Situations present themselves in our everyday lives some joyous, and some misfortunate. What if we were to question the very existence of these phenomenons. Could it be that that these situations are being played out differently in other dimensions? “The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.” Neil Bohr

My art project, consisting of a rotating stage surrounded by an audience (the observer) is set to represent the quantum theory which describes the minimum amount by which certain properties, such as energy of a system, can change. Such properties do not therefore vary continuously, but in integral multiples of the relevant quantum, and are described as quantized. (Refer to Schrödinger’s cat experiment.)The two possible outcomes which are represented on the stage are: the cat manages to get the bird from its cage and eat it and the bird manages to fly safely into its bird cage before being preyed on by the cat. The draping which surrounds the stage are initially closed so the viewer cannot differentiate between the first and second stage. The two sets of observers, eyeballs (representing the audience) are distributed on both sides of the stage. The rotating stage is then spun to determine the outcome of the bird; the viewer can now unveil the draping to determine if the cat managed to trap the bird or failed. Explaining the quantum theory where the same situation carries possible outcomes. As can be seen from my model, I used very dark gloomy colors in contrast to the red draping; these colors were chosen to add a sense of mystery to my piece, filling the viewer with a sense of unknown, the stage is meant to be turned until at rest on the two docks linking the observers to the central stage.

The eyeballs acting as observers were painted in different colors to show that each one of them is different meaning they interpret and affect the results in a different manner. They are also located in different positions so that not one observer sees the same thing as the other. This notion is relative in the quantum theory, where the observer plays an important part in the outcome of the experiment and how it is played out. This relates to my art piece in the sense that when you go see a live play (as represented from my art work), the audience plays an important part in the outcome of the actor’s performance and the quality of the play, thus if the observers are loud the actors on the set will not be able to fully concentrate and the outcome of the play will be poor, a failed experiment. On the other hand if the observers are silent the actors will have complete focus, providing a successful outcome. In the field of science, this notion carries the same value of importance for the observer plays complete control over the outcome of the experiment, as seen in the slit experiment (refer to Dr. Quantum video) the electrons that were being projected through the slits acted differently when they were under observation compared to when they were not being observed. This is because the presence of the observer interfered with the path taken by the electron, interrupting the proper results. The observers in my art piece can either view the side of the stage where the cat preys on the bird or on the side where the bird manages to get away. This possibility is left to chance and the observers nevertheless will play an important part in either situation that they are dealt.