By Ray-Kuang Lee (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan), guest of the HUN-REN Morphodynamics Research Group, will deliver a lecture with the title
Gravity Realm and Quantum Art
on 23th March at 16:00 in room F31SEM of building F.
Abstract
Instead of technical parts on quantum optics and gravitational waves, I will share with you about two of our exhibitions: “The Gravity Realm” and “Quantum Art Bridge”, working together with artists for the general public in exploring the exciting field of black holes, gravitational waves, and quantum physics.
First, interesting scientific concepts about black-holes and gravitational waves are introduced into several interactive gadgets, including having a selfie with black-hole (taking the horizon event into the photo), chasing the black-holes in the “Singularity Theater” (using LIDAR to capture the motion of visitors and creating the image of black-hole in real time), and tasting the “Black-Hole Donuts”. Moreover, in the museum we also have a HUGE artwork, overall 5,800 kilograms, created by our local artist: Kang Muxiang, capturing the stage of two black-holes in merge. This environmentally friendly artwork was made with the steel cables that were previously used in the elevators in Taipei 101 building. This exhibition was first held at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan, from June 2023 to April 2024, attracting more than 1.5 million visitors; now is in a nationwide tour in Japan (from July 2025 to Spring 2029, in Akashi, Osaka, Yokohama, Toyama, Ehime, and Tokyo). Second, to bridge quantum mechanics and TechArt (Technology Art), we implement a portable Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) device, by probing the vacuum noises for artists to explore the spooky actions in the quantum world. Selected artworks demonstrated in Recto VRso, Laval Festival, 2025 France will be illustrated on the leverage between quantum randomness and artificial intelligence. A series of speculative inquiries and artistic interpretations of the questions will be raised by the scientific world and the world of life in relation to quantum art through philosophy of science.