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Night Path

by Julian Voss-Andreae

About this work

Based on Richard Feynman's path-integral picture, in which a quantum probability is found by adding up every possible path between two points. Starting from the parabola of a thrown object, Voss-Andreae computer-generated random paths around it and rendered them as golden threads in a dark-blue painted steel frame, converging to a single point. The glowing tail recalls a meteor in the night sky. It was shown in "Quantum Objects" at the American Center for Physics (2009).

Technique

Laser-cut steel plates set at regular intervals to stand for the wavefronts of a matter wave, along with painted steel and threaded structures built from computer-generated data.

Technique drawn from the Quantum Sculptures collection.

Year
2009
Medium
Painted steel and gold thread
Dimensions
46 × 48 × 15 cm (18 × 19 × 6 in.)
Status
Exhibited work

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