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二十面体是一个独立研究&独立出版小组，聚集了一批关注数学和艺术的艺术家和研究者。我们也举办工作坊和活动，邀请更多人和我们一起进入充满意外和不确定的发现之旅。在旅程中，重建一种人与人之间，自身和世界之间的关系。

每一个项目都是花一段时间做一个集体研究或创作，然后通过出版物的方式和更多人分享研究及创作。研究及相关出版物的主题涵盖：埃舍尔及镶嵌画、法国文学团体乌力波、Whole earth Catalog 及嬉皮士运动、触、扑克骰子游戏系统、材料游戏…… 每一个项目根据话题的特殊性，参与者从10人到100人不等。大部分的协作都是线上的，我们根据话题来选择合适的协作平台，这个研究和创作的内容都尽量是在尊重每一个参与者意愿的前提下开源的。

我们分享的不是作为“结果”的知识，而是由好奇心和创作的渴望推动的探求过程。我们想要推动一种alternative way of 知识的产生、以及基于信任和鼓励，而非评价与竞争的研究和创作环境。

Icosa Magazine is a Chinese art collective and independent publishing house founded by enthusiasts of mathematics and games. Each year, we organize 4–6 creative and researchbased projects. We design a set of rules around a selected theme and invite curious minds to join us in exploration. Our initiatives have ranged from Oulipo and generative literature, to Game Jams using tangible materials, studying local languages in Indonesia through linguistic Olympiad methods, tactile research and creation with visually impaired collaborators, sign language learning, investigations into the 1960s counterculture and the personal computing revolution, traditional oolong tea-making techniques, and studies of Escher’s art and Islamic geometric patterns… For each workshop, we bring in new collaborators from different disciplines, with participant numbers varying from as few as 5 to as many as 150. At the conclusion of each workshop, we compile, document, and present the outcomes through our publications. Subscribers to Icosa Magazine receive handcrafted MAIL PACK every few months, containing several—sometimes dozens—of works born from these explorations. Our members also host game gatherings around the globe, ranging from once or twice a month to, at peak times, daily events!