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Lot Essay
In Quantum Realism - an art of the techno-nuclear age Mahmoud Sabri explains that until the end of the 19th century, art has always involved 2 aspects: that which is objectively measurable (form) and that lies beyond measurement (content). With the 20th century the objectively measurable was dicarded, and artistic measurement lost its objective reference. Both measurable and un-measurable aspects were reduced to the purely subjective.The work of art came to have only one point of reference - the self.
Quantum Realism (QR) is an attempt to re-introduce the objectively measurable in art, but with this basic qualification: the objectively measurable in previous art was always derived from MACROSCOPIC reality i.e. from nature as objects/form. In Quantum Realism, however, the objectively measurable is derived from ATOMIC reality, i.e. from nature as processes/structure. QR is an extension of the artistic function from its traditional domain of appearances to a new deeper world of atomic processes as revealed through the new sophisticated instruments of modern science. It is a superssion of traditional macroscopic art,by a new quantum art, just as new physics is a supersession of classical machanics by quantum mechanics. QR is the application of the scientific method in the field of art
The particulars and structure QR are:
I. the Quantum
II. the Atom
III. the Structural Process
I. The QUANTUM: The basic ingredient of Quantum Realism (QR)
It is the elementary energy/colour unit and as such is regarded by QR as the basic constituent factor of the visible universe. The wavelengths of visible light expressed in Angstrom Units provide about 4,000 colour lines. QR employs about 600 colour lines representing the selected line spectra of the 92 atoms. The size of the quantum is always inversely proportional to its wave length, or proportional to frequency. This is expressed by the well know equation: E = hv.
II. The ATOM: The fundamental unit of structure in QR.
It is viewed as a unit of energy a "wave phenomenon". It is a structure composed of a group of quanta. Graphically each atom/unit is a unique rectilinear figure. Its graphic uniqueness is derived from its structure, i.e. spectral composition. Each structural unit therefore is defined by the colour lines of which it is composed. The atoms of the 92 elements are the building blocks of QR and they form its Alphabetical Letters. Each atom is represented by a selection of its characteristic line spectrum, i.e. the strongest and most sensitive lines. For example, Hydrogen which has a visible spectrum of 8 lines is represented by a selected group of 5 colours corresponding to its most sensitive lines. Oxygen, which has a visible spectrum of well over 90 lines is represented by a selected group of 7 colours. For example, The atoms of Hydrogen and Oxygen are defined, in terms of colour units, as follows:
III. THE STRUCTURAL PROCESSES of QR.
They are the graphic equivalent of the Chemical Processes of nature. That is to say the processes through which substances are formed by the interactions/combinations of different atoms/units. In nature there are 92 types of such atom/units, but millions of chemical compounds with which we are familiar in our macroscopic world as objects/substances. To QR a substance is the colour equivalent of its chemical composition. A Chemical formula is a definition of the essential physical factors/elements constituting a given process. Hence water is not depicted as the ever changing water of Heraclitus but as the chemical process defining its formation: H2O. At this level it is not the visible palpable liquid of our daily experience but is a combination of 2 molecules of Hydrogen and one of Oxygen to form this "object of our daily experience". The chemical formula representing the process of water-formation is H2O, translated in plastic terms to a structure involving two plastic units equivalent of Hydrogen and one of Oxygen. In the case of chemical mixtures (such as air), the chemical symbol is equated with the "process". The elements contained in a mixture are represented according to the number of atoms specified in its chemical symbol. To QR, AIR is the colour equivalent of: O2.4N2
Quantum Realism (QR) is an attempt to re-introduce the objectively measurable in art, but with this basic qualification: the objectively measurable in previous art was always derived from MACROSCOPIC reality i.e. from nature as objects/form. In Quantum Realism, however, the objectively measurable is derived from ATOMIC reality, i.e. from nature as processes/structure. QR is an extension of the artistic function from its traditional domain of appearances to a new deeper world of atomic processes as revealed through the new sophisticated instruments of modern science. It is a superssion of traditional macroscopic art,by a new quantum art, just as new physics is a supersession of classical machanics by quantum mechanics. QR is the application of the scientific method in the field of art
The particulars and structure QR are:
I. the Quantum
II. the Atom
III. the Structural Process
I. The QUANTUM: The basic ingredient of Quantum Realism (QR)
It is the elementary energy/colour unit and as such is regarded by QR as the basic constituent factor of the visible universe. The wavelengths of visible light expressed in Angstrom Units provide about 4,000 colour lines. QR employs about 600 colour lines representing the selected line spectra of the 92 atoms. The size of the quantum is always inversely proportional to its wave length, or proportional to frequency. This is expressed by the well know equation: E = hv.
II. The ATOM: The fundamental unit of structure in QR.
It is viewed as a unit of energy a "wave phenomenon". It is a structure composed of a group of quanta. Graphically each atom/unit is a unique rectilinear figure. Its graphic uniqueness is derived from its structure, i.e. spectral composition. Each structural unit therefore is defined by the colour lines of which it is composed. The atoms of the 92 elements are the building blocks of QR and they form its Alphabetical Letters. Each atom is represented by a selection of its characteristic line spectrum, i.e. the strongest and most sensitive lines. For example, Hydrogen which has a visible spectrum of 8 lines is represented by a selected group of 5 colours corresponding to its most sensitive lines. Oxygen, which has a visible spectrum of well over 90 lines is represented by a selected group of 7 colours. For example, The atoms of Hydrogen and Oxygen are defined, in terms of colour units, as follows:
III. THE STRUCTURAL PROCESSES of QR.
They are the graphic equivalent of the Chemical Processes of nature. That is to say the processes through which substances are formed by the interactions/combinations of different atoms/units. In nature there are 92 types of such atom/units, but millions of chemical compounds with which we are familiar in our macroscopic world as objects/substances. To QR a substance is the colour equivalent of its chemical composition. A Chemical formula is a definition of the essential physical factors/elements constituting a given process. Hence water is not depicted as the ever changing water of Heraclitus but as the chemical process defining its formation: H2O. At this level it is not the visible palpable liquid of our daily experience but is a combination of 2 molecules of Hydrogen and one of Oxygen to form this "object of our daily experience". The chemical formula representing the process of water-formation is H2O, translated in plastic terms to a structure involving two plastic units equivalent of Hydrogen and one of Oxygen. In the case of chemical mixtures (such as air), the chemical symbol is equated with the "process". The elements contained in a mixture are represented according to the number of atoms specified in its chemical symbol. To QR, AIR is the colour equivalent of: O2.4N2