signatures of the invisible
signatures of the invisible
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There has never been anything quite like Signatures of the Invisible.
This unique collaboration carries the potential to redefine the relationship
between science and art.
Signatures of the Invisible brings together the London Institute -
the world’s largest College of art and design - and CERN one of the
world’s most extraordinary international scientific collaborations.
Europe’s leading visual artists will work with distinguished scientists
from CERN to make original pieces of art which respond to (rather than
illustrate) the preoccupations of theoretical physics. These works of art
will be drawn together into an exhibition which will show in major
galleries in Europe, Japan and the USA.
High energy physics often deals with events so small they are known
only by their mathematical signatures. It might at first seem that
art has no way of approaching this field. Yet these events come close
to telling us how the universe works and have changed our
understanding of nature.
It is therefore imperative for art to confront this if it is to have
meaning. The laws of physics are not going to go away. Relativity,
antimatter, quantum mechanics are how nature works. Art can take
us into areas of perception through visual encounters and through
artists’ talents to lose themselves in the interplay between concept
and medium. In this programme artists will be able to do this in parts
of the natural world which have previously been invisible.
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