An image of the "Kugellabore", heritage-listed, sphere-shaped laboratories in Berlin built in the mid-1930s. If it were possible to expose them to the Synchrotron Light of the nearby particle accelerator, could we not only see inside their walls, but what if we could also see into their past history?
Acrylic ink, oil and wax pastels on canvas 40 cm x 50 cm / 15.75" x 19.5"
An artist residency at the particle accelerator here in Berlin opened up the world of particle- and astrophysics to me. Electrons race at light speed through the particle accelerator, generating a very specific kind of radiation, called “Synchrotron Light”, as they go. This light is harnessed and used to observe how materials react to shifts in environmental conditions. In a way, scientists can “see” deep into the interior of solid matter.
But all that the scientists actually see are the data: numbers, graphs, tables. As an artist, I would like to instead literally see what things look like, visually, at the subatomic level. But of course that’s impossible. The “Electron Universes” series explores how invisible and intangible spaces might look if we could see them with our own eyes.
Signed on the front and titled on the back.
The edges are painted in matching colours so that you don't need to frame the artwork. It comes ready to hang as is.
