Name: Louise Ward Morris: Mirages
Start: 2026-08-20T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-15T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Wissenschaftsschaufenster

When light becomes an illusion: Louise Ward Morris in Braunschweig

With Mirages, the Science and Art Lab of TU Braunschweig presents an exhibition that intertwines perception, technology, and artistic reflection. Louise Ward Morris explores light as a source of knowledge and as an illusion, linking her artistic practice with research from the Nitride Technology Center. This creates an art experience that oscillates between scientific precision and poetic uncertainty.

Between mirage and screen

The exhibition begins at a fascinating border zone: Where does the material end, and where does appearance begin? Morris conceptualizes digital representation as a technical counterpart to the mirage. Her works open a space where media criticism, optical phenomena, and aesthetic experience penetrate each other. Visitors encounter an exhibition that makes observations rather than explanations.

Art between research and the present

Louise Ward Morris works as a British sculptor with a focus on New Media and describes herself as a Media Archaeologist. Her practice connects electronics, phenomenology, and science. In her artistic language, sculpture, installation, and media-critical research converge. This is where the strength of this exhibition lies: It presents the art history of the present not as a closed chapter but as a living contemplation of works in dialogue with research.

The place as a laboratory for cultural education

The Science and Art Lab sees itself as a space for exchange between science, art, and society. The scientific display window at Waisenhausdamm 8 offers an unusually open framework right in the heart of Braunschweig. The exhibition fits into a format that combines lectures, exhibitions, and encounters, thereby making cultural education accessible.

What visitors can expect

Mirages promises a concentrated, intellectually stimulating exhibition that works with light, perception, and digital image culture. Those who appreciate contemporary art, interdisciplinary curating, and a scientifically inspired exhibition atmosphere will find a rewarding reason to visit here. This exhibition should be experienced live, as its impact unfolds fully in the space, in the interplay of proximity and distance.