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Re-Visioning Reality: Quantum Superposition in Visual Art

Author(s) -

Lynden Stone

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

leonardo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1530-9282

pISSN - 0024-094X

DOI - 10.1162/leon_a_00640

Subject(s) - counterintuitive , superposition principle , quantum superposition , quantum , representation (politics) , phenomenon , perception , divergence (linguistics) , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , theoretical physics , aesthetics , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law , linguistics , politics

The counterintuitive phenomenon of quantum superposition requires a radical review of our ideas of reality. The author suggests that translations of quantum concepts into visual art may assist in provoking such a revision. This essay first introduces the concept of quantum superposition and points out its divergence from conventional perceptions of reality. The author then discusses how visual art might provide insight into quantum superposition. Finally she discusses the visual representation of quantum superposition by contemporary artists Jonathon Keats, Julian Voss-Andreae, Antony Gormley and Daniel Crooks; the problematic and paradoxical nature of such representations; and how these works might provoke a revision of our views of physical reality.Arts, Education & Law Group, Queensland College of ArtFull Tex

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