In this world, our knowledge is restricted to our senses, and the reality in which we are living is beyond corporal matter. However, the quantum theory goes beyond these fundamental assumptions. In other words, this theory has no predestined boundaries or ascertained expectations. I was really captivated by how amazing the quantum theory is.

For the Artwork, in order to represent how quantum theory distorts our perspective of science, I decided to produce a work that could reflect the fact that the behaviour of both light and electrons is not assuredly predictable under observation, the fact that light and electrons exhibit the wave-particle duality, and the fact that space and time are relatives and only speed of light is constant.

For the art project, I wanted to represent the three previous scientific concepts because these notions lead us to question about our search for absolute truth. Effectively, the quantum theory, since we usually do not pay attention to it, is absolutely beyond our comprehension and defies our common senses. During classes, I was really intrigued by how hard quantum theory leads us to interrogate about our perceptions of things. It makes us perceive our boundaries as human beings. Indeed, as long as our brains are part of this world, we interfere with reality; we could not look the world around us in an independent way. Unlike the Newtonians Physics, in the quantum theory, rules are intermittent. Under observation, what we see might not always be coherent or representative to reality. Also, I decided to talk about the wave-particle duality and the relativity of space and time because it is really interesting, in my opinion, to perceive how these notions actually change our understanding of science and also our place in the universe. Moreover, it is captivating to see how different, compared to the Newtonians physics, both quantum theory and relativity are. The theory brings us to interrogate ourselves about whether or not we can trust our senses. I was really amazed to perceive science in a relative way because of these notions.

For the project, in order to represent all these scientific ideas and concepts, I did a painting on a canvas by using water paint. I separated the canvas into 4 sections. The sections have the same images but in different colors (inspired by Andy Warhol’s art). I used the colors of the four elements. In order to show that there are two completely different worlds, I painted 2 of the 4 sections upside down. There are the following figures in each one of the 4 sections: a sun, a tunnel and a door. I painted a sun in order to use the sunbeams to represent the wave particle duality; I painted a tunnel (inspired by Magritte’s art) which is connected to the universe. Since 2 sections are upside down, the door’s path of the 4 figures is forming an eye in the center of the canvas. The Earth in the center of the canvas represents the pupil. It represents someone who is trying to observe the world with an independent outlook but he/she couldn’t because he/she is part of this world (he/she interferes with the reality). The eye shows that sometimes what we see under observation could be different to what it truly is when we do not observe it. I want to demonstrate the fact that we can’t get an independent outlook on the world for absolute truth. Also, since what we see is an image formed by an electrical signal reaching our brains, a same “figure” could be interpreted in different ways (the interpretations depend about how the viewers perceive it). In the case of my artwork, some observers might only see the paths as simple roads whereas other observers could see the eye formed by the four paths.

The quantum theory is really amazing because our perceptions and the way how we view things changed: The things that usually seem impossible appear to be plausible!