‘Quantum Objects’ Exhibition – Julian Voss-Andreae

'Quantum Objects' Exhibition

quantumcorral_on_black — Julian Voss-Andreae The Well (Quantum Corral), 2009 Gilded wood, 3” x 13” x 12” x (6 x 34 x 31 cm)

analyzedbird_2up — Julian Voss-Andreae Analyzed Songbird, 2009 Glass, cork, sealing wax, wood, and mixed media 12” x 15” x 6” (30 x 38 x 15 cm) and 7” x 15” x 2” (18 x 38 x 5 cm)

buildingblocks — Julian Voss-Andreae The Building Blocks of Life, 2009 Series of three objects; painted steel, largest object length 17″ (43 cm)

histogram_side — Julian Voss-Andreae Self-Portrait as a Histogram (Prayer Beads), 2009 Aluminum, stainless steel, and wooden beads, 4” x 6” x 8” (10 x 15 x 20 cm)

nightpath — Julian Voss-Andreae Night Path, 2009 Painted steel and gold thread, 18” x 19” x 6” (46 x 48 x 15 cm)

spinfamily — Julian Voss-Andreae Spin Family, 2009 Steel and silk

spinfamily_dad — Julian Voss-Andreae “Father” of the series “Spin Family”, 2009 Steel and silk, 7” x 6” x 6” (18 x 15 x 15 cm)

symmetrybreak — Julian Voss-Andreae Sketch for ‘Symmetry Break’, 2009 Steel chain and mixed media, 17” x 20” x 8” (43 x 51 x 20 cm)

copy_0_33_2009_collapsedtetrahedron — Julian Voss-Andreae “Collapsed Tetrahedron” of the series “Collapsed Platonic Solids”, 2009 Bronze, height 6” (15 cm)

copy_0_34_2009_collapsedplatonicsolids — Julian Voss-Andreae Collapsed Platonic Solids, 2009 Series of five objects; bronze, largest object 9” (23 cm) diameter

copy_0_37_2009_spacetimefoam — Julian Voss-Andreae The Universe (The Cellular Structure of Space-Time), 2009 Bronze, diameter 8” (20 cm)

vossandreae_fig4 — Julian Voss-Andreae Computer sketch for “Self-Portrait on the Brink of Detection”, 2009

“Quantum Objects” was an exhibition of about thirty quantum physics-inspired sculptures on display at the American Center for Physics (Washington, D.C.).

“The term quantum object, although regularly used in physics, is really an oxymoron. An ‘object’ is something that lives completely in the paradigm of classical physics: It has an independent reality in itself, it behaves deterministically, and it has definite physical properties, such as occupying a well-defined volume in space and time. For the ‘quantum object’ all those seemingly self-evident truths become false: Its reality is one that is relative to the observer, the principle of causality is violated, and other features of materiality such as clear boundaries in space and time, being objectively located or even possessing identity, do not pertain. […]”
(from Julian Voss-Andreae: Quantum Sculpture: Art Inspired by the Deeper Nature of Reality, Leonardo 44 1 (2011) pdf)

Read more:
Phillip Ball: Quantum objects on show, Nature 462 (November 26, 2009) pdf

'Quantum Objects' Exhibition

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