06.06.2019 - 26.08.2019
DARK MATTER: 95% OF THE UNIVERSE IS MISSING
One of the biggest mysteries in physics today is what exactly makes up our Universe, and why – according to the world’s leading scientists – 95 per cent of it cannot be observed. Imagining the unseen and questioning the invisible, DARK MATTER explored matter and materiality, the concept of invisibility and infinite divisibility, and the human quest for absolute truth and knowledge.
Through a free exhibition and events programme, DARK MATTER combined art, physics and philosophy, drawing on the latest research from the Department of Physics based in the Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences at King’s College London. The season highlighted the critical role of artists, philosophers and storytellers in our understanding of the world around us and invited audiences to question their understanding of physics and even reality itself.
DARK MATTER was reimagined for presentation at Science Gallery Dublin, part of Trinity College Dublin during 2020 and 2021 as INVISIBLE. Featuring the majority of works from the original exhibition, INVISIBLE emphasised the critical role of science, art and philosophy in imagining the unseen – and can be encountered as a virtual exhibition here.
Exhibits
Tavares Strachan's work investigates the nature of invisibility in relation to knowledge by “thinking about the things that are not being studied, the things that aren’t visible.
Much of Agnieszka Kurant’s work investigates ‘the economy of the invisible…
Agnieszka Kurant’s new commission draws comparisons between the role of dark matter in the physical Universe and the invisible forces of social energy
Inside a plexiglass cube, two spiders from the species Aranea Diadema and Cyrtophora Citricola have spun interconnecting webs…
Tuning to different frequencies and generating interference patterns in their mind through their physical location in relation to the structure.
The laws of physics simply don't apply in a cartoon landscape…
In this new short film the concept of dark matter as a missing volume of matter is loosley and ponderously explored through the depth created by the simple effect of home-made 3D.
In thousands of years, how will the gigantic structures dedicated to the pursuit of science be viewed?
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland is a place of extremes…
With architecture that could be mistaken for a London fashion week runway or a sci-fi film set set
The delicate, tiny lines on this image could be mistaken for scratches on an everyday surface - a table, a phone screen, a dirty window…
This work draws on Claydon’s research into the material reality of the world at an atomic level.
Physics says dreams, thoughts and ideas are not made of matter, but they are a byproduct of electromagnetic activity in the brain.
About
Curators
Curator Producer for DARK MATTER
Sandra Ross
The advisors for DARK MATTER were
Martin Clark - Director at Camden Arts Centre
Regine Debatty - Writer, curator and founder of the blog We Make Money Not Art
Malcolm Fairbairn - Professor of Physics, King’s College London
Carey Young - Artist
Gary Zhexi Zhang - Artist and writer