Artwork Record
Cephalopod Alien - quantum deconstruction
by Libby Heaney
About this work
A print from Heaney's cephalopod studies, in which a watercolour of a tentacled creature was processed on IBM quantum computers so that entangled pixels drift fluidly across the image. She treats the cephalopod, with its distributed, alien-like intelligence, as a metaphor for quantum computing.
Technique
Since 2019 Heaney has written her own quantum code in Qiskit and run it on IBM's publicly available quantum computers. She uses it to scramble and recombine the pixels of scanned watercolours, so entanglement between pixels makes the image flow across the picture plane like a quantum wave.
Quantum Systems
Technique drawn from the Quantum Hybrids collection.
- Collection
- Quantum Hybrids
- Year
- 2022
- Medium
- C-type print on Fuji gloss
- Location
- London
- Held by
- Fiumano Clase
- Status
- Editioned print
References14
Primary links for Libby Heaney and this work.
Website
- fiumanoclase.comLibby Heaney Remiqxing Still
- libbyheaney.co.ukCephalopod Aliens
- Official Website
- gazelliarthouse.com
- arts.cern
- frieze.comFrieze Sculpture 2024 Libby Heaney Ent Non Earthly Deli…
- artsandculture.google.comTqwrcj9ttjdjiq
- siliconrepublic.comQuantum Computing Visual Art Uk Libby Heaney
- thespace.orgProgramming the Weird a Guide to Quantum Computing for…
- Libby HeaneyQuantum Hybrids
- Libby HeaneyLight and Dark Potential prints
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