At the core of both art and science we find the twin forces of probability and uncertainty. However, these two worlds have been tenuously entangled for decades. On the one hand, artists continue to ask complex questions that align with a scientific fascination with new discoveries, and on the other hand, it is increasingly apparent that creativity and subjectivity inform science’s objective processes and knowledge systems.
In order to draw parallels between art, science and culture, this publication will explore the ways that selected art works have contributed to a form of cultural pedagogy. It follows the integration of culture and science in artists’ expressions to create meaningful experiences that expose the probabilities and uncertainties equally present in the world of science.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Between Nothingness and Eternity
Timothy Morton
Introduction
The Quantum Atmospherics of Consciousness
Chapter 1: The Swerve
Agency of the swerve
Measurement and control
The Solvay rupture
Capturing reality
The unpredictable swerve
Counterfactual definiteness of art
Swerve speed
Quantum biology
Chapter 2: The Diagram
Convergence
Diagram and the new language
The line
The flexible diagram
Entanglement and space
Multiverse
Multiverse and parallel worlds
Probability of facts
In aid of the diagram
Photonic traces
Bergson’s diagram and quantum parallels
Bacon’s synergies
Chapter 3: Spin
Quantum spin
The creativity of the spin
Quantum consciousness
Consciousness and the swerve
Chapter 4: The Graphene Moment
The genealogy of graphite
The haptic Atomic Force Microscope
Agency and mediums
The art of graphite
Drawing out
Performative agency
Chapter 5: Cloud
The itinerant cloud
Shifting power of perspective
Pre-cloud conscious
Repositioning the cloud
The machinic whole
Engineer’s perspective
Conclusion
Fragments
References
Author’s Biography
Index
About the author
Paul Thomas is honorary professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW); he is the founder and series-chair of the Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference series 2010–22. Thomas’s current artworks ‘Quantum Chaos’ are based on experiments with the Quantum Computation Centre, UNSW. He has written on quantum art and nanotechnologies.Contact: University of New South Wales, School of Art & Design, Cnr. Oxford St. & Greens Rd., Paddington NSW 2021, Australia.
Wed address: http://Visiblespace.com
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