18/02/2016
TITAN’S Plant in Nea Efkarpia hosts The Herakleidon Museum Exhibition “I Play and Understand”
How are science, art, mathematics and philosophy connected? How can we learn to express ourselves through the arts, while using logic and mathematics to gain an understanding of the world? A fascinating educational journey from the senses to the intellect is provided by the Interactive Traveling Exhibition “I Play and Understand” of the Herakleidon Museum, which will be hosted by TITAN at its plant in Nea Efkarpia from 18 February to 11 June 2016, offering students and the broader public the opportunity to experience the association among science, art, mathematics and philosophy, as they interact with special structures.
In the exhibition area, tables with interactive exhibits and works of art introduce the visitor to the meaning of symmetry in nature and art, to the world of numbers and shapes, as well as to the elemental algorithmic operations, and issues of artistic distortion and reformation. The journey begins with the pre-Socratic era and the transition from myth to reason, continues with the Pythagoreans, the Eleatic philosophers, Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic period, and goes as far as the Renaissance, and even 20th century modern art, the contemporary science of chaos, dynamic systems and fractals.
The design and implementation of this exhibition draws from international experience in the field of interactive learning, particularly the relevant program suggested by UNESCO (http://bit.ly/UNESCO_Science_Education), while various original structures were designed and manufactured.
Design & Scientific Review of the Exhibition: Aris Mavromatis & Apostolis Papanikolaou, researchers in the Didactics of Mathematics
Contributor to the “Distortion and Reformation” section: Dr. Nikos Kourniatis, Architect - NTUA
The exhibition will take place from 18 February to 11 June 2016. Guided tours will be available for schools, in consultation with TITAN’s plant.
Contact Number: 2310 398642
Hours: Weekdays 16:00 – 18:00 and Saturday 10:00 – 18:00, closed on public holidays
Address: TITAN’s plant, Nea Efkarpia - Thessaloniki, 6.5 km Thessalonikis-Lagada Road
About the Herakleidon Museum:
Herakleidon Museum has been bringing art, education, and culture to the general public since 2004. It aspires to help prepare young people, both intellectually and emotionally, to face the growing demands of our world, both today and tomorrow. The inspiration for this endeavor comes from the founders Paul and Anna-Belinda Firos. Today the Museum Herakleidon has evolved into an interactive center for popularized science. Based on its philosophy of “Science, Art, and Mathematics”, it continues to provide original educational programs for students, teachers and adults at its main building (16 Herakleidon Str., Thissio), as well as exhibitions of art and popularized science at its annex (37 Ap. Pavlou Str., Thissio).