Forget everything you thought you knew about light! At SPARKOH!, light is much more than a light bulb – it’s a magician that plays tricks on your eyes, makes your shadows dance and reveals hidden colours.
Get ready to move, create and experiment! How do red, green and blue light combine to make white light? Why do some materials let light pass through while others block it? Come and explore these fascinating concepts through hands-on activities and interactive experiments.
Designed for children aged 3 to 7, this exhibition transforms physics and optics into a giant playground. Discover as a family how light shapes everything we see.
Observe Light
Put your eyes to the test and discover how light works – and how it sometimes tricks us!
Challenges
Dance under coloured spotlights and watch your shadow change colour as you discover how primary colours combine to create every other colour.
Change the lighting on drawings and watch hidden elements appear and disappear. The colour of light changes everything!
Compare bright light and darkness to understand how light intensity affects what we can see.
Step inside a dodecahedron of mirrors and experience the fascinating effect of infinite reflections.
©Pictures by B. Bosilo
Explore Light
Here, you’re in control!
Experiment with a giant shape puzzle to discover why light passes through some materials but not others. Create enormous or tiny shadows by changing your position in front of a light source. Most fun of all: use mirrors and objects to guide a beam of light and make it land exactly where you want it.
©Picture by B. Bosilo
Create with Light
In this artistic zone, light becomes both your paintbrush and your musical instrument.
Ready? Let your creativity shine!
Challenges
Play music simply by moving your hands through the beams of a stringless light harp.
Draw with light on a special wall and create your own luminous artwork.
Tell stories through shadow theatre and use UV light to reveal hidden surprises.
©Pictures by M. Rosca
©Pictures by B. Bosilo
