Art meets technology: an exhibition in three chapters

(MH) In collaboration with the Parisian Musée des Arts et Métiers, Mudam presents its latest exhibition that combines different fields of visual arts with technology, showing that creativity and science are not two separate arenas.

“Eppur Si Muove“ (“And yet it moves“) - such is the title of the latest exhibition that will run at Mudam from July 9 this year until January 17, 2016. A phrase commonly associated with Galileo Galilei after being forced to publicly recant his theory about the Earth travelling around the sun, the title already hints at an exhibition rich in movement.

Exhibition in three chapters

With a total of 70 pieces, the exhibition is divided into three chapters, each of them introducing art to new forms of technology.

While the first chapter “Measuring the World“ experiments with measurements and forms, the second chapter “Matter Revealed“ displays mesmerising optical illusions, playing with sounds, lights and special effects. The final chapter “Inventions Applied“ showcases a number of big and playful inventions, expressing the artists' fascination with mechanical tools.

Although the technology behind some pieces may be too complex for the observer, its effect is therefore all the more gripping.

Piotr Kowalski's “Identité n°2“ is an example of the multiple optical illusions that trick the human eye. Composed of three different-sized cubes, each is placed in front of a round mirror. Looking at their reflection, the observer realises that the cubes magically appear same-sized.

Old and new

With some pieces dating back to as early as the eighteenth century, the exhibition seemingly travels through time.

Highlighting all the major milestones of technology, the exhibition ranges from an early 19th Century machine that produces aritificial flowers to a modern DIY-antenna generating electricity from a potato.

The much anticipated robots and drones are among the more recent inventions that the exhibition has to offer. Paul Granjon's robot “Guido“, a small white and blue robot on wheels, will actively interact with the visitors, taking them on guided tours a few times a week.

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