Seeing the Invisible and Feeling the Intangible: In Search of New Formats for Communicating Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Lecture series MUSIC, THE ARTS & MATH

EKATERINA EREMENKO (Institute of Mathematics, Technical University of Berlin, GER)

Cinema is, first and foremost, a visual art, while mathematics and theoretical physics are primarily intellectual pursuits. How can the work of scientists be visualized and presented through cinematic means? In science, a clearly posed question can sometimes stand in the way of a successful solution.
For nearly fifteen years, Ekaterina Eremenko has been exploring this challenge in her films. In her lecture, she will present examples from her diverse body of work, approaching the problem from multiple perspectives.

Ekaterina Eremenko is graduated with honours in mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University and later from the VGIK Film Institute. She then took part in the Discover Campus Master School programme. She has directed—and in some cases produced numerous documentaries, some of which were co-produced by BBC, ARTE, ZDF, MDR, RBB, YLE, and many other international television channels. Among her awards are the Grand Prix at the Science Film Festival in Olomouc and the German Mathematical Society’s Prize for the Popularisation of Mathematics.

In English

Organized by focus area InterMediation. Music – Effect – Analysis in cooperation with the Mathematics Department of University of Salzburg in series Music, the Arts & Math.

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The Salzburg series MUSIC, THE ARTS & MATH focusses on interdisciplinary networks and perspectives between the disciplines. It is organized and designed in collaboration with international experts from the fields of mathematics, statistics, computer science, AI, composition, art, dance, film, and music research and provides insights into current research and developments in the border areas between the scientific disciplines.