In the 2005 World Year of
Physics and also the 2005 Year of Design in many countries,
The Art Gallery at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in
SIZED MATTER – Perception of the Extreme Unseen
The works
explore and lift the veil of the optically impossible task of visually
observing subatomic particle energy and matter by a systemic visual translation
of the physical properties of particle matter according to the Standard Model
of Elementary Particle Physics into images and objects.
The exhibition is the result
of several years of unique collaboration between renowned physicists Dr. Gordon Kane and Dr. David Gerdes,
and industrial designer Jan-Henrik
Andersen at the
The show is open from June 6th
to
The 25
works are large scale digital prints on canvas and paper, sculpture and
furniture, which explore the visual translation from mathematical abstraction
to images and eventually to objects. The intent is to increase the cognitive
availability of the fundamental building blocks of our Universe and make this
wonderful world available to a broader audience. By visually explaining these
highly abstract facts, the show aims to decrease the intellectual distance
between fundamental science and the common understanding of what we’re all made
of by demonstrating that design and science share the same fundamental beauty.
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For further
information, please contact:
Georgia Schwender,
Or for comments and high
resolution images:
Jan-Henrik Andersen janhande@umich.edu