Our MYP 4 students recently had the exciting opportunity to visit Padova to explore the work of renowned artist M.C. Escher and discover the fascinating connections between art, mathematics, and computer science.
The trip included a visit to an exhibition showcasing Escher’s iconic artworks, followed by an immersive virtual reality experience that brought many of his impossible worlds to life. One of the highlights for students was experiencing Relativity and its famous staircases both as a physical artwork and within an interactive digital environment.
Escher’s work provides a powerful bridge between creative and computational thinking, linking concepts such as recursion, tessellation, symmetry, geometry, and representations of infinity – ideas that continue to influence mathematics, design, and computer science today.
The experience encouraged students to think critically about how different disciplines intersect and demonstrated how creativity and logic can work together to inspire new perspectives and innovative thinking.
