'Quantum Objects' Exhibition
Julian Voss-Andreae
The Well (Quantum Corral), 2009
Gilded wood, 3” x 13” x 12” x (6 x 34 x 31 cm)
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)
Julian Voss-Andreae
The Building Blocks of Life, 2009
Series of three objects; painted steel, largest object length 17″ (43 cm)
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)
Julian Voss-Andreae
Night Path, 2009
Painted steel and gold thread, 18” x 19” x 6” (46 x 48 x 15 cm)
Julian Voss-Andreae
Spin Family, 2009
Steel and silk
Julian Voss-Andreae
“Father” of the series “Spin Family”, 2009
Steel and silk, 7” x 6” x 6” (18 x 15 x 15 cm)
Julian Voss-Andreae
Sketch for ‘Symmetry Break’, 2009
Steel chain and mixed media, 17” x 20” x 8” (43 x 51 x 20 cm)
Julian Voss-Andreae
“Collapsed Tetrahedron” of the series “Collapsed Platonic Solids”, 2009
Bronze, height 6” (15 cm)
Julian Voss-Andreae
Collapsed Platonic Solids, 2009
Series of five objects; bronze, largest object 9” (23 cm) diameter
Julian Voss-Andreae
The Universe (The Cellular Structure of Space-Time), 2009
Bronze, diameter 8” (20 cm)
Julian Voss-Andreae
Computer sketch for “Self-Portrait on the Brink of Detection”, 2009
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“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
