Date and time: Thursday, February 10, 2022 14:00 to 15:30
Venue: Osaka Science Museum Multipurpose Room
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Hitoshi Kobayashi (Deputy Director of Arts and Sciences, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OSAKA)
Hiroshi Okura (Principal Curator of Osaka Science Museum)
On February 10th (Thursday), in connection with the Temporary Exhibition “Mystery of Color and Shape” being held at the Hall of Science, we held a talk event called “Searching Color and Shape” by curators of the Museum and Hall of Science. The place is Osaka Science Museum. The speakers were Hitoshi Kobayashi of The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OSAKA and Hiroshi Okura of Osaka Science Museum who belong to the Osaka City Museum.
This Temporary Exhibition explains the science behind it through the introduction of the mysterious and interesting colors and shapes around you. It is fun to see and understand how it works.
In the first half of the event, Mr. Kobayashi gave a lecture entitled "The Beauty of Tenmoku Chawan, a National Treasure-Mystery of Structural Color", which introduces Tenmoku Chawan, a national treasure. In Japan, there are 1 oil droplet Tenmoku (owned by The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OSAKA) and 3 Yogen Tenmoku, both of which have been handed down to Japan since ancient times. These include glicans (iris), which vary in color depending on the angle of view and the intensity of light, and this is due to structural color.
The lecture began with the history and background of the Tenmoku bowl, and introduced the patterns and differences seen in each national treasure Tenmoku bowl, as well as the investigation into the mystery of the beautiful lightcolor emitted by the structural color. . In particular, when investigating national treasures, detailed explanations such as the feel, feel and weight that actually touched, felt, felt, etc. felt the power that only the experienced person could talk, and the author was unintentionally drawn in.
In the second half, Mr. Okura introduces the highlights of Temporary Exhibition. In the talk, the actual exhibits were used as examples, such as "structural colors" that show beautiful colors with Tenmoku bowls and morpho butterflies, mechanisms such as the arrangement of atoms that make the shape of snow crystals and mineral crystals, and the laws in the background were introduced.
In addition, Mr. Okura himself is experiencing a “scientific view of things,” hints were given that questions such as whether the colors and shapes found in various objects have something in common, or if some fundamental laws could be found, and that exploring mechanisms could lead to the pleasure of science.
This event was a place to learn about Temporary Exhibition's deeper ways of enjoying the exhibition by art and natural science experts from their respective perspectives. At the same time, it was time to feel the richness of perspective that Nakanoshima has.
Report writing: Kazenjijin (Osaka Science Museum)
