ABSTRACT

In order to communicate scientific knowledge of blood and to raise awareness regarding physiopathology events occurring in blood, we describe here the creation and development of an art facility built at the Brazilian Science Museum. The installation reproduces a large human artery that visitors can walk through, designed to communicate several concepts about blood and blood vessels. It displays models of various cellular and molecular components and their characteristics: The mediation process uses analogies to express scientific content foster communication between the public and the concepts portrayed. Scenography techniques and features were used to produce models of actual blood components, including visual and sensory analogies and lighting. A survey was conducted in the form of questionnaires to 61 visitors; 99% of them very much liked the personal experience within the giant artery and 85% reported having a concrete learning experience with respect to some of the content. Our results suggest that the art installation communicates several concepts about blood and its components, conveying understanding of its characteristics and functions. The ‘Giant Artery’ provides visitors with a union of meanings characterised by scientific content and its associated emotions and sensations, finally resulting in an understanding of concepts.

摘要

为了传播有关血液的科学知识并提高人们对血液中发生的病理生理学事件的认识，我们在此描述了在巴西科学博物馆建造的艺术设施的创建和发展。该装置再现了游客可以穿过的大动脉，旨在传达有关血液和血管的几个概念。它显示了各种细胞和分子成分的模型及其特征：调解过程使用类比来表达科学内容，促进公众与所描绘概念之间的交流。场景技术和特征被用于生成实际血液成分的模型，包括视觉和感官类比以及照明。以问卷形式对 61 位访客进行了调查；其中 99% 的人非常喜欢巨动脉内的个人体验，85% 的人表示对某些内容有具体的学习经历。我们的研究结果表明，艺术装置传达了关于血液及其成分的几个概念，传达了对其特征和功能的理解。“巨动脉”为游客提供了以科学内容及其相关情感和感觉为特征的意义结合，最终导致对概念的理解。