University Chemistry ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): 215-228.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202401035

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Diversified Artistic Expressions of the Creation of Chemical Science Popularization: Taking Cyanotype as an Example

Qiting He   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2024-01-12 Accepted:2024-02-21 Published:2024-03-25
  • Contact: Qiting He E-mail:heqt@sustech.edu.cn

Abstract: How can the creators of chemical science popularization introduce chemical knowledge without losing the fun? They need to try diversified artistic expressions to present the beauty of chemistry. This article discusses the innovation of artistic expressions of popular science creation in photo-image times, introduces the creative process of presenting artworks, and explores the spiritual pursuit beyond the material. Taking “Blue Pigment” in the video series “Chemistry and Life”, the short film “Cyanotype×Summer”, and the cross-border art exhibition “Cyanotype×Life” as examples, audio-visual fusion and other artistic techniques are used to show the chemical mystery of cyanotype and present the aesthetic emotions of video works and art exhibition. In addition, the research content in the science popularization article “Adventures in Blue Pigments: Cyanotype” was chosen for the course to construct a novel and interesting form of knowledge dissemination.

Key words: Chemical science popularization, Cyanotype, Blue pigment, Interdisciplinary research, Scientific visualization, Knowledge dissemination