think some Mahler would go great…
Any thoughts of converting fractals to produce sound digitally?
Hey, I’m so bummed that Fractals Rock is over for the year! PLEASE tell us that the show will be back again! Why on earth can’t you do this show all year? It’s super popular, really fun, and it always sells out. Please consider doing more Fractals Rock shows, please!
Thank you for creating such an awesome experience, I just wish we could have more of it!
I’m so thankful that my Son and I got to see the show in June 2011. I had no idea that it would be the last for a while. We waited years for a first friday to happen where I was off work. It was as great as I hoped it would be and my Son enjoyed it as well.
I am a UNMHospital RN so I saw the posting on my work e-mail from UNM Leisure services. I have been fasinated with fractals since I saw PBS’s Colors of Infinity. I didn’t know you existed until my husband and I went to our first show last night (10-7-2011) WOW!!!! I am going to take the online course. See you soon at the Fractals Rock Show.