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Studierende sitzt am Arbeitsplatz und schaut auf den Laptop. © Aliona Kardash​/​TU Dortmund
University Days at the Dortmunder U

Exhibition takes an artistic look at physics

Exhibition „2ˣ – Physik und Kunst zwischen Zeit und Raum“ © Martina Hengesbach​/​TU Dortmund
In the exhibition "2ˣ – Physik und Kunst zwischen Zeit und Raum", visitors can view the works of eleven art students until March 3.
The Department of Art and Art History and the Experimental Physics 2 department at TU Dortmund University have collaborated on a joint interdisciplinary project: Art students have explored dimensions of time and space based on physical phenomena. The works range from photographs to multimedia installations and can be viewed until March 3 in the exhibition "2ˣ - Physics and Art between Time and Space" on the Hochschuletage in the Dortmunder U.

The common denominator of physics and art is that models, methods, devices and cameras look from large scales to the nanoscale in order to make spatial and temporal leaps in scale visually tangible. The multimedia artworks move at different speeds from small to large worlds and back again. They are now being presented to the general public for the first time in an exhibition on TU Dortmund University's Campus Stadt. One of Malin Emming's works even made it into the 2024 annual calendar of the German Research Foundation: her digital collages show a series of compressed photos of a trip to France, creating an overall picture that is compressed, as it were, and lends visual expression to the interconnectedness of space and time. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication in the form of an endless leporello. Admission to the exhibition is free.

The cooperation between the Art History Department and Experimental Physics 2 emerged from the Collaborative Research Center TRR160 ("Coherent Manipulation of Interacting Spin Excitations in Tailor-Made Semiconductors") funded by the German Research Foundation.

City Campus

As a partner in the Dortmunder U, TU Dortmund University regularly provides insights into research and teaching at Campus Stadt. Exhibition presentations and the space as a forum for dialog offer urban society the opportunity to get to know and discuss issues and findings from the scientific disciplines through various event formats.

Program accompanying the exhibition

  • February 4 and March 3, 12 noon: Family Sundays with a tour
  • Friday, February 9 and February 23, 12-13: Lunchtalks in the exhibition
  • Friday, February 16, 3-4 p.m.: Advice on studying to become an art teacher in the exhibition
  • Friday, March 1, 3-4 p.m.: Advice on studying physics in the exhibition

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