Multidisciplinary educational activity based on optical experiments conducted within an art context

Laura Lobato; Josep Vidal; Ariadna Miquel; Angel Lizana; Alba Peinado; Irene Estévez; Claudio Ramírez; Juan Campos; María J. Yzuel

doi:10.1117/12.2223182

8 October 2015 Multidisciplinary educational activity based on optical experiments conducted within an art context

Laura Lobato, Josep Vidal, Ariadna Miquel, Angel Lizana, Alba Peinado, Irene Estévez, Claudio Ramírez, Juan Campos, María J. Yzuel

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Proceedings Volume 9793, Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2015; 97931V (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223182
Event: Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2015, 2015, Bordeaux, France

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On the 20th of December 2013, The United Nations (UN) General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). The proclamation of an International Year focusing on the light science and applications recognizes the importance of light in the society, which plays a vital role in our daily lives, being visible in a widespread number of different areas, as for instance, in technology, education, energy, art, agriculture, health, among many others. In this work, the members of the Image Processing Laboratory from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), analyze the concept of readapting some experiments in optics -usually conducted in different courses at the UAB physics degree- into the artistic context of the MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona). This project, called SummerLight, takes place within the framework of the IYL, as part of the activities devised to promote the visibility of light. The readapted experiments are expected to teach and improve the knowledge of high school students with respect to different important physical phenomena related to the wave nature of light as polarization, interferences and diffraction. This study analyzes the suitability of the proposed experiments in terms of student optical skills improvement. In addition, its contextualization into an artistic scenario is also discussed.

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Laura Lobato, Josep Vidal, Ariadna Miquel, Angel Lizana, Alba Peinado, Irene Estévez, Claudio Ramírez, Juan Campos, and María J. Yzuel "Multidisciplinary educational activity based on optical experiments conducted within an art context", Proc. SPIE 9793, Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2015, 97931V (8 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223182

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