Imaginary

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Cover picture of the exhibition: Citrus by Herwig Hauser

Imaginary is a traveling exhibition with interactive mathematical objects that was first shown in December 2007 in Munich. The exhibition was conceived by the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach under the direction of its then director Gert-Martin Greuel for the 2008 Year of Mathematics in Germany .

The exhibition presents visualizations , interactive installations, virtual worlds, 3D objects and their theoretical background from algebraic geometry and differential geometry . The abstract mathematics becomes images, “imaginary” becomes “image”. The interactive stations turn mathematics into art that can be influenced and science that can be understood.

Imaginary has so far been shown in over 20 cities in Germany, Austria, USA, Ukraine and England. Further exhibitions are planned in Switzerland and 2011 in Spain. (As of April 2010) The exhibition was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2008 and 2009.

construction

The exhibition consists of six stations:

resonance

In the first year, Imaginary was able to boast 13 exhibitions and over 120,000 visitors plus an additional 100,000 visitors for special events such as B. have achieved great success with the science ship. In 2008, 340 school classes visited the exhibition. Due to the open handling of the content (free download of the software ), the programs were downloaded over 50,000 times in the first year (source: Annual Report 2008, Imaginary). Imaginary was also shown in 2009 and 2010.

Awards

In 2013 Gert-Martin Greuel and Andreas Matt received the media prize of the German Mathematicians Association (DMV) for the IMAGINARY project.

Exhibition locations

date city place
09/21/2010 - 10/07/2010 Zurich , Switzerland ETH Zurich
03/08/2010 - 03/17/2010 Cambridge , UK Isaac Newton Institute
01/19/2010 - 02/26/2010 Hanover , Germany Leibniz University
05/11/2009 - 15/11/2009 Kiev , Ukraine Museum of Russian Art,
December 14, 2008 - December 31, 2009 Second Life , Internet Second Life art gallery
09/10/2009 Vienna , Austria Museum Quarter
09/30/2009 - 10/20/2009 Munster , Germany Town house III
09/26/2009 Bonn , Germany Hausdorff Center for Mathematics
03/24/2009 - 05/09/2009 Dresden , Germany Research Center Rossendorf
04/27/2009 - 05/01/2009 Stanford , USA Stanford University
03/23/2009 - 04/19/2009 Berkeley , USA MSRI
03/02/2009 - 03/20/2009 Vienna , Austria University of Vienna
05.12 - 19.12.2008 Passau , Germany University of Passau
October 24 - November 16, 2008 Saarbrücken , Germany k4 gallery
01.10. - October 19, 2008 Constance , Germany City tower
25.09. - October 21, 2008 Munich , Germany LMU Munich
08.09. - 09/26/2008 Cologne , Germany Canteen, University of Cologne
07.05. - 04.09.2008 Various cities, Germany Science ship
08/05 - 08/29/2008 Kassel , Germany Stadtsparkasse
08.07. - 07/30/2008 Rust , Germany Science House
28.06. - 04.07.2008 Leipzig , Germany Science summer
05/29 - 06/25/2008 Potsdam , Germany railway station
05/17 - May 25, 2008 Stuttgart , Germany Ideas Park , trade fair
10.03. - 04/11/2008 Kaiserslautern , Germany Fraunhofer ITWM
19.02. - 03/06/2008 Berlin , Germany Urania
28.01. - 02/05/2008 Berlin , Germany Lichthof, TU Berlin
01/23/2008 Berlin , Germany Telecom headquarters
December 10, 2007 - January 18, 2008 Munich , Germany Technical University of Munich

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