Have you ever thought of a world where everything seems unreal? How can you define reality? What if what you see is not what you really think you see? Quantum Theory has made dozens of scientists think about all these philosophical questions. This groundbreaking theory, developed in the early 20th century, has made a revolutionary change in how we think about the physical reality. In other words, it defies our common sense. My project features these questions in an artistic way.

Scientists have discovered that an observer changes the outcome of an experiment. An example of this is the double slit experiment where electrons were passing through slits and acted differently when being observed. In other words, those tiny particles behaved exactly like waves. In my painting, the eye represents the observer and the colour in the iris represents visible light. We all know that natural white light, from the sun for example, carries all the colours of the rainbow (from violet to red). These colours all have a wavelength. Those are the only wavelengths that can be seen by the human eye. According to the double slit experiment, these "waves" also have a matter property which we call particles (or electrons). Hence, they are represented as dots (or particles) in the iris.

In my painting, this door is the entrance to that parallel universe, where everything behaves in a different manner. It is black indeed because we can never know exactly what is out there in the subatomic world. Electrons are smarter than humans; they distort our senses and break regular rules. Yet, our eyes perceive nothing but what our brains have the capacity to analyse. In other words, it is limited in comprehension.

Perception is what troubles humans a lot. When looking at the eye in the painting from a great distance it seems real. However, when looking closely and paying even more attention to it, it seems unreal. Our brain perceives it in another way. Quantum Theory is the same. When paying attention to the subatomic world, a discomfort is felt and our senses are disturbed due to the fact that our brain limits the comprehension of the electrons' behavior.

Therefore, this painting exhibits the quantum theory in particularly the matter property of light, the parallel universe in which electrons can escape and the idea of perception. Whatever we see, experience or understand about life is represented with science or any kind of art. Science seeks to understand nature and art attempts to represent it. Quantum Theory has changed my perception of the world. It was the key to the door that unlocked my curiosity of the world.

"The greatest scientists are artists as well. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited whereas imagination embraces the entire world."

Albert Einstein