New Renaissance i = E = MC²: Study and Documentation of a Museum Exhibition

ABSTRACT This publication documents and contextualizes the museum exhibition New Renaissance i = E = MC² by Dieter Walter Liedtke. The exhibition presents a comprehensive art-historical and scientific framework based on Holistic Information Theory (HIT), proposing a universal information formula that integrates art, biology, physics, consciousness, and evolution. By extending the principles of quantum mechanics and general relativity through the concept of information as a creative and evolutionary force, the exhibition positions works of art as empirical evidence of innovation processes across time and disciplines. Through the visualization of artistic innovations using the Hegel–Liedtke Art Formula, the project demonstrates how creativity functions as transferable information capable of generating cognitive, social, and ethical transformation. The exhibition functions simultaneously as an art-historical study, a meta-scientific inquiry, and a curatorial model for a new Enlightenment paradigm, where art becomes a bridge between scientific knowledge, human consciousness, and the future evolution of society.