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Alyce Simon & Eva Lee: Experimental Light
This exhibition explores the work of Alyce Simon and Eva Lee, female artist-scientists who have created experimental works of art. Each artist has taken her talents and, through interdisciplinary partnerships with the scientific community, harnessed light to create wholly original pieces.
Alyce Simon (1925鈥�2011) created radical works of art with a particle accelerator, or 鈥渁tom smasher,鈥� which produces complex fractal patterns on plastic due to the alteration of the material鈥檚 molecular structure when exposed to nuclear radiation. This process, called irradiation, results in Simon鈥檚 works that harness light to illuminate patterns that resemble leafless trees, human lungs, and lightning strikes.
Eva Lee (b. 1965) also uses science and projected light to create her work. Lee is a regular collaborator with scientists, particularly neuroscientists. She develops new worlds in her digital animation videos, ranging from the far reaches of the world to the spaces between subatomic particles. Lee challenges ideas of perception, questioning what could exist beyond what our eyes can see.
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This exhibition explores the work of Alyce Simon and Eva Lee, female artist-scientists who have created experimental works of art. Each artist has taken her talents and, through interdisciplinary partnerships with the scientific community, harnessed light to create wholly original pieces.
Alyce Simon (1925鈥�2011) created radical works of art with a particle accelerator, or 鈥渁tom smasher,鈥� which produces complex fractal patterns on plastic due to the alteration of the material鈥檚 molecular structure when exposed to nuclear radiation. This process, called irradiation, results in Simon鈥檚 works that harness light to illuminate patterns that resemble leafless trees, human lungs, and lightning strikes.
Eva Lee (b. 1965) also uses science and projected light to create her work. Lee is a regular collaborator with scientists, particularly neuroscientists. She develops new worlds in her digital animation videos, ranging from the far reaches of the world to the spaces between subatomic particles. Lee challenges ideas of perception, questioning what could exist beyond what our eyes can see.
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