Exhibition “effort + flow – Mathematics and Art in Exchange” was a great success
With the exhibition “effort + flow – Mathematics and Art in Exchange”, the CRC in cooperation with the Kunsthalle Barmen showed from January 16 to March 29, 2026, how artistic and scientific research processes can encounter and inspire each other in complex ways.
The focus was on works that reflect the principles of mathematical modelling: Energy that circulates in objects and environments; forces that couple and feed back; fields that organise themselves, oscillate or seek equilibrium; interfaces where systems meet. On show were installations, objects, videos and interactive experiments by Katja Davar, Sabrina Fritsch, Theo Jansen, Fischli/Weiss and Thomas Rentmeister, among others. They range from algorithmic and kinetic processes to works that visualise ecological or social systems.
