Dmitry Gelfand, Evelina Domnitch
Time Synthesizer - Installation - 2020
présentée dans le cadre de l'exposition Panorama 22
Installation
At the very end of his life quantum pioneer Werner Heisenberg asked the question, “why turbulence?” The subtle transition from smooth to turbulent flow remains among nature’s most impenetrable riddles. In Time Synthesizer, accumulative strata of microscopic -hydrogen bubbles trace emerging turbulences along a flowing surface of water. Seeded in rapid succession by an electrode wire, the bubbles form time lines that vividly reveal a gamut of surface velocities across the entirety of the flow field. The bubbles are illuminated by a multi-coloured laser sheet, transforming them into prismatic lenses which greatly expand the viewer’s depth perception.
Our understanding of turbulence has been significantly elaborated since the times of Heisenberg. A pivotal insight is the concept of a hidden state of coherently patterned self-organisation, underlying the semblant disorder of turbulent flow. The minutest nuance affects every aspect of the flow and gives rise to a state of extreme sensitivity, characterized by complex spatial and temporal order.
Evelina Domnitch
Evelina Domnitch (b. 1972, Minsk, Belarus) and Dmitry Gelfand (b.1974, St. Petersburg, Russia) create sensory immersion environments that merge physics, chemistry and computer science with uncanny philosophical practices. Having dismissed the use of recording and fixative media, their artworks exist as ever-transforming phenomena offered for observation. The duo’s practice has emerged through unorthodox collaborations with pioneering research groups, including LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), RySQ (Rydberg Quantum Simulator) and the EU Quantum Flagship. They are recipients of the Witteveen+Bos Award (2019), Meru Art*Science Award (2018), Japan Media Arts Excellence Prize (2007), and five Ars Electronica Honorary Mentions (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017).
