Anna Elliott with quanTA: Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications
This installation is a fully-functional digital arcade machine. It features an interactive animation which shows users — without words, number, symbols, or equations — how novel materials behave at a quantum level, reflecting some aspects of current research at USask. This interactive installation has the goal of allowing everyone to be part of quantum science, no matter what their prior exposure has been. The arcade machine is purposefully chosen, as it is rooted in familiarity and nostalgia while being interactive and encouraging of curiosity.
There are 3 games that users can choose from and, by scrolling through each animation, users may manipulate quantum surfaces in different ways to learn how changes in shape will affect the physics of materials — namely that of their electricity conductivity, which is ramped up or down accordingly.
This project was made in collaboration with the Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications (quanTA) and was based in part on, and inspired by, the quantum materials work of Dr. Steven Rayan.
About the Artist
Anna Elliott is a contemporary artist who combines inspiration and motifs from design and nature into abstracted fine art works. Anna will be graduating in the spring of 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours with a major in studio art, as well two certificates in Sustainability and Urban Design. Accumulating a diverse background of degree and certificate programs, Anna also has a previous Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and will be entering a Masters degree in Regenerative Sustainability in the fall of 2023.
About quanTA
Founded in 2019, the Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications (quanTA) at the University of Saskatchewan brings together experts from mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing, engineering, health sciences, the arts, and other disciplines to work on all aspects of quantum computing, quantum materials, quantum sensing and imaging, and quantum technology development in general. As a driving force within USask’s Signature Area of Research in Quantum Innovation, the centre is also committed to exploring and understanding the social and economic impact of quantum ideas through a social sciences, humanities, and fine arts lens.
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