Slides used at Figuring the Invisible – An Interdisciplinary Conference. Lucerne School of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Research Project FICTA SciO.

1. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis,
Pulsars, and Beyond!

2. Who am I?
What am I going to
talk about?

3. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
I am a digital artist &
interaction designer
I studied New Technologies for the
Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Venice.
I am studying for a Second-Cycle
Degree Course in Cognitive Processes
and Technologies.
Presently working at the National
Institute for Nuclear Physics INFN LNL.

4. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Nucleosynthesis,
Pulsars, and Beyond!
Let’s see

5. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Nucleosynthesis,
Pulsars, and Beyond!
Nucleosynthesis
VR Experience

6. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Nucleosynthesis,
Pulsars, and Beyond!
Pulsars
A tale of Cosmic Clocks.
VIS, FILM 15L

7. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
+
INFN LNL Atoms and
beyond!

8. Introduction to
visual communication
& animation for science

9. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Data Accurate
Data Graph
Visual
Language
Art & Data Storytelling
Annual global corporate investment in
artificial intelligence. OurWorldInData.org
Examples of visual communication
BrainGraph project, Alessia Lorenzi
OurWorldData.org

10. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
My physics teacher told her
students that electrons are not
circles, so we can represent
them as fishes moving in the
opposite direction of the flow
because it is easier to
remember it this way.
How AI sees (our common
idea of) atoms, black holes,
dinosaurs.
Amazing pictures!
No reference photo was taken to create them.
Real data is not actually so cool.

11. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Figuring the invisible.
Real science pictures are rich in information.
Artistic interpretations may visually convey
ideas and makes us feel something, but we
can’t discover and measure reality based on
them.
From this perspective and for this scientific
purpose, we could say that artistic
interpretations are “empty” due to the lack of
information about reality.

12. Visual Solutions
for the invisible
in Science

13. Visual solutions for
Nucleosynthesis
VR Experience
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Teleporting into a digital world!
#DigitalAdventure #VirtualRealityMagic
#TechExploration #DigitalJourney

14. #DigitalAdventure #VirtualRealityMagic
#TechExploration #DigitalJourney
Visual solutions for
Nucleosynthesis
VR Experience
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
WOW, data!

15. #DigitalAdventure #VirtualRealityMagic
#TechExploration #DigitalJourney
Visual solutions for
Nucleosynthesis
VR Experience
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Unreal
Concept for the story

16. #DigitalAdventure #VirtualRealityMagic
#TechExploration #DigitalJourney
Visual solutions for
Nucleosynthesis
VR Experience
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Real but…
Real AGATA at INFN LNL

17. #ScienciaEnAction #Animation
#RawScienceFilmFestival #2022
Visual solutions for
Pulsars,
A tale of Cosmic
Clocks.
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
How can we tell a
captivating story about
the cosmos without
losing sight of the
accuracy of scientific
information?

18. #ScienciaEnAction #Animation
#RawScienceFilmFestival #2022
Visual solutions for
Pulsars,
A tale of Cosmic
Clocks.
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Live action and
animation.

19. Visual solutions for
INFN-LNL
introductory video
Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible Painted Style
INFN-LNL
introductory video
Mixed Media
INFN-LNL
introductory video

20. Conclusions

21. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Common languages,
different domains.
Science vs Fiction

22. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Should we use different
visual systems in science
communication?
Painted Style
INFN-LNL
introductory video
Realistic Style
AGATA
VR Experience
Science vs Fiction

23. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
or
should we train people
to recognize and to
separate contexts?
Realistic simulation
AGATA
VR Experience
Science vs Fiction
Real Picture
INFN-LNL AGATA

24. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Cinematographic Visuals
can be really powerful
and captivating
Science vs Fiction
Suitable for various contexts,
even just for entertainment.

25. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
How should we do
good visual communication
for science?
AI, fast information everywhere, pictures inflation, fake
news, unethical marketing, immersive contents for
entertainment are competing against authentic
scientific visual contents.

26. Alessia Lorenzi, Gloria Vallese.
Nucleosynthesis, Pulsars, and Beyond!
Lucerne 2023
Figuring the Invisible
Thank you for your attention!
www.alessialorenzi.it