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The exhibition BarabásiLAB: Hidden Patterns by Albert-László Barabási, a world-renowned physicist, network researcher, and laboratory manager from the majority Hungarian-speaking Szeklerland, will be on display in Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely) from Saturday to mid-October.
This is not a first for the BarabásiLAB exhibition in Transylvania: last year it was on display at the Szekler Museum in Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda). The Mures County Museum announced that the opening will take place on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. in the historical section of the Târgu Mureș Castle. The event will be honored by Albert-László Barabási with his presence.
Network research and visualization is one of the most promising scientific-methodological innovations of recent years and decades, a new learning model that has proven to be an effective tool for the study of cultural and social phenomena, including the visual arts scene.
Albert-László Barabási, a world-renowned physicist and network researcher, was born in Cârța (Csíkkarcfalva), graduated from high school in Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda), then studied in Bucharest and Budapest, and finally came to Boston. He is currently a fellow of several universities in the United States and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea, and the American Physical Society, to name a few.
The goal of BarabásiLab (Northeastern University’s Center for Complex Networks) is to explore how networks look, evolve, and influence our understanding of complex systems. Hidden Patterns is the first exhibition dedicated to the artistic representation of Albert-László Barabási’s network research. The exhibition includes dozens of fascinating images and objects that emerged from the empirical research, a kind of mosaic of science and art, where new products and patterns emerge from the intersection of elements from both fields. The aim of the exhibition is to bring networked thinking closer to art and make it accessible to a wide audience.
Photo: Facebook/Albert-László Barabási
After the Ludwig Museum in Budapest, the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe and the Szekler Museum in Miercurea Ciuc, the Museum of the County of Mureș is the fourth cultural institution to show the BarabásiLab exhibition. Although the museum building in the castle has hosted many exhibitions of international standing, this event is exceptional for the institution as it creates a link between contemporary art and science in a space that presents the results of research in history and archaeology.
Via Ungarn Heute, Featured image: Facebook/Albert-László Barabási