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The "International Day of Light" is a worldwide UNESCO initiative that aims to focus on the appreciation of light and its role in science, culture and art, education and sustainable development.

Every year on May 16, the anniversary of the first successful use of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman, attention is focused on research and science related to light and light-based technologies. 

This day is a call to strengthen scientific cooperation and use its potential to promote peace and sustainable development.

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Universität Rostock
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18059 Rostock

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That was the Day of Light 2024

Nach einer kleinen Pause ging es in 2024 in die nächste Runde Day of Light. Das Institut für Physik beteiligt sich seit 2018 an der Initiative und setzte in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kunstverein zu Rostock und der Kunst.Schule.Rostock im Jahr 2024 einen noch größeren Lichtpunkt aus unserer Universität und ihrem Standort Rostock.

Um die bestehenden Prozesse fortzuführen und zu intensivieren, wurde nach 2022 im Februar 2024 ein 2. Symposium an den Orten der Wissenschaft und Kunst in Rostock abgehalten. Im Rahmen dieses Symposiums erhielten die Künstler die Möglichkeit, in den Forschungsbereichen und -laboren der Institute aber auch in den Ateliers und Räumlichkeiten der Kunst.Schule.Rostock und des Kunstvereins zu Rostock tätig zu werden. Um den Austausch zwischen Wissenschaftler*innen und Künstler*innen unmittelbar zu initiieren, gab es verschiedene Begegnungsformate im Rahmen des Symposiums. Den Künstlern und Ing. Gerd Micheluzzi, M.A., wurden zudem die Möglichkeit gegeben, in den Räumlichkeiten der Galerie des Kunstvereins zu Rostock und in der Umgebung in der Östlichen Altstadt während des Zeitraum des Symposiums zu leben und ebenfalls zu arbeiten.

Programmflyer zum Symposium 05.02.-09.02.2024

Die Ergebnisse dieser Zusammenarbeit wurden am Internationalen Tag des Lichts der breiten Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.

Wann: 16.05.2024
Wo: Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock

16 Uhr, Kolloquium
Institut für Physik/ Großer Hörsaal
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Alexander Szameit (Geschäftsführender Direktor, Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock)
Vorträge zu Kunst und Wissenschaft
Künstler
Tino Bittner, Lars Heidemann, Marc W1353L
Dr. Gerd Mathias Micheluzzi, Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar Universität Hamburg

18.30 Uhr, „Flashing Lights“
Kurzbeiträge zu Licht und Wissenschaft
Institut für Physik/ Forschungsgebäude
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Stefan Scheel

Impressions of Day of Light 2024
Institute Director Prof. Alexander Szameit and Christoph Krüger from the Kunstverein zu Rostock open the Day of Light together
Artist Lars Heidemann at the colloquium: FIAT LUX - Insights into the artistic-photographic process in the context of university research
Art scientist Dr. Gerd Mathias Micheluzzi at the colloquium: "Light - Point of Light - Dot. Insights into the workshop of an art history research project."
Artist Marc W1353L in the colloquium: "Art and quanta - a short work of thought art"
Angeregter Austausch zwischen Künstlern, Gästen und Physikern.
Physicist, art scientist and artist in conversation
Installation "delight" by Tino Bittner: What happens to everything that lives when light is only red?
Installation for the polarization of Marc W1353L
Artistic installation on polarization - in the eye of the beholder.
Physics professors in a double pack - the staircase speech of the evening.
Flashing Lights - short contributions to the Day of Light: Dr. Franklin Martinez and Julia Görsch sing well-known songs with specially written physics lyrics.
Flashing Lights - short contributions to the Day of Light: Kira Ludwig presents "In the light of colors - between information board and painting"
Physicists and artists experience an evening program together.
Physicists and guests watch the flashing lights closely.

Images: Robert Leppin (Universität Rostock)

That was the Day of Light 2022

In 2022, the focus was once again on the appreciation of light and its role in science, culture and art, education and sustainable development.

The Institute of Physics took part in the Day of Light initiative for the third time after 2018 and 2021 and, together with the Institute of Biosciences, the LiMatI Collaborative Research Center and in cooperation with the KVLAB of the Rostock Art Association, set a strong point of light in our university and its location in Rostock in 2022. To mark the occasion, artistic works by Lars Heidemann, Marc W1353L and Tino Bittner were presented in the institutes on May 16, creating a link between art and science.

In the coming years, this initiative will find a permanent place in the annual schedule of the Institute of Physics and will increasingly seek interdisciplinary approaches in line with the aims of UNESCO at our university.

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That was the Day of Light 2021
Cutout: Marc W1353L-Geheimnis der Gräser

The Kunstverein zu Rostock took part in this initiative together with the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Biosciences at the University of Rostock.
On this occasion, artistic positions were created by Lars Heidemann, Marc W1353L and the artist group SCHAUM, creating a link between art and science.

The Day of Light represents a starting point for artistic and scientific dialog on the subject of light, which will continue beyond 16 May into a visible process and will be accompanied by the KVLAB of the Kunstverein zu Rostock. In addition to the artistic positions visible in the outdoor area of the Institute of Physics and the Botanical Garden, the contributions will be permanently presented on the website of the Kunstverein zu Rostock.

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