To celebrate the International Year of Light proclaimed by the United Nations, Sapienza University and the Fondazione Mondo Digitale are organizing an exhibition entitled “La Scienza Illumina” that aims to raise the awareness of young and old alike on the issues of sustainability and energetic savings.
The initiative, which is being developed in collaboration with Frascati Scienza, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and Asset Camera, is directly related to two great European events: the Maker Faire 2015 and the European Night of Research. The exhibition will feature interactive installations and performance art by Sapienza University professors, artists and the makers fro the Fondazione Mondo Digitale’s Phyrtual Innovation Gym.
The exhibition, which is based on a scientific and artistic review of the concept of light to address major issues such as sustainability, development and innovation, is divided into three sections: geometric optics, physical optics and quantum mechanics.
A top-notch team, including professors, makers, artists and technology experts, has been working on the exhibition under the coordination of Professor Giovanni Organtini, representative for Scientific Communication of the Sapienza Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Physics.
The exhibition will be open from September 25 to October 21, 2015 with special tracks reserved for students and citizens of all ages, within the larger Maker Faire 2015, the European event dedicated to innovation and design that will be held at Sapienza University from October 16-18.
Francesco Bianchi, Vladimiro Ercolino and Carlo Coletta are a few of the makers who meet at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym Fab Lab where they have been using the digital manufacturing equipment to produce the showcases for the exhibition experiments and installations.
Guided visits will be available for schools (fourth year of primary school and up). Each visit will involve 25-30 students and their chaperones. Reservations are already open: available days and hours are displayed on the exhibition calendar.
