Conceived in collaboration with experts in current research of music and mathematics, La La Lab mixes a laboratory format with interactive exhibits to present you with the stunning connections between mathematics and music pushing the boundaries of musical creativity and mathematical knowledge. It features more than a dozen interactive exhibits with newly developed software, images, 3d prints, hands-on installations, projections and a special reading and listening area. The exhibition is also part of the German Science Year of Artificial Intelligence 2019 presenting several exhibits on AI and music.

 The exhibition pivots over three axis (mixed inside the Lab):

• Music theory.
  Learning what tools build music, and how these tools are used to create art. Basic concepts and historical comments.

• Current research.
  The latest trends of research in the connection of maths and music. Artificial Intelligence, theoretical and new instruments, classification and composition tools.

• Art and entertainment.
  A joyful display of artworks from artists and mathematicians in the field. Talks/concerts at scheduled events.

The exhibition is created by IMAGINARY, with the scientific and artistic advisorship of Moreno Andreatta (IRCAM Paris, Univ. Strasbourg), Thomas Noll (ESMUC Barcelona), Luisa Pereira and Manuela Donosa (New York) and Jürgen Richter-Gebert (TU Munich); and with the generous contributions of more than 20 artists and scientists working in the field.

The exhibition is presented by the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF), who created MAINS, a special event and exhibition venue dedicated to mathematics and informatics. The former showroom of the “Heidelberger Druckmaschinen” offers plenty of space to raise public awareness of the disciplines’ importance for society.

The exhibition was made possible by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. It is supported by the Technical University of Munich.

A snapshot of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach is a short text (approx. 5-8 A5 sized pages) that explains a mathematical problem or idea that is related to a scientic program at the MFO. It is targeted at a general audience consisting of advanced high school and undergraduate students, mathematics teachers, science journalists, and other individuals interested in modern mathematics. It can be written in English or German.

The presentation will include a general description of the project. A discussion will consider questions like:

How can an international research institute communicate recent scientific research actively?
Can scientists write comprehensible texts about their research themselves?
How can they be guided and editorially supported?
How can texts about recent research be interesting for a broad audience?

The snapshot project is part of the project Oberwolfach meets IMAGINARY, for which the MFO has recently been awarded a major grant by the Klaus Tschira Foundation and the Oberwolfach Foundation. In this project, we plan to create and collect high quality mathematics communication content for our platform www. imaginary.org. Our goal is to promote the understanding and appreciation of modern mathematics and mathematical research in the general public world-wide and to provide interested individuals as well as exhibitors, teachers, and science journalists with accessible insights into modern mathematics.

Additional to the presentation of the snapshots and a poster presentation, IMAGINARY is present at the Forum at the Fast Forward Science film festival. IMAGINARY member Guillaume Joivet will receive the first price in the category “Substance” with his latest film “Glacial Mistery”. He was supported - among others - by IMAGINARY members Antonia Mey and Bianca Violet in the production of the film.