Display of Ultraviolet Light on a Chameleon with Household Materials

Title

Display of Ultraviolet Light on a Chameleon with Household Materials

Creator

Chatzigiouvanakis, Panagiotis

Abstract

Inspired by electromagnetic waves, I wanted to express the complexity of light and its thousands of applications into our world, or more thoroughly, the thousands of ways light is continuously finding to express itself. Specifically, I chose the chameleon as an example of a lizard which gives way into ultraviolet lighting for survival purposes. Additionally, taking advantage of other natural elements like eggshells, banana skins, olive oil, honey and tonic water, which have the same reflective properties, I decided to combine the two into an integrated creative arts project. More specifically, I draw a chameleon and to its body I attached the before mentioned elements in order to display the natural phenomenon using an ultraviolet light torch in an overall very dark environment.

Keywords

lizard

dark

glow

Subject

Interdisciplinary

Date Available

June 11, 2024

Type

Multi-surfaced Canvas

Course

HNS 2250 Debunking Pseudoscience: A Scientific Approach

Course Offering Term

Fall Semester 2023

Instructor

Valahas, Michael

Session

Honors Creative Projects