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ESKI collaborates with the Musée de la civilisation on its Live Science Exhibit
June 6, 2011
Press release - Always at the leading-edge of new technologies, ESKI is proud to have contributed all of its expertise to the new Live Science exhibit at the Musée de la Civilisation in Quebec City. The exhibit, which takes place from June 8, 2011 through September 9, 2012 at the Musée de la Civilisation in Quebec City, is designed to demystify science and make even the most cutting-edge scientific knowledge accessible to the public.
In close collaboration with ESKI, the National Film Board of Canada, MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems), Université Laval and the Musée de la Civilisation have all teamed up to develop a series of attractions that give this exhibit a festive, carnival-style appeal. It’s all there, from the Big Top to the Hall of Mirrors, Haunted House and Carousel.
The goal was to get science out of the labs and out of the obscure world of research, and thereby give it a human and accessible face. ESKI tackled this goal by writing the script of Live Science, planning the space, and giving a lot of thought to the various interactive activities that would make it a clever and entertaining event, as well as a spectacular learning experience. Essentially, this was another exciting challenge for ESKI, the Montreal company that became known through its work on the Interactive Mural at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archeology and History.
ESKI also contributed to the entire design and making of the “Cuisinatron” booth. Presented in the style of a carnival kitchen featuring a retro-futuristic machine, the “Cuisinatron” stand teaches visitors how to take a scientific approach to the following challenge: reproduce certain dishes using complex chemical phenomenons that are illustrated by visual and sound effects.
Also for this exhibit, ESKI participated in creating the interactive modules and the light modules of the Haunted House, the vivarium of robotic bugs in Leonardo’s Workshop and the interactive crystal ball of the Mathemagical Theatre. ESKI’s expertise in lighting effects is now well established. Daniel Danis has once again called on ESKI to integrate a lighting system in his play Mille Anonymes, presented at the Festival TransAmérique. Last April, at the Coachella Festival in California, ESKI brought to life a revolutionary visual experience with 1,250 luminous and interactive balloons falling from the sky during Arcade Fire’s performance.
For Live Science, ESKI also worked on integrating the lights in the Carousel of Scientists, which features life-size wax figurines of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur. As well, the company was responsible for the lighting at the Miracle Products booth, a giant reconstruction of iPhone applications with artifacts from the last century, where each icon activates a series of LED lights to bring out the corresponding object.
All of this technology is intended to make science more appealing and arouse scientific interest amongst youth. An approach shared by ESKI for many years. With the Fais ta valise conference, ESKI president Vincent Leclerc undertook to enable students from Montreal elementary and high schools experience innovative projects in the digital arts. It is only natural that ESKI would today be associated with a project the size and scope of Live Science.
Photos by Félix Genêt Laframboise
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